List of Japanese football transfers summer 2012
# List of Japanese football transfers summer 2012

This is a list of Japanese football transfers in the summer transfer window 2012 by club.

## J. League Division 1

### Albirex Niigata

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 37 | DF | JPN | Shusuke Tsubouchi (Transferred from Omiya Ardija) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Kashima Antlers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Renato (loan from Guangzhou Evergrande) |
| — | FW | BRA | Carlão (loan return from S.C. Braga) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Alex (loan to Tokushima Vortis) |
| 17 | FW | JPN | Ryuta Sasaki (loan to Tochigi S.C.) |
| — | FW | BRA | Carlão (End of Contract) |

### Omiya Ardija

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Hiroyuki Komoto (loan from Vissel Kobe) |
| 11 | FW | SVN | Zlatan Ljubijankič (Transferred from K.A.A. Gent) |
| 19 | FW | SVN | Milivoje Novaković (loan from 1. FC Köln) |
| 33 | MF | KOR | Lee Keun-Ho (Drafted from FC KHT) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Rafael (Transferred to Botafogo) |
| 14 | DF | JPN | Shusuke Tsubouchi (Transferred to Albirex Niigata) |
| 20 | DF | KOR | Kim Young-Gwon (Transferred to Guangzhou Evergrande) |

### Cerezo Osaka

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Fábio Simplício (Transferred from A.S. Roma) |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Takuma Edamura (loan from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Heberty (loan from Thespa Kusatsu) |
| 41 | FW | JPN | Kenyu Sugimoto (loan return from Tokyo Verdy) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | KOR | Kim Bo-Kyung (Transferred to Cardiff City F.C.) |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Hiroshi Kiyotake (Transferred to 1. FC Nürnberg) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Kempes (loan return to Portuguesa) |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Branquinho (loan to Montedio Yamagata) |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Ryo Nagai (loan to Perth Glory FC) |

### Consadole Sapporo

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Ramón (Transferred from Náutico) |
| 38 | FW | BRA | Tele (Transferred from Foz do Iguaçu) |
| 39 | DF | KOR | Kim Jae-Hwan (loan from Jeonbuk Hyundai) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Thiago Quirino (Transferred to Shonan Bellmare) |
| 24 | FW | JPN | Junki Yokono (loan to Zweigen Kanazawa) |
| 36 | DF | BRA | Juninho (Released) |

### Yokohama F. Marinos

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Kawasaki Frontale

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 31 | MF | JPN | Koki Kazama (Transferred from TuS Koblenz) |
| 34 | MF | JPN | Koya Kazama (Transferred from VfL Osnabrück) |
| 35 | DF | JPN | Kyotaro Yamakoshi (Drafted from University of Tsukuba) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Yusuke Tasaka (Transferred to VfL Bochum) |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Kosei Shibasaki (loan to Tokyo Verdy) |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Yudai Tanaka (loan to Tochigi S.C.) |

### Gamba Osaka

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Leandro (loan from Al Sadd SC) |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Keisuke Iwashita (loan from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 41 | MF | JPN | Akihiro Ienaga (loan from RCD Mallorca) |
| — | MF | JPN | Takashi Usami (loan return from Bayern Munich) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Rafinha (loan return to Nacional-SP) |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Shinichi Terada (loan to Yokohama F.C.) |
| 24 | FW | JPN | Kenta Hoshihara (loan to Mito HollyHock) |
| 37 | FW | KOR | Lee Seung-Yeoul (loan to Ulsan Hyundai FC) |
| — | MF | JPN | Takashi Usami (loan to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) |

### Nagoya Grampus

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Tatsuya Arai (loan to F.C. Gifu) |

### Júbilo Iwata

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Riki Kitawaki (Transferred from Tacuary) |
| 44 | FW | KOR | Han Sang-Woon (Transferred from Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma) |
| 50 | MF | JPN | Yuki Kobayashi (loan from Tokyo Verdy) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Urawa Red Diamonds

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Matthew Špiranović (Transferred to Al-Arabi SC) |
| 5 | MF | JPN | Shunki Takahashi (loan to JEF United Chiba) |
| 15 | FW | JPN | Sergio Escudero (loan to FC Seoul) |

### Kashiwa Reysol

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Neto Baiano (Transferred from Vitória) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Takanori Nakajima (loan to Yokohama F.C.) |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Hiroki Sakai (Transferred to Hannover 96) |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Hideaki Kitajima (loan to Roasso Kumamoto) |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Ryohei Hayashi (loan to Montedio Yamagata) |
| 25 | FW | BRA | Ricardo Lobo (loan to JEF United Chiba) |
| 32 | GK | JPN | Yuya Miura (loan to Matsumoto Yamaga) |

### Shimizu S-Pulse

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 35 | FW | KOR | Kim Hyun-Sung (loan from FC Seoul) |
| 36 | DF | JPN | Kiyotaka Miyoshi (Transferred from Boston River) |
| — | MF | KOR | Lee Min-Soo (Drafted from Hannam University) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Keisuke Iwashita (loan to Gamba Osaka) |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Alex Brosque (Transferred to Al Ain FC) |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Takuma Edamura (loan to Cerezo Osaka) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Jymmy França (loan to Tokyo Verdy) |
| 15 | DF | JPN | Shinji Tsujio (loan to Sanfrecce Hiroshima) |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Shinji Ono (Transferred to Western Sydney Wanderers FC) |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Akito Tachibana (loan to Matsumoto Yamaga) |
| — | MF | KOR | Lee Min-Soo (loan to Shonan Bellmare) |

### Sagan Tosu

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Takahiro Kuniyoshi (loan to Kataller Toyama) |

### Sanfrecce Hiroshima

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 30 | DF | JPN | Shinji Tsujio (loan from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 33 | DF | JPN | Tsukasa Shiotani (Transferred from Mito HollyHock) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Takuya Marutani (loan to Oita Trinita) |

### F.C. Tokyo

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Edmilson (loan from Al-Gharafa) |
| 32 | MF | SRB | Nemanja Vučićević (Transferred from Manisaspor) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | FW | JPN | Kentaro Shigematsu (loan to Ventforet Kofu) |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Shuto Kono (loan to Machida Zelvia) |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Kazunori Yoshimoto (loan to Mito HollyHock) |
| 39 | MF | JPN | Tatsuya Yazawa (Transferred to JEF United Chiba) |

### Vegalta Sendai

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | JPN | Toshio Shimakawa (loan to Blaublitz Akita, previously on loan at Tokyo Verdy) |

### Vissel Kobe

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 31 | DF | JPN | Takuya Iwanami (Promoted from youth team) |
| 33 | FW | BRA | Fernando (loan from São Caetano) |
| 34 | MF | BRA | Anderson (loan from Santos FC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Hiroyuki Komoto (loan to Omiya Ardija) |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Tsubasa Oya (loan to Fagiano Okayama) |

## J. League Division 2

### Avispa Fukuoka

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 39 | FW | BRA | Osmar (Transferred from Foz do Iguaçu) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Shonan Bellmare

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Thiago Quirino (Transferred from Consadole Sapporo) |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Kento Fukuda (loan return from Fujieda MYFC) |
| 28 | MF | KOR | Lee Min-Soo (loan from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 31 | FW | BRA | Alex (Transferred from Grêmio Maringá) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Macena (Released) |

### Ehime F.C.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 34 | MF | JPN | Shun Ito (loan from Montedio Yamagata) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Fagiano Okayama

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 29 | MF | JPN | Tsubasa Oya (loan from Vissel Kobe) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | DF | JPN | Yugo Ichiyanagi (loan to Matsumoto Yamaga) |

### Gainare Tottori

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 13 | FW | JPN | Yuichi Kubo (loan from JEF United Ichihara Chiba) |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Shuji Fujimoto (loan from JEF United Ichihara Chiba) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | CRC | Kenny Cunningham (Released) |

### F.C. Gifu

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 32 | FW | BRA | Abuda (Transferred from Oeste) |
| 34 | DF | JPN | Tatsuya Arai (loan from Nagoya Grampus) |
| 35 | FW | BRA | Danilo (Transferred from Jataiense) |
| 36 | DF | JPN | Hirofumi Moriyasu (Transferred from Sydney FC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | KOR | Kim Dong-Gwon (loan to F.C. Osaka) |
| 19 | DF | JPN | Shinji Tominari (loan to Fujieda MYFC) |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Kazuto Sakamoto (loan to F.C. Kariya) |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Bruno (loan to F.C. Suzuka Rampole) |

### Giravanz Kitakyushu

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 29 | MF | JPN | Shingo Suzuki (loan from Tokyo Verdy) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Mito HollyHock

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 32 | FW | JPN | Kenta Hoshihara (loan from Gamba Osaka) |
| 33 | DF | JPN | Kazunori Yoshimoto (loan from F.C. Tokyo) |
| 34 | DF | JPN | Junya Hosokawa (Free Agent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Tsukasa Shiotani (Transferred to Sanfrecce Hiroshima) |

### JEF United Chiba

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 33 | DF | JPN | Shunki Takahashi (loan from Urawa Red Diamonds) |
| 35 | FW | BRA | Ricardo Lobo (loan from Kashiwa Reysol) |
| 39 | MF | JPN | Tatsuya Yazawa (Transferred from F.C. Tokyo) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Mark Milligan (Transferred to Melbourne Victory) |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Reginaldo (loan return to A. C. Siena) |
| 22 | FW | JPN | Yuichi Kubo (loan to Gainare Tottori) |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Shuji Fujimoto (loan to Gainare Tottori) |

### Kataller Toyama

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 32 | MF | JPN | Takahiro Kuniyoshi (loan from Sagan Tosu) |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Shunsuke Tachino (loan from Tokyo Verdy) |
| 41 | GK | JPN | Tatsuya Morita (loan from Kyoto Sanga F.C.) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Montedio Yamagata

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Branquinho (loan from Cerezo Osaka) |
| 39 | FW | JPN | Ryohei Hayashi (loan from Kashiwa Reysol) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Shun Ito (loan to Ehime F.C.) |

### Roasso Kumamoto

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 39 | FW | JPN | Hideaki Kitajima (loan from Kashiwa Reysol) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Kyoto Sanga F.C.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 32 | MF | BFA | Wilfried Sanou (Free Agent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Tatsuya Morita (loan to Kyoto Sanga F.C.) |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Yuji Takahashi (loan to Brisbane Roar FC) |

### Thespa Kusatsu

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 27 | FW | BRA | Alex Rafael (Transferred from Comercial-SP) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Lincoln (Released) |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Heberty (loan to Cerezo Osaka) |

### Tochigi S.C.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 20 | FW | JPN | Ryuta Sasaki (loan from Kashima Antlers) |
| 30 | DF | JPN | Yudai Tanaka (loan from Kawasaki Frontale) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | BRA | Jairo (loan return to Metropolitano) |

### Oita Trinita

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 29 | FW | JPN | Takenori Hayashi (Transferred from BEC Tero Sasana F.C.) |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Takuya Marutani (loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Yuji Fujikawa (loan to Matsumoto Yamaga) |
| 26 | FW | JPN | Yusuke Goto (loan to Hoyo Oita) |

### Ventforet Kofu

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Fernandinho (Transferred from Mogi Mirim) |
| 32 | FW | JPN | Kentaro Shigematsu (loan from F.C. Tokyo) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Pimba (Released) |

### Tokyo Verdy

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Kosei Shibasaki (loan from Kawasaki Frontale) |
| 29 | DF | BRA | Nicollas (loan from Flamengo) |
| 42 | DF | KOR | Bae Dae-Won (Free Agent) |
| 45 | FW | BRA | Jymmy França (loan from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 50 | FW | JPN | Ryosuke Kijima (Transferred from Matsumoto Yamaga) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Yuki Kobayashi (loan to Júbilo Iwata) |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Shingo Suzuki (loan to Giravanz Kitakyushu) |
| 15 | FW | BRA | Josimar (Released) |
| 27 | DF | JPN | Shunsuke Tachino (loan to Kataller Toyama) |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Toshio Shimakawa (loan return to Vegalta Sendai) |
| 41 | FW | JPN | Kenyu Sugimoto (loan return to Cerezo Osaka) |

### Tokushima Vortis

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Alex (loan from Kashima Antlers) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Matsumoto Yamaga

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Allisson Ricardo (loan from Audax) |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Thiago Silva (Transferred from Central) |
| 22 | MF | JPN | Akito Tachibana (loan from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Yuji Fujikawa (loan from Oita Trinita) |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Yuya Miura (loan from Kashiwa Reysol) |
| 34 | DF | JPN | Yugo Ichiyanagi (loan from Fagiano Okayama) |
| 37 | MF | KOR | Yoon Sung-Yeul (Free Agent) |
| 39 | FW | KOR | Choi Su-Bin (Free Agent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Shota Imai (loan to Blaublitz Akita) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Eydison (Released) |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Ken Hisatomi (loan to Fujieda MYFC) |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Masaki Yoshida (loan to F.C. Ryūkyū) |
| 24 | DF | KOR | Lee Jong-Min (Released) |
| 33 | FW | JPN | Ryosuke Kijima (Transferred to Tokyo Verdy) |

### Yokohama F.C.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 15 | DF | JPN | Takanori Nakajima (loan from Kashiwa Reysol) |
| 40 | MF | JPN | Shinichi Terada (loan from Gamba Osaka) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | MF | BRA | Roberto (Retired) |

### Machida Zelvia

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Katsuya Senzaki (Transferred from Vanraure Hachinohe) |
| 29 | DF | KOR | Lee Gang-Jin (loan from Jeonbuk Hyundai) |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Shuto Kono (loan from F.C. Tokyo) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Takumi Ogawa (loan to Fujieda MYFC) |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Colin Marshall (Released) |
