2024 J1 League

Vissel Kobe were the defending champions, having won their first ever league title with one match to spare in the previous season.

The first club promoted was Tokyo-based Machida Zelvia, debuting in the J1 as the J2 champions following a seven-year run in the Japanese second tier.

[5][6] Another automatic promotion spot was obtained by Júbilo Iwata, who made a swift comeback after just a single season absence by finishing second, thus marking the return of a team from Shizuoka in the Japanese first division since 2022.

The league began on 23 February and is scheduled to end on 8 December; it is played in a double round-robin format with 38 fixtures in total.

[25] Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Morocco, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia) were exempted from these restrictions.