J1 League Champions: Centered on Tokyo and the Island of Honshu

2021-06-10 21:00

J1 League Champions: Centered on Tokyo and the Island of Honshu

There have been 28 J1 League champions that have emerged since 1993,

Meiji Yasuda J1 League 2021 is the 29th season of the Japanese League title since the J.League was first launched in 1993. Currently, Kawasaki Frontale is leading far at the top of the standings and is unbeaten.


Previously, there have been 28 champions who have emerged since the J1 League was launched. Some teams more than once lifted the championship trophy.




Looking at the distribution, the biggest J1 League title is not far from the Greater Tokyo Area, a metropolitan area consisting of several prefectures, including the capital city of Japan, Tokyo.

The following is the distribution of J1 League titles based on three criteria, namely club, region, and island.

Champion By Club

Since it was first rolled out, there have been 10 clubs that have won the top caste of the Japanese League titled J.League since 1993. Verdy Kawasaki, who is now named Tokyo Verdy and plays in the J2 League, was the champion of the first and second editions of the J.League, in the 1993 and 1994 seasons. .

Meanwhile, in the last four seasons, Kawasaki Frontale has become the ruler, with three wins in four years, namely the 2017, 2018 and 2020 seasons.

The team that has won the most J1 League titles is Kashima Antlers with eight titles. Yokohama F. Marinos is in second place with four titles, or just half of Kashima Antlers' total.

Furthermore, there are three clubs that have won three times, namely Jubilo Iwata, Kawasaki Frontale, and Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

The following is the distribution of J1 League titles by club:

8 Kashima Antlers (1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016)

4 Yokohama F. Marinos (1995, 2003, 2004, 2019)

3 Jubilo Iwata (1997, 1999, 2002), Kawasaki Frontale (2017, 2018, 2020), Sanfrecce Hiroshima (2012, 2013, 2015)

2 Gamba Osaka (2005, 2014), Tokyo Verdy (1993, 1994)

1 Urawa Red Diamonds (2006), Nagoya Grampus (2010), Kashiwa Reysol (2011)

Champion by Region

If judging by the home of the winning team, the J1 League title is centered in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, precisely in the metropolitan area that surrounds it, the Greater Tokyo Area. A total of 19 of the 28 titles won by teams from this region.

Ibaraki Prefecture is the largest with eight titles, all belonging to the Kashima Antlers. Followed by Kanagawa Prefecture with seven titles, four belonging to Yokohama F. Marinos, three to Kawasaki Frontale.

The remaining four are from Tokyo (Tokyo Verdi two titles), and one each from Saitama Prefecture (Urawa Red Diamonds) and Chiba Prefecture (Kashiwa Reysol).

The other nine titles went to teams outside this region, with Hiroshima Prefecture leading with three titles (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) equal to Shizuoka Prefecture's collection (Jubilo Iwata).

Osaka Prefecture has two titles from Gamba Osaka, while the other title belongs to Nagoya Grampus' Aichi Prefecture.

Distribution of J1 League titles by region:

19 Degrees in the Greater Tokyo Area

8 Kashima Antlers - Ibaraki Prefecture

4 Yokohama F. Marinos - Kanagawa Prefecture

3 Kawasaki Frontale - Kanagawa Prefecture

2 Tokyo Verdy - Tokyo

1 Urawa Red Diamonds - Saitama Prefecture

1 Kashiwa Reysol - Chiba . Prefecture

9 Degrees Outside the Greater Tokyo Area

3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Hiroshima Prefecture

3 Jubilo Iwata - Shizuoka Prefecture

2 Pictures of Osaka - Osaka Prefecture

1 Nagoya Grampus - Aichi Prefektur Prefecture

Champion By Island

When viewed from the distribution of titles, all the teams that have won the J1 League title are from the largest island in Japan, Honshu Island.

Indeed, most of the teams competing in the J1 League are from this island, with most from the Greater Tokyo Area.

Especially this season, of the 20 teams that competed, 15 of them came from Honshu Island, with eight of them from the Greater Tokyo Area.

The five teams this season that are not from Honshu Island are Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo (Hokkaido), Tokushima Vortis (Shikoku), and three teams from Kyushu Island: Sagan Tosu, Avispa Fukuoka, and Oita Trinita.





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