TheJ.League awards are represented by a ceremony, which is hosted every year in December, at the end of the season. This ceremony was inducted to award the best players ofJ.League. To win this award, the nominees had to play at least 17 matches of the season. All awards are updated to 2021.[1][2]
TheJ.League Player of the Year (formerly known as the "J.League Most Valuable Player Award" from 1993 to 2020) is awarded by the J.League to themost valuable player of the season.[3]
TheJ.League Top Scorer is awarded by theJ.League to the top scoring player of the season.
Only five players won this award twice:Masashi Nakayama,Ryoichi Maeda,Joshua Kennedy andYoshito Okubo. Other four players won both the top-scorer award and the one for Most Valuable Player:Masashi Nakayama in 1998,Naohiro Takahara in 2002,Marquinhos in 2008,Hisato Sato in 2012 andYu Kobayashi in 2017.
TheJ.League Best Young Player (formerly known as the "J.League Rookie of the Year" from 1993 to 2019) is awarded by theJ.League to the most outstanding rookie of the season. To be considered a rookie, there are some criteria to meet:
The youngest-ever winner isTakayuki Morimoto: he won the award in 2004 at the age of 16.
Players names shown inbold were also named in thebest eleven for that season.
TheJ.League Manager of the Year is an annual award given to one manager by theJ.League based on their performance during the season. In the past, the award usually went to the manager of the champions, though this has varied somewhat over the years. From 2017, the award was modified so that the Manager of the J.League champion wins the J.League Champion Manager of the Year, and a separate J.League Manager of the Year award is given to a Manager from each of the J.Leagues (J1, J2 and J3). The list below reflects the award for J1 League Manager of the Year award only.
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| 2022 |  Takumu Kawamura | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Japan |
The goal is to be under the 1 point-media to win the award. ForJ.League the limit is 34, while inJ.League 2 andJ3 League the limit is respectively 42 and 33.In bold the winners ofPrince Takamado Cup.
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This award was established since1996.
