This is a list of J. League managers. Some of these managers were appointed as caretaker managers prior to being given a permanent position.
Pericles Chamusca -Oita Trinita
Gert Engels -Urawa Red Diamonds
Alex Miller - JEF United Ichihara Chiba
Kenta Hasegawa - Shimizu S-Pulse
Tetsuji Hashiratani - Tokyo Verdy
Akira Nishino -Gamba Osaka
Oswaldo de Oliveira -Kashima Antlers
Dragan Stojković -Nagoya Grampus
Yusuke Shinoda - Avispa Fukuoka
Levir Culpi -Cerezo Osaka
Kazuhito Mochizuki -Ehime FC
Hideki Matsunaga -FC Gifu
Takashi Kiyama -Mito Hollyhock
Shinji Kobayashi -Montedio Yamagata
Tomoyoshi Ikeya -Roasso Kumamoto
Yasuyuki Kishino -Sagan Tosu
Michael Petrovic -Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Masaaki Kanno - Shonan Bellmare
Shigeharu Ueki - Thespa Kusatsu
Makoto Teguramori - Vegalta Sendai
Takayoshi Amma - Ventforet Kofu
Naohiko Minobe - Tokushima Vortis
Satoshi Tsunami - Yokohama FC
Osvaldo Ardiles - Shimizu S-Pulse (1996–98), Yokohama F. Marinos (2000–01), Tokyo Verdy 1969 (2003–05)
Paulo Autuori -Kashima Antlers (2006)
Nelsinho Baptista - Verdy Kawasaki (1994–95), Nagoya Grampus Eight (2003–05)
Stuart Baxter -Sanfrecce Hiroshima (1992–93), Vissel Kobe(1995–97, 2006)
José Oscar Bernardi - Kyoto Purple Sanga (1995–96)
Guido Buchwald - Urawa Red Diamonds (2004–06)
João Carlos - Kashima Antlers (1996–98), Nagoya Grampus Eight (1999-01), Cerezo Osaka (2001), Consadole Sapporo (2003)
Toninho Cerezo - Kashima Antlers (2000–05)
Hugo Fernandez - Consadole Sapporo (1997–98)
Benito Floro - Vissel Kobe (1998)
Alexandre Gallo -FC Tokyo(2006)
Ivan Hašek - Vissel Kobe (2004)
Sigfried Held - Gamba Osaka (1995)
Wim Jansen - Sanfrecce Hiroshima (1995–96)
Kunishige Kamamoto - Gamba Osaka (1991–94)
Shu Kamo - Yokohama Flügels (1991–94), Japan national football team(1995–97), Kyoto Purple Sanga (1999-00)
Horst Köppel - Urawa Red Diamonds (1997)
Émerson Leão - Shimizu S-Pulse (1992–94), Verdy Kawasaki (1996), Vissel Kobe (2005)
Gordon Milne -Nagoya Grampus Eight(1994)
Takeshi Okada -Japan national team(1997–98), Consadole Sapporo (1999-01), Yokohama F. Marinos(2003–06), Japan national team (2007–2010)
Hans Ooft - Japan national team(1992–93), Júbilo Iwata (1994–96), Kyoto Purple Sanga (1998), Urawa Red Diamonds (2002–03)
Holger Osieck -Urawa Red Diamonds(1995–96, 2007–08)
Ivica Osim -JEF United Ichihara Chiba(2003–06), Japan national team(2006–07)
Ruy Ramos - Tokyo Verdy 1969 (2006–07)
Pavel Řehák - Vissel Kobe (2005)
Steve Perryman - Shimizu S-Pulse (1998-00), Kashiwa Reysol (2001–02)
Carles Rexach - Yokohama Flügels (1998)
Rivelino - Shimizu S-Pulse (1994)
Joel Santana -Vegalta Sendai (2006)
Luiz Felipe Scolari - Júbilo Iwata (1997)
Eddie Thomson - Sanfrecce Hiroshima (1997-00)
Jozef Vengloš - JEF United Ichihara (2002)
Pim Verbeek - Omiya Ardija (1998–99), Kyoto Purple Sanga (2003)
Robert Verbeek -Omiya Ardija(2007)
Zdenko Verdenik - JEF United Ichihara (2001), Nagoya Grampus Eight (2002–03), Vegalta Sendai (2003–04)
Sef Vergoossen -Nagoya Grampus Eight(2006–07)
Arsène Wenger - Nagoya Grampus Eight (1995–96)
Carlos Queiroz - Nagoya Grampus Eight (1996–97)
Masakuni Yamamoto - Japan national under-23 football team (2002–04), Júbilo Iwata(2004–06)
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