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 Number of wins (48 cups, 50 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 Nippon Kokan 2 [1 shared] Shonan Bellmare (includes Towa Real Estate, Fujita Kogyo) 1 Avispa Fukuoka 1 Kawasaki Frontale (formerly Fujitsu) 1 Nagoya Grampus 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
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