title: List of Japanese football transfers summer 2012
text: # 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) |
  