Name: Gamba Osaka
Hometown: Osaka Prefecture
Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita
Manager: Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Club Mascot: Gamba Boy
Established in 1991
One of the best teams in J league, they won 3 titles, J league Emperors cup and the Nabisco cup in the same year, 2014.
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Name: Vissel Kobe
Hometown: Hyogo Prefecture
Stadium: Noevir Stadium
Manager:
Club Mascot: Mooby
Established in 1994
They now have 3 World Cup Wninners, Iniesta, David Villa from Spain, and Podolski from Germany.
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Name: Kahima Antlers
Hometown: Ibaraki Prefecture
Stadium: Kahima Soccer Stadium
Manager: Go Oiwa
Club Mascot: Shikao
Established in 1991
This team is where Zico, a Brazilian Legend, used to play and now he is the technical coach of the team. They won the ACL in 2018.
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Name: Urawa Red Diamonds
Hometown: Saitama Prefecture
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Manager: Oswaldo Oliveira
Club Mascot: Redia
Established in 1950
This team known as Urawa Reds, was the first team from J league to win the ACL in 2007.
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Name: Shimuzu S-pulse
Hometown: Shizuoka Prefecture
Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira
Manager: Jan Anders Jonsson
Club Mascot: Pul
Established in 1998
The globe in the middle of the logo as a sybol of aiming the world class football. The top of the logo is in the shape of Mt. Fuji as it is the symbol of the hometown.
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Name: FC Tokyo
Hometown: Tokyo Prefecture
Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Manager:
Club Mascot: Tokyo Dorompa
Established in 1935​
FC Tokyo is one of the so-called Original ten of J2, joined J league in 1999.
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Name: Kawasaki Frontale
Hometown: Kanagawa Prefecture
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Manager: Oniki Toru
Club Mascot: Fron-ta, Cabrera
Establsihed in 1996
Frontale won the J league in 2018 and 2017, became the first team from the Original ten of J2 to win J1.
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Name: Nagoya Grampus
Hometown: Aichi Prefecture
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Manager: Yahiro Kazama
Club Mascot: Grampus Kun
Estabsliehd in 1991​
The team color is barbarian red and it represents wild and fighting spirit. At the top of the logo is the crown representing the king.
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Name: Yokohama F Marinos
Hometown: Kanagawa Prefecture
Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Manager: Ange Postecoglou
Club Mascot: Marinos kun
Established in 1972
The team used to be 2 teams, the Flugels and Marinos, however, the Flugels had financial prolems, and since they shared the same homeown, they become one team Yokohama F Marinos.
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Name: Shonan Bellmare
Hometown: Kanagawa Prefecture
Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka
Manager: Cho Kwi Jae
Club Mascot: King Bell
Established in 1968
The name Bellmare is from Bellum, meaning beautiful and Mare meaning sea, representing the beautiful sea of Shonan.
Name: Kahiwa Reysol
Hometown: Chiba Prefecture
Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium
Manager: Ken Iwase
Club Mascot: Rey
Established in 1992
The team color is yellow, and the name Reysol comes from Spanish words Rey, meaning the king, and Sol, meaning the sun.
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Name: Vegalta Sendai
Hometown: Miyagi Prefecture
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Manager: Susumu Watanabe
Club Mascot: Vegatta
Established in 1994
The team color is Vegalta gold as the hometown was the first gold producing district in Japan.
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Name: Consadole Sapporo
Hometown: Hokkaido Prefecture
Stadium: Sapporo Dome
Manager: Mihailo Petrovic
Club Mascot: Dole Kun
Established in
The team colors are red, a symbol of fighting spirits, blue, a symbol of making decisions calm, black, a symbol of unlimited power and white, a symbol of fair play.
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Name: Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Hometown: Hiroshima Prefecture
Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
Manager: Hiroshi Johuku
Club Mascot: Sancce
Established in 1992
One of the best teams in J league in 2018, finished second in the table.
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Name: V-Varen Nagasaki
Hometown: Nagasaki Prefecture
Stadium: Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki
Manager: Takuya Takagi
Club Mascot: Vivi Kun
Established in 2006
The V in the name means 4 differnet things, Victoria (Victory), Vrede (peace), Varen (Voyage), and Variedade (Diversity).
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Name: Jubilo Iwata
Hometown: Shizuoka Prefecture
Stadium: Yamaha Stadium
Manager:
Club Mascot: Jubilo Kun
Established in 1992
The team used to compete against Kashima Antlers a few years ago and now a Japanese legend Shunsuke Nakamura plays for the team.
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Name: Sagan Tosu
Hometown: Saga Prefecture
Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium
Manager: Kim MyungHwi
Club Mascot: Wintos
Established in 2004
Even though the team finished 2018 14th in the table, the team signed a new player from Spain, Fernando Torres.
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Name: Cerezo Osaka
Hometown: Osaka Prefecture
Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Manager: Yoon Jonghwan
Club Mascot: Lobby
Established in 1993
This is the team which Diego Forlan the 2010 World Cup MVP used to play. The name Cerezo came from the Spanish word for Sakura, which is the national flower of Japan.
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