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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