The 2019 J3 League, referred to as the for sponsorship reasons, was the sixth season of J3 League under its current name.
Clubs
The 2018 season saw two teams promoted to J2 League: FC Ryukyu won the championship by nine points over second-placed Kagoshima United FC, who confirmed their promotion to the 2019 J2 League season with still one game remianing. From the second division, there was a double automatic relegation for the first time: Kamatamare Sanuki returned to the third tier after five seasons, but they were promoted in 2013 from Japan Football League, when J3 League was planned. The same goes for Roasso Kumamoto, who returned to the third level of Japanese football after more than a decade.
Also, Japan Football League saw the promotion of Vanraure Hachinohe, who came third in JFL and they booked their first professional season in club history.
Club Location Venue Capacity Last seasonAzul Claro NumazuNumazuAshitaka Stadium10,000J3（4th）Blaublitz AkitaAkitaSoyu Stadium20,125J3（8th）Fukushima United FCFukushimaToho Stadium21,000J3（12th）Gainare TottoriTottoriTorigin Bird Stadium16,033J3（3rd）Giravanz KitakyushuKitakyushuMikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu15,066J3（17th）Iwate Grulla MoriokaMoriokaIwagin Stadium4,946J3（13th）Kamatamare SanukiTakamatsu, KagawaPikara Stadium30,099Relegated from J2 J2（22nd）Kataller ToyamaToyamaToyama Athletic Stadium25,251J3（11th）Fujieda MYFCFujiedaFujieda Soccer Field13,000J3（16th）Nagano ParceiroNaganoNagano U Stadium15,491J3（10th）Roasso KumamotoKumamoto, KumamotoEgao Kenko Stadium32,000Relegated from J2 J2（21st）SC SagamiharaSagamiharaGion Stadium15,300J3（9th）Thespakusatsu GunmaAll cities/towns in GunmaShoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma15,253J3（5th）FC Tokyo U-23TokyoAjinomoto Field Nishigaoka7,137J3（14th） Vanraure Hachinohe Daihatsu Stadium5,200 Promoted from JFL JFL（3rd）YSCC YokohamaYokohamaNippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium15,454J3（15th）Cerezo Osaka U-23Osaka & Sakai, OsakaKincho Stadium19,904J3（7th）Gamba Osaka U-23North cities in OsakaPanasonic Stadium Suita
Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium39,694
21,000J3（6th）
Personnel and kits Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Azul Claro Numazu Ken Yoshida Takuya Sugai Puma Blaublitz Akita Shuichi Mase Hiroki Kotani ATHLETA Cerezo Osaka U-23 Yuji Okuma none Puma Fukushima United Takeo Matsuda Akihiro Sakata hummel Gainare Tottori Riki Takagi Fernandinho Puma Gamba Osaka U-23 Hitoshi Morishita none Umbro Giravanz Kitakyushu Shinji Kobayashi Yohei Naito bonera Grulla Morioka Toshimi Kikuchi TBD Under Armour Kamatamare Sanuki Kenichi Uemura Akira Takeuchi ATHLETA Kataller Toyama Ryo Adachi Junya Imase Goldwin Fujieda MYFC Nobuhiro Ishizaki Takuya Sugimoto gol. Nagano Parceiro Yuji Yokoyama Takahiro Oshima Penalty Roasso Kumamoto Hiroki Shibuya Shoto Suzuki Puma SC Sagamihara Fumitake Miura Seitaro Tomisawa gol. Thespakusatsu Gunma Keiichiro Nuno Tetsuya Funatsu Finta FC Tokyo U-23 Tetsu Nagasawa none Umbro Vanraure Hachinohe Atsuto Oishi Takafumi Sudo ATHLETA YSCC Yokohama Yuki Stalph Koichi Miyao YOUNGER
League table
Positions by round
Top scorers . RankPlayerClubGoals Taichi HaraFC Tokyo U-23 Yuya TakazawaThespakusatsu Gunma Yasuhito MorishimaFujieda MYFC Hayate TakeFukushima United FC Kohei ShinYSCC Yokohama Hayato Asakawa Akito TakagiGamba Osaka U-23 Mizuki AndoCerezo Osaka U-23 Tsugutoshi OishiSC Sagamihara Tomoya KitamuraRoasso Kumamoto Yosuke KamigataVanraure Hachinohe Ryota NakamuraBlaublitz Akita Masamichi HayashiGainare Tottori
Attendances
References