This article is part of the Vissel Kobe Various Things 2025 Advent Calendar 2025.
The 2025 J1 League season has come to an end. In 2026, an unusual half-year league will be held as a transition period to the autumn-spring system.
It’s called the J1 Centennial Vision League. The 20 teams in J1 will be divided into East and West regions with 10 teams each. A regional league round will be held with home and away matches in a double round-robin format, and the final rankings will be determined in a playoff round where teams from each group with the same ranking will face each other.