List of winners of J3 League and predecessors

Japanese League (3rd tier)
(former) Japan Football League Division 2 (1992–1993); Japan Football League (1999–2013); J3 League (2014–present)
	Country
	Japan;
	Founded
	1992
	Number of Teams
	16 (2016 season)
	Current Champions
	Blaublitz Akita (2020)
	Most successful club
	Honda FC; (5 championships)

A national third tier of Japanese league football was first established in 1992, as the second division of former Japan Football League, though it only lasted for two seasons. In 1999, following the establishment of J.League Division 2, a new Japan Football League was created, fulfilling the third tier until a fully professional J3 League was launched in 2014.

(former) Japan Football League Division 2 (1992–1993)

The old Japan Football League was established simultaneously with creation of J.League and was initially a two-level tournament but that lasted only for two inaugural seasons.

Season	Winner	Runner-up
1992	Chuo Bohan	Kyoto Shiko
1993	Honda Motors	PJM Futures

Japan Football League (JFL) (1999–2013)

With the establishment of J.League Division 2, the new Japan Football League was automatically moved a tier down the pyramid comparing to its discontinued namesake.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	(Also) promoted
1999	Yokohama FC^†	Honda Motors^†	Mito HollyHock
2000	Yokohama FC (2)	Honda Motors^†
2001	Honda Motors (2)^†	Otsuka Pharmaceutical^†
2002	Honda Motors (3)^†	Sagawa Express^†
2003	Otsuka Pharmaceutical^†	Honda FC^†
2004	Otsuka Pharmaceutical (2)	Honda FC^†	Thespa Kusatsu
2005	Ehime FC	YKK AP^†
2006	Honda FC (4)^†	Sagawa Express Tokyo^†
2007	Sagawa Express^†	Rosso Kumamoto	FC Gifu
2008	Honda FC (5)^†	Tochigi SC	Kataller Toyama, Fagiano Okayama
2009	Sagawa Shiga (2)^†	Yokogawa Musashino^†	New Wave Kitakyushu
2010	Gainare Tottori	Sagawa Shiga^†
2011	Sagawa Shiga (3)^†	Nagano Parceiro^†	Machida Zelvia, Matsumoto Yamaga
2012	V-Varen Nagasaki	Nagano Parceiro^†
2013	Nagano Parceiro^†	Kamatamare Sanuki

^†Not promoted to J2

J3 League (2014–present)

In 2014, J. League launched a fully professional third division.

Season	Winner	Runner-up
2014	Zweigen Kanazawa	Nagano Parceiro^‡
2015	Renofa Yamaguchi	Machida Zelvia
2016	Oita Trinita	Tochigi SC^‡
2017	Blaublitz Akita^†	Tochigi SC
2018	FC Ryukyu	Kagoshima United
2019	Giravanz Kitakyushu	Thespakusatsu Gunma
2020	Blaublitz Akita (2)	SC Sagamihara

^† Not promoted to J2.
^‡ Not promoted to J2 due to a loss in the play-off series.

Total wins

Clubs in bold compete in J3 as of 2021 season. Clubs in italic no longer exist.
Years in italic indicate seasons of amateur football (former and new Japan Football League).

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons	Runners-up seasons
Honda FC	5	4	1993, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008	1999, 2000, 2003, 2004
Sagawa Shiga	3	1	2007, 2009, 2011	2010
Tokushima Vortis	2	1	2003, 2004	2001
Yokohama FC	2	0	1999, 2000
Blaublitz Akita	2	0	2017, 2020
Nagano Parceiro	1	3	2013	2011, 2012, 2014
Avispa Fukuoka	1	0	1992
Ehime FC	1	0	2005
Gainare Tottori	1	0	2010
V-Varen Nagasaki	1	0	2012
Zweigen Kanazawa	1	0	2014
Renofa Yamaguchi	1	0	2015
Oita Trinita	1	0	2016
FC Ryukyu	1	0	2018
Giravanz Kitakyushu	1	0	2019
Tochigi SC	0	3		2008, 2016, 2017
Sagawa Express Tokyo	0	2		2002, 2006
Kyoto Sanga	0	1		1992
Tosu Futures	0	1		1993
YKK AP	0	1		2005
Roasso Kumamoto	0	1		2007
Yokogawa Musashino	0	1		2009
Kamatamare Sanuki	0	1		2013
Machida Zelvia	0	1		2015
Kagoshima United	0	1		2018
Thespakusatsu Gunma	0	1		2019
SC Sagamihara	0	1		2020

Sources

Contents of Domestic Competition of Football in Japan

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