J.League Fantasy expert Kurasawa looks at all the players who are injured, suspended, doubtful or ruled out otherwise on matchday 2.
This page will give you the latest info on unavailable players in the Japanese top flight.
In Japan situation with injury updates leaves much to be desired. Unlike Europe, where managers at pre-match press conferences present team news, Japanese teams are very secretive about it. You are rarely in the know that a player suddenly got injured before the game. Only after the end of the game without him club can post an injury report, but don’t expect they will do it fast. Sometimes it can take a couple of months for a club to shed light on a player’s status. That’s why you see the word “Disappearance” in the headline.
In terms of suspensions, a player misses one game, if he accumulates four warnings (yellow cards). But two yellows in one game are not counted as a warning. For a better understanding, see the picture below.
J.League Fantasy Injury and Suspension List Matchday 2
Team | Player | Name in Japanese | Pos | Situation | Info |
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Albirex Niigata | Yuto Horigome | 堀米悠斗 | LB | Available 🟢 | 4/3 - 2 weeks (return in mid-March) 17/3 - pictured in training 18/3 - back on the bench |
Albirex Niigata | Kazuhiko Chiba | 千葉和彦 | CB | Injury 🔴 | 4/3 - injured in GW3 |
Albirex Niigata | Soya Fujiwara | 藤原奏哉 | RB | Poor condition 🔴 | 18/3 - missed GW5 |
Albirex Niigata | Kaito Taniguchi | 谷口海斗 | ST | Poor condition 🔴 | 18/3 - missed GW5 |
Albirex Niigata | Takahiro Ko | 高宇洋 | CDM | Slightly doubtful 🟠 | 18/3 - missed GW5 25/3 - pictured in training |
Albirex Niigata | Hiroki Akiyama | 秋山裕紀 | CDM | Available 🟢 | 18/3 - should've replaced Ko 26/3 - back in starting XI in J.League Cup |
Albirex Niigata | Shunsuke Mito | 三戸舜介 | LW | Slightly doubtful 🟠 | 24/3 - withdrawn from Japan U22 NT. Yet to see a specialist 28/3 - training fully but still feels pain |
Avispa Fukuoka | Masashi Kamekawa | 亀川諒史 | LWB | ? 🟠 | 25/2 - missed GW2 |
Avispa Fukuoka | Kazuya Konno | 紺野和也 | RW | Available 🟢 | 4/3 - missed GW3 15/3 - back in full training 26/3 - back on the bench |
Avispa Fukuoka | Yosuke Ideguchi | 井手口陽介 | CM | Ankle injury 🔴 | 4/3 - injured in GW3 14/3 - 3 months (return in mid-June) |
Cerezo Osaka | Hiroshi Kiyotake | 清武弘嗣 | CAM/LW | Hamstring injury 🔴 | 13/2 - timescale unknown, going to take long |
Gamba Osaka | Kwon Kyung-won | クォン・ギョンウォン | CB | Available 🟢 | 28/2 - didn't train. Linked to a move to a Chinese club 13/3 - called up to South Korea NT 25/3 - training separately while on international duty 28/3 - back on the bench against Uruguay 30/3 - training fully with the club |
Gamba Osaka | Issam Jebali | イッサム・ジェバリ | ST | Injury 🔴 | 4/3 - injured in GW3 |
Gamba Osaka | Takashi Usami | 宇佐美貴史 | CM/ST | Slightly doubtful 🟠 | 12/3 - injured in GW4 17/3 - will miss GW6 but should be fine after international break 29/3 - pictured in training |
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Kazuki Fukai | 深井一希 | CDM | ACL Injury 🔴 | 18/9/22 - |
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Yoshiaki Komai | 駒井善成 | CM | ACL Injury 🔴 | 8/10/22 - 1/3 - return in April 23/3 - back in full training. Targeting a return in J.League Cup game on April 5 |
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Lucas Fernandes | ルーカス・フェルナンデス | RWB/LWB | Doubtful 🟠 | 18/2 - missed GW1 1/3 - pictured in training 21/3 - back in full training |
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Takanori Sugeno | 菅野孝憲 | GK | Calf injury 🔴 | 25/2 - missed GW2 15/3 - still at partial training |
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Ryota Aoki | 青木亮太 | LW | Doubtful (Thigh muscle injury) 🟠 | 4/3 - subbed off at HT 29/3 - back in full training |
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Kim Gun-hee | キム・ゴンヒ | ST | Doubtful (Adductor muscle injury) 🟠 | 12/3 - missed GW4 29/3 - back in full training |
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Yuya Asano | 浅野雄也 | LW | Slightly doubtful 🟠 | 18/3 - injured in GW5 29/3 - back in full training |
Kashima Antlers | Kwon Sun-tae | クォン・スンテ | GK | Calf injury 🔴 | 9/3 - 2 months (return in mid-May) |
Kashima Antlers | Kaishu Sano | 佐野海舟 | CDM | Available 🟢 | Back after GW5 suspension |
Kashima Antlers | Diego Pituca | ディエゴ・ピトゥカ | CM | Suspended 🔴 | Return in GW7 |
Kashima Antlers | Itsuki Someno | 染野唯月 | ST | Knee injury 🔴 | 22/3 - 6 weeks (return in early May) |
Kashiwa Reysol | Douglas | ドウグラス | FW | ? 🟠 | 29/10/22 - missed GW33 |
Kashiwa Reysol | Diego | ジエゴ | CB/LB | Thigh injury 🔴 | 18/2 - missed GW1 9/3 - underwent operation, so he is not going to be back soon |
Kashiwa Reysol | Yugo Tatsuta | 立田悠悟 | CB | ? 🟠 | 19/3 - missed GW5 |
Kashiwa Reysol | Tomoya Koyamatsu | 小屋松知哉 | LW | Available 🟢 | 19/3 - missed GW5 26/3 - back in starting XI in J.League cup |
Kawasaki Frontale | Leandro Damião | レアンドロ・ダミアン | ST | Doubtful (Ankle ligament injury) 🟠 | 28/12/22 - 10 weeks (return by mid-March) 5/3 - pictured in partial training 14/3 - still in partial training 22/3 - back in full training |
Kawasaki Frontale | Yu Kobayashi | 小林悠 | ST | Available 🟢 | 15/1 - 8-10 weeks (return by mid to late March) 3/3 - back in partial training 14/3 - back in full training 18/3 - back on the bench |
Kawasaki Frontale | Kyohei Noborizato | 登里享平 | LB | Available 🟢 | 18/2 - injured on 11 Feb, 4 weeks left (return by mid-March) 14/3 - back in full training 18/3 - back in starting XI |
Kawasaki Frontale | Shintaro Kurumaya | 車屋紳太郎 | CB | Hamstring injury 🔴 | 17/2 - injured in GW1 22/2 - recovery by early April 28/3 - back in full training |
Kawasaki Frontale | Jesiel | ジェジエウ | CB | Lateral meniscus tear 🔴 | 4/3 - injured in GW3 10/3 - returned to Brazil to receive treatment |
Kawasaki Frontale | Kazuya Yamamura | 山村和也 | CB | Hamstring injury 🔴 | 11/3 - injured in GW4 19/3 - 3 weeks left (return in mid-April) |
Kawasaki Frontale | Ryota Oshima | 大島僚太 | CM | Hamstring injury 🔴 | 11/3 - injured in GW4 19/3 - 3 weeks left (return in mid-April) |
Kawasaki Frontale | Yasuto Wakizaka | 脇坂泰斗 | CM | Available 🟢 | 18/3 - missed GW5 26/3 - back in starting XI in J.League Cup |
Kawasaki Frontale | Asahi Sasaki | 佐々木旭 | LB | Available 🟢 | 18/3 - missed GW5 26/3 - back on the bench in J.League Cup |
Kyoto Sanga | Taiki Hirato | 平戸太貴 | LW | ? 🟠 | 18/2 - missed GW1 |
Kyoto Sanga | Kazunari Ichimi | 一美和成 | ST | Injury 🔴 | 25/2 - injured in GW2 29/3 - pictured in training (return in next week?) |
Kyoto Sanga | Yuta Toyokawa | 豊川雄太 | RW/ST | Available 🟢 | 4/3 - missed GW3 26/3 - back in starting XI in J.League Cup |
Nagoya Grampus Eight | Takuya Uchida | 内田宅哉 | CM | Available 🟢 | Back after being ineligible to face his parent club FC Tokyo |
Nagoya Grampus Eight | Ryuji Izumi | 和泉竜司 | LWB | Injury 🔴 | 18/3 - injured in GW5 |
Nagoya Grampus Eight | Takuya Shigehiro | 重廣卓也 | CM | Femoral cartilage injury 🔴 | 27/3 - injured on March 15, recovery timeframe unknown |
Sagan Tosu | Hwang Seok-ho | ファン・ソッコ | CB | Fifth metatarsal fracture 🔴 | 18/2 - missed GW1 27/2 - injured in training in 16th Feb, recovery timescale unrevealed |
Sagan Tosu | Masahiro Okamoto | 岡本昌弘 | GK | ? 🟠 | 2nd-choice GK of 2022 season is yet to make matchday squad in 2023 |
Sagan Tosu | Yoichi Naganuma | 長沼洋一 | LWB/RWB | Available 🟢 | Back from GW5 suspension |
Sagan Tosu | Wataru Harada | 原田亘 | RB/RCB | ? 🟠 | 18/3 - missed GW5 |
Sagan Tosu | Cayman Togashi | 富樫敬真 | ST | Injury 🔴 | 18/3 - injured in GW5 |
Sagan Tosu | Fuchi Honda | 本田風智 | LW | Injury 🔴 | 19/3 - withdrawn from Japan U22 NT |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Pieros Sotiriou | ピエロス・ソティリウ | ST | ? 🟠 | 19/3 - missed GW5 |
Shonan Bellmare | Akimi Barada | 茨田陽生 | CDM | Injury? 🟠 | 5/11/22 - injured in GW34 |
Shonan Bellmare | Yuki Ohashi | 大橋祐紀 | ST | Hamstring injury 🔴 | 4/3 - injured in GW3 13/3 - 10 weeks (return in late May) |
Shonan Bellmare | Koki Tachi | 舘幸希 | CB | Available 🟢 | 12/3 - missed GW4 19/3 - back on the bench |
Shonan Bellmare | Takuya Okamoto | 岡本拓也 | RWB/RCB | Available 🟢 | 19/3 - missed GW5 26/3 - back on the bench in J.League Cup |
Shonan Bellmare | Taiga Hata | 畑大雅 | LWB | Injury 🔴 | 19/3 - injured in GW5 and withdrawn from Japan U22 NT |
Shonan Bellmare | Kohei Okuno | 奥野耕平 | CDM | Unavailable 🔴 | Ineligible to face his parent club Gamba Osaka in GW6 |
Tokyo FC | Kuryu Matsuki | 松木玖生 | CM | Available 🟢 | Called up for U-20 Asian Cup taking place in Uzbekistan from 1st to 20th March 15/3 - eliminated from Iraq in semi-final |
Tokyo FC | Shuto Abe | 安部柊斗 | CM | Biceps femoris muscle strain 🔴 | 26/2 - missed GW2 27/2 - injured in GW1, 8 weeks to recover (return in late April) |
Tokyo FC | Ryoma Watanabe | 渡邊凌磨 | RW | Wounded kidney 🔴 | 9/3 - 4 weeks (return in mid-April) |
Tokyo FC | Hotaka Nakamura | 中村帆高 | RB | Hamstring injury 🔴 | 12/3 - injured in GW4 19/3 - 4 weeks (return in mid-April) |
Tokyo FC | Kashif Bangnagande | バングーナガンデ佳史扶 | LB | Slightly doubtful (Whack to the knee) 🟠 | 28/3 - injured against Colombia NT |
Urawa Red Diamonds | Toshiki Takahashi | 髙橋利樹 | ST | Injury 🔴 | 8/3 - stretchered off in J.League Cup 14/3 - training individually |
Urawa Red Diamonds | Kai Shibato | 柴戸海 | CDM | Injury 🔴 | 8/3 - stretchered off in J.League Cup 14/3 - training individually |
Vissel Kobe | Sergi Samper | セルジ・サンペール | DM | Doubtful (ACL Injury) 🟠 | 16/3/22 - injured in Asian CL 27/3/22 - 8 months 4/2 - "I don't think he'll make it to GW1" 28/2 - pictured in training 14/3 - "could return in March" |
Vissel Kobe | Andres Iniesta | アンドレス・イニエスタ | CAM | Available 🟢 | 20/2 - not yet joined group training 24/2 - flew to Spain for family reasons. Expected to be back in early March 14/3 - back in Japan and fully training 26/3 - back on the bench in J.League Cup |
Vissel Kobe | Thuler | トゥーレル | CB | Doubtful 🟠 | 18/2 - missed GW1 2/1 - pictured in training |
Vissel Kobe | Ryuho Kikuchi | 菊池流帆 | CB | ACL Injury 🔴 | 4/3 - injured in GW3 10/3 - 8 months (return in November) |
Vissel Kobe | Nanasei Iino | 飯野七聖 | RB | Injury 🔴 | 8/3 - injured in J.League Cup |
Vissel Kobe | Jean Patric | ジェアン・パトリッキ | LW/RW | Doubtful 🟠 | 11/3 - missed GW4 29/3 - pictured in training |
Yokohama FC | Svend Brodersen | スベンド・ブローダーセン | GK | Doubtful (Concussion) 🟠 | 18/2 - missed GW1 1/3 - pictured in training 14/3 - training individually (return after international break?) |
Yokohama FC | Gabriel | ガブリエウ | CB | ACL Injury 🔴 | 25/2 - injured in GW2 4/3 - likely out for season |
Yokohama FC | Tomoki Kondo | 近藤友喜 | RW/RWB | Available 🟢 | 25/2 - stretchered off in GW2 18/3 - back in starting XI |
Yokohama FC | Hirotaka Mita | 三田啓貴 | CM | Available 🟢 | 14/3 - training individually 18/3 - back in starting XI |
Yokohama FC | Kengo Nagai | 永井堅梧 | GK | Ankle sprain 🔴 | 18/3 - injured in GW5 29/3 - return in May |
Yokohama F. Marinos | Ryuta Koike | 小池龍太 | RB | Available 🟢 | 24/1 - 6-8 weeks (return in March) 14/3 - back in full training 26/3 - back in starting XI in J.League cup |
Yokohama F. Marinos | Obi Powell Obinna | オビ・パウエル・オビンナ | GK | Available 🟢 | 3/3 - missed GW3 18/3 - back on the bench |
Yokohama F. Marinos | Ryotaro Tsunoda | 角田涼太朗 | CB | Slightly doubtful 🟠 | 20/3 - withdrawn from Japan NT 22/3 - training separately 29/3 - back in full training |
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