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 update: September 22

Team	Player	Name in Japanese	Pos	Situation	Info
Albirex Niigata	Shusuke Ota	太田修介	RW/LW	Available 🟢	5/8 - injured in GW22 9/8 - diagnosis revealed, out for 4 weeks (return in early September) 29/8 - pictured in training 8/9 - back in full training 22/9 - available according to Nikkan Sports
Albirex Niigata	Kaito Taniguchi	谷口海斗	ST	Injury 🔴	15/7 - missed GW21 11/8 - pictured in training 30/8 - injured in Emperor's Cup 22/9 - pictured in training (return next week?)
Albirex Niigata	Gustavo Nescau	グスタボ・ネスカウ	ST	Injury 🔴	30/8 - injured in Emperor's Cup
Albirex Niigata	Soya Fujiwara	藤原奏哉	RB	? 🟠	17/9 - missed GW27
Avispa Fukuoka	Shun Nakamura	中村駿	CDM	Doubtful (Hamstring injury) 🟠	20/6 - injured on June 3rd, out for 8-10 weeks (return in late August) 22/8 - back in full training (return next week?)
Avispa Fukuoka	Lukian	ルキアン	ST	Hamstring injury 🔴	26/8 - injured in GW25 27/8 - Coach Hasebe: 'I don't know, he is yet to be scanned in a hospital. He is able to walk though' 31/8 - from Nikkan Sports article: 'Lukian's condition is a concern' 10/9 - got injured again in J.League Cup 12/9 - player revealed on his social media that injury will rule him out for longer period than his previous injury 19/9 - diagnosis revealed, out for 3 months (return in December, so out for season)
Avispa Fukuoka	Ryoga Sato	佐藤凌我	ST	ACL + lateral meniscus injury 🔴	6/9 - injured in J.League Cup. Coach Hasebe: 'There's no doubt it's a serious injury', 'He can't even walk' 7/9 - diagnosis revealed, out for 8 months (return in May 2024)
Avispa Fukuoka	Seiya Inoue	井上聖也	CB	Diaphyseal fractures in both forearms 🔴	10/9 - injured in J.League Cup 19/9 - diagnosis revealed, out for 3 months (return in December, so out for season)
Cerezo Osaka	Kim Jin-hyeon	キム・ジンヒョン	GK	Slightly doubtful (Great toe proximal phalanx fracture) 🟠	3/6 - injured and subbed off at HT 11/6 - diagnosis revealed, timeframe unknown 22/7 - started running as a part of his recovery plan 8/8 - back in full training, but coach Kogiku expects him to return in September 9/9 - played 90 minutes in a practice match
Cerezo Osaka	Hirotaka Tameda	為田大貴	LW	Lateral meniscus tear 🔴	7/7 - to undergo surgery 12/9 - done a part of group training
Cerezo Osaka	Hiroshi Kiyotake	清武弘嗣	CAM/LW	Hamstring injury 🔴	13/2 - timescale unknown, going to take long 11/4 - back on grass, return in late April or early May 22/4 - in separate training 17/5 - still not in full training, but expected to join soon 26/5 - pictured in training with Kagawa (back in fully?) 26/6 - done a part of full training, but said that he doesn't know when he will be able to return 4/7 - back in full training 7/7 - could return in friendly game against PSG on July 28 12/7 - back on the bench in Emperor's Cup 28/7 - underwent surgery after suffering a setback, return this season is unlikely
Cerezo Osaka	Ryosuke Yamanaka	山中亮輔	LB	Partial achilles tear 🔴	10/8 - timeframe unknown, but it's long-term 13/9 - back on grass, aims to return in October
Gamba Osaka	Riku Handa	半田陸	RB	Fibula shaft fracture 🔴	16/7 - missed GW21. Injured in training this week. The club didn't reveal the timeframe, but news outlet Nikkan Sports says he is going to miss 10-12 weeks (return in late September - early October)
Gamba Osaka	Genta Miura	三浦弦太	CB	5th toe fracture 🔴	12/8 - subbed off on 26th minute 20/8 - diagnosis revealed, timeframe unknown
Gamba Osaka	Kwon Kyung-won	クォン・ギョンウォン	CB	Available 🟢	Back after GW27 suspension
Gamba Osaka	Dawhan	ダワン	CM	Available 🟢	17/9 - flagged as 'injured' by Opta 22/9 - pictured in training
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Yoshiaki Komai	駒井善成	CM/AM	Available 🟢	Back after GW27 suspension
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Seiya Baba	馬場晴也	CDM/CB	International Duty 🔴	Called-up to Japan U22 Squad for Asian Games (19 September - 7 October)
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Takuma Arano	荒野拓馬	CM/CAM	Suspended 🔴	8th yellow card of the season. Back in GW30
Kashima Antlers	Hayato Nakama	仲間隼斗	LW/RW	Available 🟢	Back after GW27 suspension
Kashima Antlers	Yuki Kakita	垣田裕暉	ST	Available 🟢	16/9 - flagged as 'injured' by Opta 20/9 - filmed in training
Kashima Antlers	Diego Pituca	ディエゴ・ピトゥカ	CDM	Suspended 🔴	2nd red card of the season. One-game suspension (back in GW29). Why? Read example 8 in the pic above the table
Kashiwa Reysol	Bueno	ブエノ	CB	Knee cartilage injury 🔴	31/5 - out for 6 months (return in December)
Kashiwa Reysol	Matheus Savio	マテウス・サヴィオ	AM	Available 🟢	17/9 - flagged as 'injured' by Opta 19/9 - pictured in training
Kashiwa Reysol	Eiichi Katayama	片山瑛一	RB	Suspended 🔴	Yellow card accumulation. Back in GW29
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 30/5 - back in Japan 8/6 - played in intra-squad game, coach is cautious with him, not giving a clear return date 18/7 - back in full training
Kawasaki Frontale	Ryota Oshima	大島僚太	CDM	Calf injury 🔴	8/7 - injured in GW9 16/7 - diagnosis revealed
Kawasaki Frontale	Shintaro Kurumaya	車屋紳太郎	CB	Available 🟢	15/9 - flagged as 'injured' by Opta 19/9 - back in starting XI in Asian Champions League
Kawasaki Frontale	Marcinho	マルシーニョ	LW	Available 🟢	15/9 - flagged as 'injured' by Opta 19/9 - back in starting XI in Asian Champions League
Kyoto Sanga	Tomoya Wakahara	若原智哉	GK	Doubtful (PCL injury) 🟠	18/6 - injured his knee right before FT in J.League Cup, but continued to play. May be the same situation as with Keisuke Osako recently 25/6 - diagnosis revealed, out for 2 months (return in late August) 10/8 - pictured running without gloves on 31/8 - pictured in training with gloves on
Kyoto Sanga	Sota Kawasaki	川崎颯太	CDM	Available 🟢	Back after GW27 suspension
Kyoto Sanga	Teppei Yachida	谷内田哲平	CM	International Duty 🔴	Called-up to Japan U22 Squad for Asian Games (19 September - 7 October)
Kyoto Sanga	Yuta Toyokawa	豊川雄太	RW	Doubtful 🟠	15/9 - missed GW27 20/9 - pictured in training
Kyoto Sanga	Yuto Misao	三竿雄斗	CB/LB	Injury? 🟠	15/9 - flagged as 'injured' by Opta
Kyoto Sanga	Osamu Henry Iyoha	イヨハ・理・ヘンリー	CB	Unavailable 🔴	Ineligible to face his parent club Sanfrecce Hiroshima in GW28
Nagoya Grampus Eight	Takuji Yonemoto	米本拓司	CDM	MCL injury 🔴	22/8 - didn't finish training 26/8 - missed GW25 4/9 - diagnosis revealed, timeframe unknown
Nagoya Grampus Eight	Taika Nakashima	中島大嘉	ST	Unavailable 🔴	Ineligible to face his parent club Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo in GW28
Sagan Tosu	Fuchi Honda	本田風智	CAM	Lateral meniscus tear 🔴	14/5 - injured in GW13 18/5 - diagnosis revealed, timeframe unknown
Sagan Tosu	Yuji Ono	小野裕二	AM/ST	Available? 🟠	26/8 - flagged as 'injured' by Opta 30/8 - pictured in training 2/9 - missed GW26
Sagan Tosu	Jun Nishikawa	西川潤	RW/CAM	International Duty 🔴	Called-up to Japan U22 Squad for Asian Games (19 September - 7 October)
Sagan Tosu	Wataru Harada	原田亘	RB	Injury? 🟠	15/9 - flagged as 'injured' by Opta, but it's likely a false alarm
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Ezequiel	エゼキエウ	AM	Available 🟢	5/8 - injured in GW22 9/8 - diagnosis revealed, out for 4 weeks (return in early September) 9/9 - done a part of group training 16/9 - back on the bench
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Takumu Kawamura	川村拓夢	CM	Available 🟢	Back after GW27 suspension
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Taichi Yamasaki	山﨑大地	CB/CDM	International Duty 🔴	Called-up to Japan U22 Squad for Asian Games (19 September - 7 October)
Shonan Bellmare	Song Bum-keun	ソン・ボングン (宋範根)	GK	Navicular bone stress fracture 🔴	25/8 - missed GW25 26/8 - diagnosis revealed, timeframe unknown
Shonan Bellmare	Kohei Okuno	奥野耕平	CDM	Available 🟢	2/9 - flagged as 'injured' by Opta 16/9 - back in starting XI
Shonan Bellmare	Daiki Tomii	富居大樹	GK	Illness 🔴	16/9 - missed GW27
Shonan Bellmare	Takuya Okamoto	岡本拓也	RCB/RWB	Available 🟢	16/9 - missed GW27 due to illness 20/9 - pictured in training
Shonan Bellmare	Satoshi Tanaka	田中聡	CDM/CB	Illness 🔴	16/9 - missed GW27
Shonan Bellmare	Taiga Hata	畑大雅	LWB/RWB	Illness 🔴	16/9 - missed GW27
Tokyo FC	Hotaka Nakamura	中村帆高	RB	Achilles tendon rupture 🔴	29/4 - "High chance it's a serious injury" 2/5 - diagnosis revealed, timeframe to be published after surgery 17/5 - out for 6 months (return in November)
Tokyo FC	Takuya Aoki	青木拓矢	CDM	Doubtful (MCL injury) 🟠	11/6 - injured in GW17 27/6 - diagnosis revealed, 4-6 weeks left (return in August) 31/7 - back in full training
Tokyo FC	Keita Yamashita	山下敬大	ST	Meniscus injury 🔴	3/7 - underwent surgery, so out for long 17/8 - returns to parent club FC Tokyo
Tokyo FC	Diego Oliveira	ディエゴ・オリヴェイラ	ST	Slightly doubtful 🟠	15/9 - missed GW27 due to illness
Tokyo FC	Kei Koizumi	小泉慶	CM/RB	Suspended 🔴	Yellow card accumulation. Back in GW29
Tokyo FC	Keigo Higashi	東慶悟	CM	Suspended 🔴	8th yellow card of the season. Back in GW30
Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiroki Abe	安部裕葵	LW	Lack of match fitness 🔴	14/7 - partially trains with the group 25/7 - still not in full training 4/8 - Coach Skorja: 'I expect him to start playing in October' 9/9 - Coach Skorja: 'I can't rule out him not returning in September'
Urawa Red Diamonds	Tomoaki Okubo	大久保智明	RW	Injury 🔴	2/9 - injured in GW26 9/9 - Coach Skorja: 'Next week he will go to a hospital again to know how long recovery will take. I don't think he can return during September'
Urawa Red Diamonds	Shoya Nakajima	中島翔哉	CAM	Injury 🔴	6/9 - injured in J.League Cup 9/9 - Coach Skorja: 'Waiting from medical staff whether to expect a fast recovery or he needs some more time'
Urawa Red Diamonds	Alex Schalk	アレックス・シャルク	LW/ST	Injury 🔴	10/9 - injured in J.League Cup
Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiroki Sakai	酒井宏樹	RB	Available 🟢	20/9 - missed Asian Champions League game due to poor condition 22/9 - 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) 22/8 - pictured in training (type unknown)
Vissel Kobe	Mitsuki Saito	齊藤未月	CDM	Knee dislocation, ACL tear, LCL tear, biceps femoris tendon attachment tear, popliteus tendon injury, MCL injury, PCL injury and injuries of medial and lateral meniscuses 🔴	19/8 - injured in GW24 21/8 - diagnosis revealed, out for a year (return in second half of 2024)
Vissel Kobe	Jean Patric	ジェアン・パトリッキ	RW/LW	Injury 🔴	16/9 - missed GW27 19/9 - in separate training
Yokohama FC	Gabriel	ガブリエウ	CB	ACL Injury 🔴	25/2 - injured in GW2 4/3 - likely out for season
Yokohama FC	Takuya Wada	和田拓也	CDM/LB	4th proximal phalanx fracture 🔴	3/9 - diagnosis revealed, injured in training on August 26, return in late November
Yokohama FC	Kotaro Hayashi	林幸多郎	LWB	Doubtful 🟠	17/9 - missed GW27 due to injury suffered in previous game 19/9 - done a part of group training. Aims to feature this weekend
Yokohama F. Marinos	Ryuta Koike	小池龍太	RB	Patella fracture 🔴	1/4 - 6 months (return in October) 9/9 - done a part of group training
Yokohama F. Marinos	Yuta Koike	小池裕太	LB	ACL injury 🔴	12/7 - injured in Emperor's Cup, spotted on crutches after the game 15/7 - diagnosis revealed, out for 8 months (return in March 2024)
Yokohama F. Marinos	Shinnosuke Hatanaka	畠中槙之輔	CB	ACL + meniscus injury 🔴	19/8 - injured in GW24 22/8 - diagnosis revealed, out for 8 months (return in April-May 2024)
Yokohama F. Marinos	Yan	ヤン・マテウス	RW	Available 🟢	19/8 - subbed off at HT 22/8 - training separately indoors. Coach Muscat: "It will take a bit longer to recover" 29/8 - in separate training 4/9 - still in separate training. Coach Muscat: 'Entering the last stage of recovery' 15/9 - back on the bench
Yokohama F. Marinos	Ryotaro Tsunoda	角田涼太朗	CB	Available 🟢	26/8 - missed GW25 29/8 - in separate training 4/9 - still in separate training 19/9 - back in starting XI in Asian Champions League
Yokohama F. Marinos	Yuki Saneto	實藤友紀	CB	Available 🟢	6/9 - injured in J.League Cup 15/9 - back in starting XI
Yokohama F. Marinos	Takumi Kamijima	上島拓巳	CB	Available 🟢	10/9 - missed J.League Cup game due to illness 19/9 - back in starting XI in Asian Champions League
Yokohama F. Marinos	Ken Matsubara	松原健	RB	Available 🟢	15/9 - missed GW27 19/9 - back in starting XI in Asian Champions League