J. League Rookie of The Year

J. League Rookie Of The Year

The J. League Rookie of the Year is awarded by the J. League to the most outstanding rookie of the season. To be considered a rookie, a player must be in his first professional year of football (domestically or abroad).

Players names shown in bold were also named in the best eleven for that season.

Year Footballer Club Position Nationality
1993 Masaaki Sawanobori Shimizu S-Pulse MF Japan
1994 Kazuaki Tasaka Bellmare Hiratsuka MF Japan
1995 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi Yokohama Marinos GK Japan
1996 Toshihide Saito Shimizu S-Pulse DF Japan
1997 Atsushi Yanagisawa Kashima Antlers FW Japan
1998 Shinji Ono Urawa Red Diamonds MF Japan
1999 Yuji Nakazawa Verdy Kawasaki DF Japan
2000 Kazuyuki Morisaki Sanfrecce Hiroshima DF Japan
2001 Koji Yamase Consadole Sapporo MF Japan
2002 Keisuke Tsuboi Urawa Red Diamonds DF Japan
2003 Daisuke Nasu Yokohama F. Marinos DF Japan
2004 Takayuki Morimoto Tokyo Verdy 1969 FW Japan
2005 Robert Cullen Jubilo Iwata FW Japan
2006 Jungo Fujimoto Shimizu S-Pulse MF Japan
2007 Takanori Sugeno Yokohama FC GK Japan
2008 Yoshizumi Ogawa Nagoya Grampus MF Japan
2009 Kazuma Watanabe Yokohama F. Marinos FW Japan
2010 Takashi Usami Gamba Osaka MF Japan
2011 Hiroki Sakai Kashiwa Reysol DF Japan
2012 Gaku Shibasaki Kashima Antlers MF Japan

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