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won the J3 title for the first time in their history, in their debut campaign at the J3 League, just a year after being promoted from the JFL. They were promoted to the

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alongside

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, who narrowly promoted with one point off the 3rd-placed team. Both teams won promotion for the

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for the first time.

Clubs

Team changes

After no relegations from the J2 League in 2020, in 2021 there were four relegations and the number of teams in the 2022 J3 League increased from 15 to 18. The 4 teams relegated from J2 League in 2021 were:

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and

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and

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were promoted to J2 League and

was promoted from 2021 JFL as champions of that division.

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Foreign players

From the 2021 season onwards, there is no limitations on signing foreign players, but clubs could only register up to five of them for a single matchday squad. Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Qatar) were exempted from these restrictions. *Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the midseason transfer window. *Player's name in ''italics'' indicates the player has Japanese nationality in addition to their FIFA nationality, holds the nationality of a J.League partner nation, or is exempt from being treated as a foreign player due to having been born in Japan and being enrolled in, or having graduated from an approved type of school in the country.

League table

Stadiums

Primary venues used in the 2022 J3 League season:

Season statistics

Goal contributions

Top scorers

Top assists

Discipline

Player

*Most yellow cards: 8 **

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(Azul Claro Numazu) ** Kenshiro Suzuki (Azul Claro Numazu) ** Takashi Akiyama (Fujieda MYFC) ** Nobuyuki Kawashima (Fujieda MYFC) **

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(Fukushima United) **

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(Gainare Tottori) ** Koshiro Itohara (Gainare Tottori) **

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(FC Gifu) ** Freire (FC Gifu) ** Marcus Índio (FC Imabari) **

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(Kagoshima United) ** Rei Yonezawa (Kagoshima United) **

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(Matsumoto Yamaga) ** Hiroshi Azuma (Nagano Parceiro) ** Hayate Sugii (Nagano Parceiro) ** Ryoma Ishida (SC Sagamihara) ** Shunsuke Ueda (Tegevajaro Miyazaki) ** Masanobu Komaki (Vanraure Hachinohe) **

(YSCC Yokohama) ** Riku Furuyado (YSCC Yokohama)

Club

*Most yellow cards: 58 (YSCC Yokohama) *Most red cards: 3 (Kagoshima United)

Awards

Monthly awards

References

External links

Official website
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