J.League Fantasy: Injuries, Suspensions and Disappearances for Matchday 2

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
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Albirex Niigata	Shunsuke Mito	三戸舜介	LW	Slightly doubtful 🟠	24/3 - withdrawn from Japan U22 NT.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