The Emperor's Cup was also known as the All Japan Football Championship.
NB: Shukyu-dan apparently refers to (city) selection.
1921 ( 1st) Tokyo Shukyu-dan 1-0 Mikage Shukyu-dan
1922 ( 2nd) Nagoya Shukyu-dan 1-0 Hiroshima Koto-shihan
1923 ( 3rd) Astra Club 2-1 Nagoya Shukyu-dan
1924 ( 4th) Rijo Club 4-1 All Mikage Shihan Club
1925 ( 5th) Rijo Shukyu-dan 3-0 Imperial University of Tokyo
1926 ( 6th) cancelled due to death of Emperor Taisho
1927 ( 7th) Kobe-Ichi Jr. Highschool Club 2-0 Rijo Shukyu-dan
1928 ( 8th) Waseda University WMW 6-1 Kyoto University
1929 ( 9th) Kwangaku Club 3-0 Hosei University
1930 (10th) Kwangaku Club 3-0 Keio University BRB
1931 (11th) Imperial Univ. of Tokyo LB 5-1 Kobun Jr. Highschool
1932 (12th) Keio Club 5-1 Yoshino Club
1933 (13th) Tokyo Old Boys Club 4-1 Sendai Football Club
1934 (14th) cancelled due to East Asian Games in Manila
1935 (15th) Seoul Shukyu-dan (Korea) 2-0 Tokyo Bunri University
1936 (16th) Keio University BRB 3-2 Poseung College (Korea)
1937 (17th) Keio University 3-0 Kobe Shogyo University
1938 (18th) Waseda University 4-1 Keio University
1939 (19th) Keio University BRB 3-2 Waseda University [aet]
1940 (20th) Keio University BRB 1-0 Waseda University WMW
1941 (21st) cancelled due to World War II
1942 (22nd) cancelled due to World War II
1943 (23th) cancelled due to World War II
1944 (24th) cancelled due to World War II
1945 (25th) cancelled due to World War II
1946 (26th) Tokyo University LB 6-2 Kobe Keizai University
1947 (27th) cancelled due to disorders after World War II
1948 (28th) cancelled due to disorders after World War II
1949 (29th) Tokyo University LB 5-2 Kansai University Club
1950 (30th) All Kwangaku 6-1 Keio University
1951 (31st) Keio University BRB 3-2 Osaka Club [aet]
1952 (32nd) All Keio University 6-2 Osaka Club
1953 (33rd) All Kwangaku 5-4 Osaka Club [aet]
1954 (34th) Keio University BRB 5-3 Toyo Industrial [aet]
1955 (35th) All Kwangaku 4-3 Chuo University Club
1956 (36th) Keio University BRB 4-2 Yawata Steel
1957 (37th) Chuo University Club 2-1 Toyo Industrial
1958 (38th) Kwangaku Club 2-1 Yawata Steel
1959 (39th) Kwangaku Club 1-0 Chuo University
1960 (40th) Furukawa Electric 4-0 Keio University BRB
1961 (41st) Furukawa Electric 3-2 Chuo University
1962 (42nd) Chuo University 2-1 Furukawa Electric
1963 (43rd) Waseda University 3-0 Hitachi
1964 (44th) Yawata Steel 0-0 Furukawa Electric [aet; title shared]
1965 (45th) Toyo Industrial 3-2 Yawata Steel
1966 (46th) Waseda University 3-2 Toyo Industrial [aet]
1967 (47th) Toyo Industrial 1-0 Mitsubishi Heavy Industrial
1968 (48th) Yanmar Diesel 1-0 Mitsubishi Heavy Industrial
1969 (49th) Toyo Industrial 4-1 Rikkyo University
1970 (50th) Yanmar Diesel 2-1 Toyo Industrial [aet]
1971 (51st) Mitsubishi Heavy Industrial 3-1 Yanmar Diesel
1972 (52nd) Hitachi 2-1 Yanmar Diesel
1973 (53rd) Mitsubishi Heavy Industrial 2-1 Hitachi
1974 (54th) Yanmar Diesel 2-1 Eidai Industrial
1975 (55th) Hitachi 2-0 Fujita Industrial
1976 (56th) Furukawa Electric 4-1 Yanmar Diesel
1977 (57th) Fujita Industrial 4-1 Yanmar Diesel
1978 (58th) Mitsubishi Heavy Industrial 1-0 Toyo Industrial
1979 (59th) Fujita Industrial 2-1 Mitsubishi Heavy Industrial
1980 (60th) Mitsubishi Heavy Industrial 1-0 Tanabe Medecine
1981 (61st) Nippon Kokan 2-0 Yomiuri Club
1982 (62nd) Yamaha 1-0 Fujita Industrial [aet]
1983 (63rd) Nissan 2-0 Yanmar Diesel
1984 (64th) Yomiuri Club 2-0 Furukawa Electric
1985 (65th) Nissan 2-0 Fujita Industrial
1986 (66th) Yomiuri Club 2-1 Nippon Kokan
1987 (67th) Yomiuri Club 2-0 Mazda
1988 (68th) Nissan 3-1 Fujita Industrial [aet]
1989 (69th) Nissan 3-2 Yamaha
1990 (70th) Matsushita 0-0 Nissan [aet, 4-3 pen]
1991 (71st) Nissan 4-1 Yomiuri Club [aet?]
1992 (72nd) Yokohama Marinos 2-1 Verdy Kawasaki [aet]
1993 (73rd) Yokohama Flügels 6-2 Kashima Antlers [aet]
1994 (74th) Bellmare Hiratsuka 2-0 Cerezo Osaka
1995 (75th) Nagoya Grampus Eight 3-0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
1996 (76th) Verdy Kawasaki 3-0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
1997 (77th) Kashima Antlers 3-0 Yokohama Flügels
1998 (78th) Yokohama Flügels 2-1 Shimizu S-Pulse
1999 (79th) Nagoya Grampus Eight 2-0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2000 (80th) Kashima Antlers 3-2 Shimizu S-Pulse [asdet]
2001 (81st) Shimizu S-Pulse 3-2 Cerezo Osaka [asdet]
2002 (82nd) Kyoto Purple Sanga 2-1 Kashima Antlers
2003 (83rd) Júbilo Iwata 1-0 Cerezo Osaka
2004 (84th) Tokyo Verdy 1969 2-1 Júbilo Iwata
2005 (85th) Urawa Red Diamonds 2-1 Shimizu S-Pulse
2006 (86th) Urawa Red Diamonds 1-0 Gamba Osaka
2007 (87th) Kashima Antlers 2-0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2008 (88th) Gamba Osaka 1-0 Kashiwa Reysol [aet]
2009 (89th) Gamba Osaka 4-1 Nagoya Grampus Eight
2010 (90th) Kashima Antlers 2-1 Shimizu S-Pulse
2011 (91st) FC Tokyo 4-2 Kyoto Sanga
2012 (92nd) Kashiwa Reysol 1-0 Gamba Osaka
2013 (93rd) Yokohama F. Marinos 2-0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2014 (94th) Gamba Osaka 3-1 Montedio Yamagata
2015 (95th) Gamba Osaka 2-1 Urawa Red Diamonds
2016 (96th) Kashima Antlers 2-1 Kawasaki Frontale [aet]
2017 (97th) Cerezo Osaka 2-1 Yokohama F. Marinos [aet]
2018 (98th) Urawa Red Diamonds 1-0 Vegalta Sendai
2019 (99th) Vissel Kobe 2-0 Kashima Antlers
2020 (100th) Kawasaki Frontale 1-0 Gamba Osaka
2021 (101st) Urawa Red Diamonds 2-1 Oita Trinita
2022 (102nd) Ventforet Kofu 1-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima [aet, 5-4 pen]
2023 (103rd) Kawasaki Frontale 0-0 Kashiwa Reysol [aet, 8-7 pen]
2024 (104th) Vissel Kobe 1-0 Gamba Osaka
2025 (105th)
Number of Wins (96; runners-up finishes (94) between square brackets)
NB: 9 editions cancelled, 1 shared
9 [ 4] Keio University [includes Keio University BRB (6/2), All Keio University (1/0),
and Keio Club (1/0) (all consisted of students and graduates
of Keio University)]
8 [ 4] Urawa Red Diamonds [includes Mitsubishi Heavy Industrial (4/3)]
7 [ 2] Yokohama F. Marinos [includes Nissan (5/1) and Yokohama Marinos (1/0]
7 Kwansei Gakuin University [includes Kwangaku Club (4/0) and All Kwangaku (3/0);
both graduates and students of Kwansei Gakuin Univ.]
5 [ 4] Gamba Osaka [includes Matsushita (1/0)]
5 [ 3] Kashima Antlers
5 [ 3] Tokyo Verdy 1969 [includes Verdy Kawasaki (1/1) and Yomiuri Club (3/2)]
4 [ 8] Cerezo Osaka [includes Yanmar Diesel (3/5)]
4 [ 2] Waseda University [includes Waseda University WMW (1/1; graduates and students
of Waseda University)]
4 [ 2] JEF United Ichihara [as Furukawa Electric (4/2); one win shared with
Yawata Steel]
3 [12] Sanfrecce Hiroshima [includes Toyo Industrial (3/5) and Mazda (0/1)]
3 [ 4] Bellmare Hiratsuka [includes Fujita Industrial (2/4)]
3 [ 4] Kashiwa Reysol [includes Hitachi (2/2)]
3 [ 1] Tokyo University [includes Imperial University of Tokyo (0/1), Imperial
University of Tokyo LB (1/0) and Tokyo University LB (2/0);
the LB teams consisted of graduates and students of Tokyo
University (former Imperial Univ.)]
2 [ 3] Chuo University [includes Chuo University Club, aka Chudai Club (1/1)]
2 [ 2] Júbilo Iwata [includes Yamaha (1/1)]
2 [ 1] Kawasaki Frontale [formerly Fujitsu]
2 [ 1] Nagoya Grampus Eight
2 [ 1] Rijo Club [includes Rijo Shukyu-dan (graduates and students of Hiroshima Dai-1
Secondary School, which Rijo Club also represented)]
2 [ 1] Yokohama Flügels [now merged into Yokohama F. Marinos (1/0), see above]
2 Vissel Kobe
1 [ 4] Shimizu S-Pulse
1 [ 1] Kyoto Sanga [includes Kyoto Purple Sanga]
1 [ 1] Nagoya Shukyu-dan
1 [ 1] Nippon Kokan [renamed NKK in 1988]
1 Astra Club [graduates and students of Gyosei Secondary School in Tokyo]
1 FC Tokyo
1 Kobe-Ichi Jr. Highschool Club [Kobe Dai-1 Secondary School]
1 Seoul Shukyu-dan (Korea)
1 Tokyo Old Boys Club [graduates and students of Imperial University, Keio
University and Waseda University]
1 Tokyo Shukyu-dan
1 Ventforet Kofu
1 [ 3] Yawata Steel (win shared with Furukawa Electric)
[ 3] Osaka Club
[ 1] All Mikage Shihan Club [Shihan=Teachers]
[ 1] Eidai Industrial
[ 1] Hiroshima Koto-shihan [Koto-shihan=Teachers College]
[ 1] Hosei University
[ 1] Kansai University Club
[ 1] Kobe Keizai University
[ 1] Kobe Shogyo University [Shogyo=Commercial]
[ 1] Kobun Junior Highschool
[ 1] Kyoto University
[ 1] Mikage Shukyu-dan
[ 1] Montedio Yamagata
[ 1] Oita Trinita
[ 1] Poseung College (Korea)
[ 1] Rikkyo University
[ 1] Sendai Football Club
[ 1] Tanabe Medecine
[ 1] Tokyo Bunri University
[ 1] Vegalta Sendai
[ 1] Yoshino Club
Notes:
Since 1969, the final is played on the 1st of January of the following year;
so the 49th final was played on January 1, 1970, etc.
Keio University BRB = Keio University Blue Red Blue
Waseda University WMW = Waseda University Waseda Marine White
Tokyo University LB = Tokyo University Light Blue
Name changes:
Bellmare Hiratsuka was Fujita
Cerezo Osaka was Yanmar
Gamba Osaka was Matsushita
JEF United Ichihara was Furukawa
Júbilo Iwata was Yamaha
Kashima Antlers was Sumitomo Honda
Kashiwa Reysol was Hitachi
Kawasaki Frontale was Fujitsu
Nagoya Grampus Eight was Toyota
Sanfrecce Hiroshima was Mazda, Toyo Kogyo, Toyo Industrial
Shimizu S-Pulse was Shimizu
Urawa Red Diamonds was Mitsubishi
Vegalta Sendai was Tohoku
Verdy Kawasaki was Yomiuri
Yokohama Flügels was ANA (All Nippon Airlines)
Yokohama Marinos was Nissan
NB: Yokohama Flügels and Yokohama Marinos merged into Yokohama F. Marinos, who are
considered the successor of Yokohama Marinos
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