NB: the 1973 edition was a "Special Cup"
1973 Yanmar Diesel 1-1 Towa Real Estate [aet] (shared)
1974-75 not played
1976 Hitachi 1-0 Eidai
1977 Furukawa 4-0 Yanmar Diesel
1978 Mitsubishi 2-1 Fujita [aet]
1979 Yomiuri 3-2 Furukawa
1980 Nippon Kokan 3-1 Hitachi
1981 Mitsubishi 4-4 Toshiba [aet] (shared)
1982 Furukawa 3-2 Yanmar Diesel
1983 Yanmar Diesel 1-0 Nissan
1984 Yanmar Diesel 3-0 Toshiba
1985 Yomiuri 2-0 Nissan
1986 Furukawa 4-0 Nissan
1987 Nippon Kokan 3-1 Sumitomo Metal
1988 Nissan 3-0 Toshiba
1989 Nissan 1-0 Yamaha
1990 Nissan 3-1 Furukawa
1991 Yomiuri 4-3 Honda
1992 Verdy Kawasaki 1-0 Shimizu S-Pulse
1993 Verdy Kawasaki 2-1 Shimizu S-Pulse
1994 Verdy Kawasaki 2-0 Júbilo Iwata
1995 not played
1996 Shimizu S-Pulse 3-3 Verdy Kawasaki [aet, 5-4 pen]
1997 Kashima Antlers 2-1 5-1 Júbilo Iwata
1998 Júbilo Iwata 4-0 JEF United Ichihara
1999 Kashiwa Reysol 2-2 Kashima Antlers [asdet, 5-4 pen]
2000 Kashima Antlers 2-0 Kawasaki Frontale
2001 Yokohama F. Marinos 0-0 Júbilo Iwata [asdet, 3-1 pen]
2002 Kashima Antlers 1-0 Urawa Red Diamonds
2003 Urawa Red Diamonds 4-0 Kashima Antlers
2004 FC Tokyo 0-0 Urawa Red Diamonds [aet, 4-2 pen]
2005 JEF United Ichihara 0-0 Gamba Osaka [aet, 5-4 pen]
2006 JEF United Chiba 2-0 Kashima Antlers
2007 Gamba Osaka 1-0 Kawasaki Frontale
2008 Oita Trinita 2-0 Shimizu S-Pulse
2009 FC Tokyo 2-0 Kawasaki Frontale
2010 Júbilo Iwata 5-3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima [aet]
2011 Kashima Antlers 1-0 Urawa Red Diamonds [aet]
2012 Kashima Antlers 2-1 Shimizu S-Pulse [aet]
2013 Kashiwa Reysol 1-0 Urawa Red Diamonds
2014 Gamba Osaka 3-2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2015 Kashima Antlers 3-0 Gamba Osaka
2016 Urawa Red Diamonds 1-1 Gamba Osaka [aet, 5-4 pen]
2017 Cerezo Osaka 2-0 Kawasaki Frontale
2018 Shonan Bellmare 1-0 Yokohama F. Marinos
2019 Kawasaki Frontale 3-3 Consadole Sapporo [aet, 5-4 pen]
2020 FC Tokyo 2-1 Kashiwa Reysol
2021 Nagoya Grampus 2-0 Cerezo Osaka
2022 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-1 Cerezo Osaka
2023 Avispa Fukuoka 2-1 Urawa Red Diamonds
2024 Nagoya Grampus 3-3 Albirex Niigata [aet, 5-4 pen]
2025
Number of wins (49 cups, 51 wins (2 wins shared), including 1973)
6 Kashima Antlers
6 Verdy Kawasaki (includes Yomiuri; now Tokyo Verdy)
5 JEF United Chiba (includes Furukawa, JEF United Ichihara)
4 Yokohama F. Marinos
4 [1 shared] Cerezo Osaka (includes Yanmar Diesel)
4 [1 shared] Urawa Red Diamonds (includes Mitsubishi)
3 Kashiwa Reysol (includes Hitachi)
3 FC Tokyo
2 Gamba Osaka
2 Júbilo Iwata
2 Nagoya Grampus
2 Nippon Kokan
2 [1 shared] Shonan Bellmare (includes Towa Real Estate, Fujita Kogyo)
1 Avispa Fukuoka
1 Kawasaki Frontale (formerly Fujitsu)
1 Oita Trinita
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
1 Shimizu S-Pulse
1 [1 shared] Toshiba (later into Consadole Sapporo)
Number of League-Cup-and-League-Cup Trebles (5)
2 Yokohama F. Marinos [1988/89, 1989/90] (as Nissan)
1 Gamba Osaka [2014] (formerly Matsushita)
1 Kashima Antlers [2000] (formerly Sumitomo)
1 Urawa Red Diamonds [1978] (as Mitsubishi)
With thanks to Atsushi Fujioka and Hans Schöggl for various corrections
Prepared and maintained by Erlan Manaschev for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Erlan Manaschev
Last updated: 20 Feb 2025
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