Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and won the championship.

and , both based in Toyama

Toyama, Toyama

is the capital city of Toyama Prefecture, Japan, located on the coast of the Sea of Japan in the Chūbu region on central Honshū, about 200 km north of the city of Nagoya and 300 km northwest of Tokyo....

, merged before the season to become .

, and were promoted from Regional leagues by the virtue of their placing in All Japan Regional Football Promotion League Series

All Japan Regional Football Promotion League Series

The All Japan Regional Promotion League Series is a play-off tournament meant as a transition for Japanese football clubs competing in regional leagues to the bottom national tier .-History:Until 1976, the main entrance route for regional clubs to the Japan Soccer League was...

.

New Wave Kitakyushu and Kataller Toyama were approved as J. League associate members

J. League Associate Membership

J. League Associate Membership　 is a status given to Japanese non-league football clubs. The applicant must have an intention to become a professional club and to join the professional league, J. League, governed in the top two levels of the Japanese football pyramid...

 at the annual meeting in January. Fagiano Okayama were approved back in 2007 when playing in Regional league. FC Ryukyu's application was declined.

Table

Results

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Junya Nitta		25
2	Kodai Suzuki		20
3	Yasutaka Kobayashi		19
4	Kohei Kiyama		18
5	Yusuke Sato		16
6	Mitsuru Hasegawa		15
	Gen Nakamura		15
8	Goshi Okubo		14
	Go Togashi		14
10	Kiyohiro Hirabayashi		12
	Hideyuki Ishida		12

Attendances

Promotion and relegation

No relegation has occurred. , and were promoted to JFL from Regional leagues at the end of the season.