List of J1 League football transfers summer 2018

This is a list of Japanese football J1 League transfers in the summer transfer window 2018 by club.

J1 League

Kawasaki Frontale

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
44	MF	BRA	Caio César (to Tombense)^[1]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	FW	JPN	Yoshito Okubo (to Jubilo Iwata)
21	MF	BRA	Eduardo Neto (to Nagoya Grampus)

Kashima Antlers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	KOR	Jung Seung-hyun (from Sagan Tosu)
18	MF	BRA	Serginho (from Santos FC)^[2]
37	MF	JPN	Shintaro Nago (from Juntendo University)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	JPN	Naomichi Ueda (to Cercle Brugge)^[3]
7	FW	BRA	Pedro Júnior (on loan to Wuhan Zall)
10	FW	JPN	Mu Kanazaki (to Sagan Tosu)

Cerezo Osaka

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
44	FW	AUS	Pierce Waring (from Melbourne Victory)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	MF	JPN	Hirofumi Yamauchi (on loan to Machida Zelvia)
41	MF	JPN	Naoya Uozato (to Gainare Tottori)^[4]

Kashiwa Reysol

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	BRA	Nathan Ribeiro (on loan from Fluminense)
4	DF	JPN	Daisuke Suzuki (from Gimnàstic de Tarragona)
6	DF	JPN	Toshiya Takagi (from JEF United Chiba)
26	FW	KEN	Michael Olunga (from Guizhou Hengfeng)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	KOR	Yun Suk-young (on loan to Ventforet Kofu)
4	DF	JPN	Shinnosuke Nakatani (to Nagoya Grampus)
20	MF	BRA	Ramon Lopes (to Vegalta Sendai)
26	DF	JPN	Taiyo Koga (on loan to Avispa Fukuoka)
28	DF	JPN	Tomoki Imai (to Matsumoto Yamaga)

Yokohama F. Marinos

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	PlayerThiago Martins Bueno
2	DF	SRB	Dušan Cvetinović (from RC Lens)
13	DF	BRA	Thiago Martins (on loan from Palmeiras)
15	FW	JPN	Takefusa Kubo (on loan from FC Tokyo)
44	DF	JPN	Shinnosuke Hatanaka (from Tokyo Verdy)^[5]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	AUS	Milos Degenek (to Red Star Belgrade)
13	DF	JPN	Takashi Kanai (to Nagoya Grampus)
23	DF	JPN	Takumi Shimohira (on loan to JEF United Chiba)
33	MF	MKD	David Babunski (to Omiya Ardija)^[6]
36	DF	JPN	Jin Ikoma (on loan to Kataller Toyama)

Júbilo Iwata

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	DF	TUR	Eren Albayrak (from Konyaspor)^[7]
22	FW	JPN	Yoshito Okubo (from Kawasaki Frontale)
30	GK	JPN	Ko Shimura (from Mito HollyHock, end of loan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
31	GK	JPN	Ko Shimura (on loan to Mito HollyHock)
37	FW	BRA	Gabriel Morbeck (on loan to SC Sagamihara)

Urawa Red Diamonds

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	FW	BRA	Fabrício (from Portimonense)
17	DF	JPN	Rikiya Motegi (from Montedio Yamagata, back from loan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	DF	JPN	Wataru Endo (to Sint-Truidense V.V.)

Sagan Tosu

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	ESP	Fernando Torres (from Atlético Madrid)
11	FW	JPN	Yohei Toyoda (from Ulsan Hyundai, back from loan)
16	MF	JPN	Yatsunori Shimaya (from Tokushima Vortis)^[8]
33	DF	LBN	Joan Oumari (from Al-Nasr Dubai SC)^[9]
38	DF	JPN	Daichi Inui (on loan from V-Varen Nagasaki)
44	FW	JPN	Mu Kanazaki (from Kashima Antlers)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Taku Akahoshi (on loan to Tokushima Vortis)
15	DF	KOR	Jung Seung-hyun (to Kashima Antlers)
50	MF	JPN	Koki Mizuno (on loan to Roasso Kumamoto)

Vissel Kobe

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	QAT	Ahmed Yasser (on loan from Al-Duhail SC)
8	MF	ESP	Andrés Iniesta (from FC Barcelona)
16	FW	JPN	Kyogo Furuhashi (from FC Gifu)^[10]
20	FW	JPN	Shun Nagasawa (on loan from Gamba Osaka)^[11]
25	DF	JPN	Leo Osaki (from Tokushima Vortis)
—	FW	JPN	Akito Mukai (from MIO Biwako Shiga, end of loan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	MF	KOR	Jung Woo-young (to Al-Sadd)
9	FW	JPN	Mike Havenaar (on loan to Vegalta Sendai)
11	FW	BRA	Leandro (to Tokyo Verdy)
13	FW	JPN	Keijiro Ogawa (on loan to Shonan Bellmare)
19	FW	JPN	Kazuma Watanabe (to Gamba Osaka)
28	GK	JPN	Kenshin Yoshimaru (on loan to Tokushima Vortis)
31	MF	JPN	Yuya Nakasaka (on loan to CF Peralada-Girona B)^[12]
36	MF	JPN	Tatsuki Noda (on loan to Kataller Toyama)
38	MF	JPN	Daiju Sasaki (on loan to Palmeiras)
—	FW	JPN	Akito Mukai (on loan to FC Imabari)

Gamba Osaka

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
39	FW	JPN	Kazuma Watanabe (from Vissel Kobe)^[13]
50	FW	JPN	Kosuke Onose (from Renofa Yamaguchi)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	BRA	Matheus Jesus (to Estoril, end of loan)
20	FW	JPN	Shun Nagasawa (on loan to Vissel Kobe)
21	MF	JPN	Shinya Yajima (on loan to Vegalta Sendai)
39	MF	JPN	Jin Izumisawa (on loan to Tokyo Verdy)
—	MF	JPN	Ritsu Doan (to FC Groningen, previously on loan)

Consadole Sapporo

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	THA	Chanathip Songkrasin (from Muangthong United, previously on loan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	MF	JPN	Tomonobu Yokoyama (on loan to Roasso Kumamoto)
7	MF	BRA	Julinho (on loan to Renofa Yamaguchi)
11	FW	BRA	Jonathan Reis (to Albirex Niigata)^[14]

Vegalta Sendai

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	JPN	Shinya Yajima (on loan from Gamba Osaka)
18	FW	BRA	Rafaelson (from EC Vitoria, previously on loan)^[15]
37	MF	BRA	Ramon Lopes (from Kashiwa Reysol)
41	FW	JPN	Mike Havenaar (on loan from Vissel Kobe)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	JPN	Yoshihiro Shoji (on loan to Kyoto Sanga)
14	MF	JPN	Jun Kanakubo (to Kyoto Sanga)
30	FW	JPN	Takuma Nishimura (to CSKA Moscow)

FC Tokyo

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	JPN	Daiki Niwa (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
13	FW	BRA	Lins (on loan from Ventforet Kofu)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	JPN	Kazunori Yoshimoto (on loan to Avispa Fukuoka)
5	DF	JPN	Yuichi Maruyama (to Nagoya Grampus)
10	MF	JPN	Yohei Kajiyama (on loan to Albirex Niigata)
15	FW	JPN	Takefusa Kubo (on loan to Yokohama F. Marinos)

Shimizu S-Pulse

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	JPN	Kohei Shimizu (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima, previously on loan)
49	FW	BRA	Douglas (from Alanyaspor)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	JPN	Kohei Shimizu (on loan to Ventforet Kofu)
14	MF	JPN	Jumpei Kusukami (on loan to Montedio Yamagata)
38	DF	CHN	Wu Shao Cong (on loan to Kyoto Sanga)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	FW	KOS	Besart Berisha (from Melbourne Victory)
—	DF	JPN	Kohei Shimizu (from Shimizu S-Pulse, end of loan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	JPN	Soya Takahashi (on loan to Fagiano Okayama)
28	DF	JPN	Daiki Niwa (to FC Tokyo)
—	DF	JPN	Kohei Shimizu (to Shimizu S-Pulse)

Shonan Bellmare

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
38	FW	JPN	Ryogo Yamasaki (from Tokushima Vortis)
50	FW	JPN	Keijiro Ogawa (on loan from Vissel Kobe)
—	FW	JPN	Yuki Ohashi (from Yachiyo High School)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	FW	JPN	Genta Omotehara (on loan to Tokushima Vortis)

V-Varen Nagasaki

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	ESP	Jairo Morillas (from RCD Espanyol)
27	DF	JPN	Yuki Omoto (from Tokushima Vortis)
38	MF	JPN	Ryota Isomura (from Albirex Niigata)
45	MF	NED	Jordy Buijs (from Sydney FC)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	JPN	Masakazu Tashiro (on loan to Yokohama FC)
8	MF	JPN	Yu Kimura (on loan to Kataller Toyama)
13	DF	JPN	Daichi Inui (on loan to Sagan Tosu)
16	FW	JPN	Masakazu Yoshioka (on loan to Kataller Toyama)
18	MF	AUS	Ben Halloran (released)
23	DF	JPN	Fumitaka Kitatani (on loan to FC Gifu)
24	DF	JPN	Yuki Kagawa (on loan to Tokyo Verdy)^[16]
25	DF	JPN	Takuto Honda (on loan to Verspah Oita)
26	MF	JPN	Teppei Usui (on loan to Thespakusatsu Gunma)

Nagoya Grampus

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	BRA	Eduardo Neto (from Kawasaki Frontale)
17	DF	JPN	Yuichi Maruyama (from FC Tokyo)
20	DF	JPN	Shinnosuke Nakatani (from Kashiwa Reysol)
25	MF	JPN	Naoki Maeda (from Matsumoto Yamaga)
31	DF	JPN	Takashi Kanai (from Yokohama F. Marinos)
47	MF	JPN	Yuki Soma (from Waseda University)
—	DF	KOR	Lim Seung-gyeom (from Oita Trinita, back from loan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	JPN	Hiroto Hatao (on loan to Omiya Ardija)
8	MF	BRA	Washington (to Renofa Yamaguchi)
19	FW	JPN	Yuki Oshitani (to Tokushima Vortis)
30	FW	JPN	Kosei Matsumoto (on loan to SC Sagamihara)
33	MF	JPN	Kanta Kajiyama (on loan to SC Sagamihara)
39	MF	JPN	Kenta Uchida (on loan to Montedio Yamagata)^[17]
—	DF	KOR	Lim Seung-gyeom (to Mokpo City)

References

[1] ttp://www.frontale.co.jp/info/2018/0817_1.html

[2] ttp://www.so-net.ne.jp/antlers/news/release/66745

[3] ttp://www.so-net.ne.jp/antlers/news/release/66396?SmRcid=ant_sns_tw_sp_1807_097

[4] ttps://www.cerezo.jp/news/2018-08-12-2/

[5] ttp://www.f-marinos.com/news/detail/2018-08-14/183000/201118

[6] ttp://www.f-marinos.com/news/detail/2018-08-16/113000/230531

[7] ttp://www.goal.com/jp/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9/%E7%A3%90%E7%94%B0%E5%B7%A6%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89%E3%83%90%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%81%AEdf%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%92%E7%8D%B2%E5%BE%97%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B3%E3%81%AE%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9D%E3%83%AB%E3%81%A7%E3%81%AF%E3%82%A8%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%81%A8%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC/19lqjiaz994yk1wp67s1869fg4

[8] ttps://www.soccer-king.jp/news/japan/jl/20180816/813440.html

[9] ttps://www.footballchannel.jp/2018/08/02/post283944/

[10] ttps://www.vissel-kobe.co.jp/news/article/15074.html

[11] ttps://www.hochi.co.jp/soccer/national/20180813-OHT1T50039.html

[12] ttps://www.vissel-kobe.co.jp/news/article/15160.html

[13] ttps://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/news/201808130000619.html

[14] ttps://www.consadole-sapporo.jp/news/20180844037/

[15] ttp://www.vegalta.co.jp/news/press_release/2018/08/post-6238.html

[16] ttps://www.v-varen.com/news/69661.html

[17] ttps://www.soccer-king.jp/news/japan/jl/20180731/803021.html

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