This is a list of association football clubs in Japan.

Japan Professional Football League (J.League)

J1 League

18 clubs : in Alphabetical order

• Avispa Fukuoka
• Cerezo Osaka
• Consadole Sapporo
• Gamba Osaka
• Jubilo Iwata
• Kashima Antlers
• Kashiwa Reysol
• Kawasaki Frontale
• Kyoto Sanga
• Nagoya Grampus
• Sagan Tosu
• Sanfrecce Hiroshima
• Shimizu S-Pulse
• Shonan Bellmare
• FC Tokyo
• Urawa Red Diamonds
• Vissel Kobe
• Yokohama F. Marinos

J2 League

22 clubs : in Alphabetical order

• Albirex Niigata
• Blaublitz Akita
• Fagiano Okayama
• Iwate Grulla Morioka
• JEF United Chiba
• Machida Zelvia
• Mito HollyHock
• Montedio Yamagata
• Oita Trinita
• Omiya Ardija
• Roasso Kumamoto
• Renofa Yamaguchi
• FC Ryukyu
• Thespakusatsu Gunma
• Tochigi SC
• Tokyo Verdy
• Tokushima Vortis
• Vegalta Sendai
• Ventforet Kofu
• V-Varen Nagasaki
• Yokohama FC
• Zweigen Kanazawa

J3 League

18 clubs : in Alphabetical order

• Azul Claro Numazu
• Ehime FC
• Fujieda MYFC
• Fukushima United
• Gainare Tottori
• FC Gifu
• Giravanz Kitakyushu
• FC Imabari
• Iwaki FC
• Kagoshima United
• Kamatamare Sanuki
• Kataller Toyama
• Matsumoto Yamaga
• Nagano Parceiro
• SC Sagamihara
• Tegevajaro Miyazaki
• Vanraure Hachinohe
• Yokohama Sports & Culture Club

Japan Football League (JFL)

Top division of the amateur leagues, from where some teams aiming to be promoted to J. League in the near future through associate membership system. Such teams are indicated with (A) in parentheses.

16 clubs: In Alphabetical order

• Criacao Shinjuku (A)
• Honda FC *
• Honda Lock *
• Kagura Shimane renamed from Matsue City FC
• Kochi United (A)
• Maruyasu Okazaki*
• Mio Biwako Shiga
• Nara Club (A)
• FC Osaka (A)
• ReinMeer Aomori (A)
• Sony Sendai *
• Suzuka Point Getters (A)
• Tiamo Hirakata
• Tokyo Musashino United
• Veertien Mie (A)
• Verspah Oita (A)

Japanese Regional Leagues

Hokkaidō League

• ASC Hokkaido (Tomakomai, Hokkaido)
• BTOP Thank Kuriyama (Kuriyama, Hokkaido) renamed from Thank FC Kuriyama
• Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth (Obihiro, Hokkaido)
• Iwamizawa Hokushukai (Iwamizawa, Hokkaido)
• Nippon Steel Muroran* (Muroran, Hokkaido)
• Norbritz Hokkaido (Sapporo, Hokkaido)
• Sapporo F.C. (Sapporo, Hokkaido)
• Sapporo GP (Sapporo, Hokkaido)

Tōhoku League

Division 1

• Blancdieu Hirosaki (Hirosaki, Aomori)
• Bogolle D. Tsugaru FC (Tsugaru, Aomori)
• Cobaltore Onagawa (Onagawa, Miyagi)
• Fuji Club 2003 (Hanamaki, Iwate)
• Ganju Iwate (Hachimantai, Iwate)
• Morioka Zebra (Morioka, Iwate)
• Nippon Steel Kamaishi* (Kamaishi, Iwate)
• Ōmiya Club (Morioka, Iwate)
• Primeiro Fukushima (Fukushima prefecture)
• Saruta Kōgyō* (Akita, Akita)
• FC University Sendai (Shibata, Miyagi) (Un)
• Shichigahama SC (Shichigahama, Miyagi)

Division 2

North

• Akita Cambiare (Akita, Akita)
• Gonohe SC (Gonohe, Aomori)
• Hokuto Bank* (Akita, Akita)
• Lascivo Aomori (Aomori Prefecture)
• Mizusawa Club (Ōshū, Iwate)
• Nu Pere Hiraizumi Maesawa (Hiraizumi, Iwate)
• TDK Shinwakai* (Nikaho, Akita)
• Tōno Club (Tōno, Iwate)

South

• Ardore Kuwabara (Miyagi Prefecture)
• Iwaki Furukawa (Iwaki, Fukushima)
• Nagai Club (Fukushima, Fukushima)
• Merry (Fukushima, Fukushima)
• Mikawa SC (Mikawa, Yamagata)
• Nagai Club (Nagai, Yamagata)
• Parafrente Yonezawa (Yonezawa, Yamagata)
• Ricoh Industry Tohoku* (Shibata, Miyagi)
• Sendai Sasuke (Sendai, Miyagi)
• Soma SC (Sōma, Fukushima)
• FC La Universidad de Sendai (Shibata, Miyagi) (Un)

Kantō League (KSL)

Division 1

• Briobecca Urayasu (Urayasu, Chiba)
• Esperanza SC (Yokohama, Kanagawa)
• Nankatsu SC (Katsushika, Tokyo)
• RKU Dragons Ryugasaki (Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki) (Un)
• Toho Titanium (Kanagawa Prefecture)
• Tochigi City (Tochigi, Tochigi).
• Tokyo 23 (Special wards of Tokyo)
• Joyful Honda Tsukuba* (Tsukuba, Ibaraki)
• Tokyo United (Bunkyō, Tokyo)
• Vonds Ichihara (Ichihara, Chiba)

Division 2

• Aventura Kawaguchi (Kawaguchi, Saitama)
• Aries Tokyo (Tokyo)
• Hitachi Building System SC* (Chiyoda, Tokyo)
• Identy Mirai (Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki)
• Ryutsu Keizai University (Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki) (Un)
• Toin University of Yokohama (Yokohama, Kanagawa)
• Tokyo International University (Sakado, Saitama) (Un)
• Tonan Maebashi (Maebashi, Gunma) (A)
• Vertfee Yaita (Yaita, Tochigi)
• Yokohama Takeru (Yokohama, Kanagawa)

Hokushin'etsu League (HFL)

Division 1

• '05 Kamo FC (Kamo, Niigata) (Un)
• Artista Asama (Tōmi, Nagano)
• Fukui United (Fukui, Fukui) Renamed from Saurcos Fukui.
• JSC FC (Seirō, Niigata) aka. College of Upward Players in Soccer (CUPS)
• Libertas Chikuma (Chikuma, Nagano)
• Niigata UHW FC (Niigata, Niigata) (Un)
• Sakai Phoenix (Sakai, Fukui)
• Toyama Shinjo Club (Toyama, Toyama)

Division 2

• '09 Keidai FC (Kamo, Niigata) (Un)
• Antelope Shiojiri (Shiojiri, Nagano)
• CUPS Seirō (Seirō, Niigata) (Japan Soccer College)
• Granscena Niigata (Niigata, Niigata)
• FC Hokuriku (Kanazawa, Ishikawa) (Un)
• FC Matsucelona (Matsumoto, Nagano) (Un)
• N-Style Toyama (Toyama)
• SR Komatsu (Komatsu, Ishikawa)

Tōkai League

Division 1

• Chukyo University (Toyota, Aichi) (Un)
• Chukyo Univ. FC (Toyota, Aichi) (Un)
• Fujieda City Hall (Fujieda, Shizuoka)
• FC Ise-Shima (Shima, Mie)
• F.C. Kariya (Kariya, Aichi)
• Tokoha University Hamamatsu Campus SC (Hamamatsu, Shizuoka) (Un)
• Tokai Gakuen (Nagoya, Aichi) (Un)
• Toyota Shūkyūdan (Toyota, Aichi)
• Yazaki Valente (Shimada, Shizuoka)

Division 2

• Bonbonera Gifu (Chūnō, Gifu)
• FC Gifu Second (Gifu, Gifu) (FC)
• AS Kariya (Kariya, Aichi)
• Ogaki Kogans (Ōgaki, Gifu) renamed from FC Ogaki K'
• Nagara Club (Gifu, Gifu)
• Nagoya Club (Nagoya, Aichi)
• Rivielta Toyokawa (Toyokawa, Aichi)
• Yokkaichi University FC (Yokkaichi, Mie) (Un)
• Wyvern FC (Kariya, Aichi)

Kansai League

Division 1

• Arterivo Wakayama (Wakayama, Wakayama)
• FC Asuka (Kashihara, Nara) renamed from Porvenir Asuka
• FC AWJ (Awaji, Hyōgo) renamed from FC Awajishima
• Cento Cuore Harima (Harima, Hyōgo)
• Lagend Shiga (Moriyama, Shiga)
• Laranja Kyoto (Kyoto, Kyoto)
• Moriyama Samurai 2000 (Moriyama, Shiga)
• Ococias Kyoto (Kyoto, Kyoto)

Division 2

• Dios 1995 (Nishinomiya, Hyōgo)
• Easy 02 Akashi (Akashi, Hyōgo)
• Eveil FC (Kobe)
• Hannan University Club (Matsubara, Osaka) (Un)
• Kandai FC 2008 (Suita, Osaka) (Un)
• Kandai Club 2010 (Osaka, Osaka)
• Kobe FC (Kobe)
• Kyoto Shiko Club (Kyoto, Kyoto)
• St. Andrew's FC (Izumi, Osaka) (Un)
• Takasago Mineiro (Takasago, Hyōgo)

Chūgoku League

• Baleine Shimonoseki (Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi)
• Belugarosso Hamada (Hamada, Shimane)
• Fujifilm BIJ Hiroshima SC* (Hiroshima, Hiroshima)
• Fukuyama City FC (Fukuyama, Hiroshima)
• International Pacific University (Okayama, Okayama) (Un)
• SC Matsue (Matsue, Shimane)
• Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima* (Kurashiki, Okayama)
• NTN Okayama* (Bizen, Okayama)
• SRC Hiroshima (Hiroshima, Hiroshima)
• Yonago Genki SC (Yonago, Tottori)

Shikoku League

• KUFC Nankoku (Nankoku, Kōchi) (Un)
• Llamas Kochi (Kōchi, Kōchi)
• Lvnirosso NC (Niihama, Ehime)
• Nakamura Club (Shimanto, Kōchi)
• R. Velho Takamatsu (Takamatsu, Kagawa)
• Tadotsu FC (Tadotsu, Kagawa)
• FC Tokushima (Tokushima, Tokushima)
• FC Yanagimachi (Kōchi, Kōchi)

Kyūshū League (Kyu-League)

• Brew Kashima (Kashima, Saga) renamed from Saga Lixil FC
• Kaiho Bank (Naha, Okinawa)
• Kawasoe Club (Saga, Saga)
• Kumamoto Teachers (Kumamoto, Kumamoto)
• KMG Holdings FC* (Fukuoka, Fukuoka) renamed from Kyushu Mitsubishi Motors
• J-Lease FC (Ōita)
• NIFS Kanoya (Kanoya, Kagoshima) (Un)
• Nippon Steel Oita SC (Ōita (city), Ōita)
• FC Nobeoka Agata (Nobeoka, Miyazaki)
• Okinawa SV (Uruma, Okinawa)
• Veroskronos Tsuno (Tsuno, Miyazaki) renamed from J.FC Miyazaki