J.League Fantasy: Injuries, Suspensions and Disappearances

J.League Fantasy expert Kurasawa shares the list of players that are doubtful or out in the J.League every gameweek.

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.

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J.League Fantasy Injury and Suspension List

Last updated: March 17

Team	Player	Name in Japanese	Pos	Situation	Info
Albirex Niigata	Yuto Horigome	堀米悠斗	LB	Slightly doubtful (Soleus muscle injury) 🟠	4/3 - 2 weeks (return in mid-March) 17/3 - pictured in training
Albirex Niigata	Kazuhiko Chiba	千葉和彦	CB	Injury 🔴	4/3 - injured in GW3
Avispa Fukuoka	Masashi Kamekawa	亀川諒史	LWB	? 🟠	25/2 - missed GW2
Avispa Fukuoka	Kazuya Konno	紺野和也	RW	Doubtful 🟠	4/3 - missed GW3 15/3 - back in full training
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	Doubtful 🟠	28/2 - didn't train. Linked to a move to a Chinese club 13/3 - called up to South Korea NT
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	Thigh Injury 🔴	12/3 - injured in GW4 17/3 - will miss GW6 but should be fine after international break
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
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
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	? 🟠	4/3 - subbed off at HT
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Kim Gun-hee	キム・ゴンヒ	ST	? 🟠	12/3 - missed GW4
Kashima Antlers	Gen Shoji	昌子源	CB	Available 🟢	9/1 - 6 weeks 2/3 - back in full training 12/3 - back in starting XI
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	Suspended 🔴	Return in GW6
Kashima Antlers	Kei Chinen	知念慶	ST/LW	Available 🟢	12/3 - flagged as "injured" by Opta 17/3 - pictured in training
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	Kota Yamada	山田康太	CM/CAM	Available 🟢	4/3 - flagged as "injured" by Opta 12/3 - back on the bench
Kawasaki Frontale	Leandro Damião	レアンドロ・ダミアン	ST	Ankle ligament injury 🔴	28/12/22 - 10 weeks (return by mid-March) 5/3 - pictured in partial training 14/3 - still in partial training
Kawasaki Frontale	Yu Kobayashi	小林悠	ST	5th proximal phalanx fracture 🔴	15/1 - 8-10 weeks (return by mid to late March) 3/3 - back in partial training 14/3 - back in full training
Kawasaki Frontale	Kyohei Noborizato	登里享平	LB	Soleus muscle tear 🔴	18/2 - injured on 11 Feb, 4 weeks left (return by mid-April) 14/3 - back in full training
Kawasaki Frontale	Shintaro Kurumaya	車屋紳太郎	CB	Hamstring injury 🔴	17/2 - injured in GW1 22/2 - recovery by early April
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	Injury 🔴	11/3 - injured in GW4. Unlikely to play in GW5 given that club recalled their young CB from loan at J2 team
Kawasaki Frontale	Ryota Oshima	大島僚太	CM	Injury? 🟠	11/3 - flagged as "injured" by Opta
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
Kyoto Sanga	Yuta Toyokawa	豊川雄太	RW/ST	? 🟠	4/3 - missed GW3
Nagoya Grampus Eight	Takuya Uchida	内田宅哉	CM	Unavailable 🔴	Ineligible to face his parent club FC Tokyo in GW5
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	Shinya Nakano	中野伸哉	CB/LB	Available 🟢	21/2 - withdrawn from Japan U-20 squad 12/3 - back on the bench
Sagan Tosu	Jun Nishikawa	西川潤	RW	Available 🟢	Back after being ineligible to play against parent club Cerezo Osaka
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	Suspended 🔴	Return in GW6
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	-	-	-	-	-
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	? 🟠	12/3 - missed GW4
Tokyo FC	Kuryu Matsuki	松木玖生	CM	International Duty 🔴	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	Injury? 🟠	12/3 - flagged as "injured" by Opta
Tokyo FC	Kashifu Bangunagande	バングーナガンデ佳史扶	LB	Available 🟢	12/3 - flagged as "injured" by Opta 15/3 - called up to Japan NT and pictured in training
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	Doubtful 🟠	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
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	? 🟠	11/3 - missed GW4
Yokohama FC	Svend Brodersen	スベンド・ブローダーセン	GK	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	Hamstring Injury 🔴	25/2 - stretchered off in GW2
Yokohama FC	Hirotaka Mita	三田啓貴	CM	Doubtful 🟠	14/3 - training individually
Yokohama F. Marinos	Ryuta Koike	小池龍太	RB	Kneecap dislocation 🔴	24/1 - 6-8 weeks (return in March) 14/3 - back in full training
Yokohama F. Marinos	Obi Powell Obinna	オビ・パウエル・オビンナ	GK	? 🟠	3/3 - missed GW3
Yokohama F. Marinos	Katsuya Nagato	永戸勝也	LB	Available 🟢	Back after GW4 suspension
Yokohama F. Marinos	Ken Matsubara	松原健	RB	Available 🟢	12/3 - missed GW4 due to illness