| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 15 February – 29 November 2025 |
| Relegated | Ehime FC |
| Matches | 370 |
| Goals | 905 (2.45 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Matheus Jesus (19 goals) |
| Biggest home win | JEF United Chiba 5–1 Ehime FC (16 March) Iwaki FC 5–1 Roasso Kumamoto (1 June) Júbilo Iwata 5–1 Consadole Sapporo (12 July) |
| Biggest away win | Roasso Kumamoto 0–4 RB Omiya Ardija (2 March) Montedio Yamagata 0–4 Ventforet Kofu |
| Highest scoring | V-Varen Nagasaki 3–4 Iwaki FC (25 April) Montedio Yamagata 3–4 Vegalta Sendai (15 June) |
| Highest attendance | 49,991 JEF United Chiba 1–2RB Omiya Ardija (6 May 2025) |
| Lowest attendance | 2,610 Mito HollyHock 2–1Roasso Kumamoto (17 May 2025) |
| Total attendance | 2,097,306[1] |
| Average attendance | 8,423 |
←2024 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 23 November 2025. | |
The2025 J2 League, also known as the2025Meiji YasudaJ2 League (Japanese:2025 明治安田J2リーグ,Hepburn:2025 Meiji Yasuda J2 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, is the 27th season of theJ2 League, the second-tier Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1999. This will also be the eleventh season of the league since its rebrand from J.League Division 2.
This is the last J.League season played in a whole calendar year from late winter to early winter, with the following season onwards played from summer to spring.
The league and match format were announced on 25 November 2024, with the season starts on 15 February 2025 and will conclude on 29 November 2025.
Promotion play-off has been scheduled from 7 and 13 December 2025.
Tochigi SC,Kagoshima United andThespa Gunma were relegated to the2025 J3 League, finishing theprevious season as 18th, 19th and 20th placed, respectively, ended seven, one and five years stays in the second-tier, respectively.
Júbilo Iwata,Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo andSagan Tosu were relegated from the2024 J1 League, after one, eight and thirteen season in the top flight, respectively.
BothShimizu S-Pulse andYokohama FC are promoted to the2025 J1 League as champions and runners-up, respectively, of theprevious J2 League season.Shizuoka-based Shimizu will return in the top flight of Japanese football after two years absence, while Yokohama FC will make their immediate comeback to the J1. Joining them areFagiano Okayama, who finished 5th in 2024 and earned promotion after winning the promotion play-offs, thus making their first top flight appearance from next season.
2024 J3 League winnersOmiya Ardija, runners-upFC Imabari, and promotion play-off winnersKataller Toyama were both promoted from theJ3 League. Omiya are returning to the second-tier after one-year absence, Imabari makes their debut in the second-tier for this season and Kataller, who finished 3rd, earned promotion after winning the promotion play-offs, thus returning after 11 years absence.
From this season, Omiya Ardija changed their name toRB Omiya Ardija after they were acquired byRed Bull since 2025.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in the table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo |  Mihailo Petrović[2] | End of contract | 4 December 2024 | Pre-season |  Daiki Iwamasa[3] | 12 December 2024 |
| Júbilo Iwata | Akinobu Yokouchi[4] | 11 December 2024 |  John Hutchinson[5] | 19 December 2024 | ||
| Ehime FC | Kiyotaka Ishimaru | Sacked | 21 May 2025 | 20th | Shinya Aono (Interim) | 21 May 2025[6] |
| Kataller Toyama | Michiharu Otagiri | Resigned | 27 May 2025 | 17th | Ryo Adachi | 27 May 2025[7] |
| V-Varen Nagasaki | Takahiro Shimotaira | Sacked | 17 June 2025[8] | 8th | Takuya Takagi | 22 June 2025 |
| Montedio Yamagata | Susumu Watanabe | 18 June 2025[9] | 17th | Jin Sato (interim) | 18 June 2025 | |
| Renofa Yamaguchi | Ryo Shigaki | 24 June 2025[10] | 18th | Genki Nakayama | 24 June 2025 | |
| Montedio Yamagata | Jin Sato (interim) | End of Interim | 25 June 2025 | 15th | Akinobu Yokouchi | 25 June 2025[11] |
| Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Daiki Iwamasa | Sacked | 10 August 2025 | 11th | Shingo Shibata | 11 August 2025 |
| Oita Trinita | Tomohiro Katanosaka | 18 August 2025[12] | 16th | Minoru Takenaka | 18 August 2025[13] | |
| RB Omiya Ardija | Tetsu Nagasawa | 24 September 2025[14] | 8th | Yuki Miyazawa | 24 September 2025[15] | |
| Júbilo Iwata | John Hutchinson | 29 September 2025[16] | 8th | Takayoshi Amma | 29 September 2025[17] |
As of the 2024 season, there are no more restrictions on a number of signed foreign players, but clubs can only register up to five foreign players for a single match-day squad.[18] Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia and Qatar) are exempt from these restrictions.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 37 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 69 | Promotion to the2026–27J1 League |
| 2 | Mito HollyHock | 37 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 67 | |
| 3 | JEF United Chiba | 37 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 34 | +17 | 66 | Qualification for thepromotion play-offs |
| 4 | Tokushima Vortis | 37 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 64 | |
| 5 | RB Omiya Ardija | 37 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 58 | 36 | +22 | 63 | |
| 6 | Vegalta Sendai | 37 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 62 | |
| 7 | Júbilo Iwata | 37 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 61 | |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 37 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 58 | |
| 9 | Iwaki FC | 37 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 53 | |
| 10 | FC Imabari | 37 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 53 | |
| 11 | Montedio Yamagata | 37 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 56 | 53 | +3 | 50 | |
| 12 | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 37 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 50 | |
| 13 | Ventforet Kofu | 37 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 43 | |
| 14 | Blaublitz Akita | 37 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 43 | |
| 15 | Fujieda MYFC | 37 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 39 | |
| 16 | Oita Trinita | 37 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 38 | |
| 17 | Roasso Kumamoto | 37 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 36 | |
| 18 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 37 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 34 | Relegation to the2026–27J3 League |
| 19 | Kataller Toyama | 37 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 34 | |
| 20 | Ehime FC(R) | 37 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 35 | 68 | −33 | 22 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[20][21] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Matheus Jesus | V-Varen Nagasaki | 15 |
| 2 | Arata Watanabe | Mito HollyHock | 13 |
| Marcus Índio | FC Imabari | ||
| 4 | Ren Komatsu | Blaublitz Akita | 10 |
| Lucas Barcellos | Tokushima Vortis | ||
| Ryo Shiohama | Roasso Kumamoto | ||
| 7 | Akira Silvano Disaro | Montedio Yamagata | 8 |
| Kaina Tanimura | Iwaki FC | ||
| Matheus Peixoto | Júbilo Iwata | ||
| 10 | Daichi Ishikawa | JEF United Chiba | 7 |
| Yuta Goke | Vegalta Sendai | ||
 Juanma | V-Varen Nagasaki | ||
 Amadou Bakayoko | Consadole Sapporo |
| Month | Manager of the Month | Monthly MVP | Goal of the Month | Young Player of the Month | Save of the Month | References | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | ||
| February/March | Yoshiyuki Kobayashi | JEF United Chiba | Ren Komatsu | Blaublitz Akita | Akira Silvano Disaro | Montedio Yamagata | Rion Ichihara | RB Omiya Ardija | Tomoki Tagawa | Kataller Toyama | [22] |
| April | Yoshiro Moriyama | Vegalta Sendai | Arata Watanabe | Mito HollyHock | Issei Takahashi | JEF United Chiba | Ota Yamamoto | Renofa Yamaguchi | Taro Hamada | Oita Trinia | [23] |
| May | Naoki Mori | Mito HollyHock | Arata Watanabe | Mito HollyHock | Shunsuke Saito | Mito HollyHock | Taisei Abe | V-Varen Nagasaki | Takashi Kasahara | RB Omiya Ardija | [24] |
| June | Yoshiro Moriyama | Vegalta Sendai | Tomoki Takamine | Consadole Sapporo | Naoki Kumata | Iwaki FC | Keito Kumashiro | Roasso Kumamoto | Akihiro Hayashi | Vegalta Sendai | [25] |
