The Prince Takamado Cup, since 2018, is divided in two age-restricted tournaments, being them the "Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football League" (Japanese: 高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカーリーグ) and "Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-15 Japan Football Championship" (Japanese: 高円宮杯 JFA U-15サッカー選手権大会). Both tournaments are annually-contested and run by the Japan Football Association for the under–18 and under-15 sides. The name of the tournament is named after Norihito, Prince Takamado, a long time patron of football in Japan.

Under-18

Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League
Founded1990;
2011 (as Premier League)
Number of teams24
Current championsAomori Yamada HS (2023)
(4th title)
Most successful club(s)Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Aomori Yamada HS
(4 titles)
Television broadcastersJ Sports + Sports Bull
WebsiteJFA
2023 Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League (1st division)

League structure

From 2003 to 2010, the championship was realized as a short-term tournament, where the Prince Leagues (equivalent to the Japanese Regional Leagues) served as a qualification to it. [1] Since 2011, the championship is played as a year-round league tournament.

Currently, in the Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League, 24 teams are split into 2 groups with 12 teams in each, which are called Premier League East, and Premier League West, with each team's geographical positions being the determining factor to decide whether the club should be on the East group, or on the West group. The winners of each group face each other in a one-legged final at a neutral venue to decide the tournament's winners.

On the other side, the 11th and 12th-placed teams of each group are automatically relegated to the Prince League (The tournament's 2nd division), while to keep their stay at the elite, the 10th-placed teams of each group needs to join other 16 teams from the Prince League on a play-off tournament, with the teams being divided by 6 groups with 3 teams in each. The winners of each group are qualified for/remains in the Premier League. [2]

All the players under the Type 2 registration (Players with the age of 18 or below) are eligible to compete in the leagues

U-18 League System
Level Leagues/Divisions
I Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football Premier League
24 teams (2022 season)

East (12 teams) | West (12 teams)

II Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football Prince League
104 teams (2022 season)

Hokkaido (8 teams)
Tohoku (10 teams)
Kanto (20 teams; 2 divisions)
Tokai (10 teams)
Hokushin'etsu (10 teams)
Kansai (16 teams; 2 divisions)
Chugoku (10 teams)
Shikoku (10 teams)
Kyushu (10 teams)

III & below 46 Prefectural Leagues & 5 Block Leagues of Hokkaido
+500 teams

Hokkaido: Sapporo block | Dōhoku block (north) | Dōtō block (east) | Dōō block (central) | Dōnan block (south)
Tohoku: Aomori | Iwate | Miyagi | Akita | Yamagata | Fukushima
Kanto: Ibaraki | Tochigi | Gunma | Saitama | Chiba | Tokyo | Kanagawa | Yamanashi
Tokai: Gifu | Shizuoka | Aichi | Mie
Hokushin'etsu: Niigata | Toyama | Ishikawa | Fukui | Nagano
Kansai: Shiga | Kyoto | Osaka | Hyogo | Nara | Wakayama
Chugoku: Tottori | Shimane | Okayama | Hiroshima | Yamaguchi
Shikoku: Tokushima | Kagawa | Ehime | Kochi
Kyushu: Fukuoka | Saga | Nagasaki | Kumamoto | Ōita | Miyazaki | Kagoshima | Okinawa

Premier League teams (2011–)

This list includes all teams that played in the Premier League since its inception on 2011, when it became the top U-18 league in Japan. Teams in bold are playing in the 2023 Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League. Gold boxes indicates the team was the season's champions, green boxes indicates the season's runner-up, and red boxes indicates the season's relegated teams.

  • Premier League East
Team Prefecture Seasons 201120122013201420152016201720182019202120222023
Asahikawa Jitsugyo HSHokkaido2 –10th–––––––––12th
Consadole SapporoHokkaido5 1st2nd5th8th9th–––––––
Aomori Yamada HSAomori12 6th4th6th7th2nd1st3rd2nd1st1st4th1st
JFA Academy FukushimaFukushima4 ––3rd5th10th–––––11th–
Shoshi HSFukushima3 10th–––––––10th––2nd
Kashima AntlersIbaraki8 –7th8th3rd1st8th4th1st9th–––
Maebashi Ikuei HSGunma2 ––––––––––6th8th
Kiryu Daiichi HSGunma1 ––––––––––12th–
Mitsubishi YowaSaitama4 8th8th7th10th––––––––
Omiya ArdijaSaitama6 ––––3rd4th9th–6th4th3rd9th
Shohei HSSaitama1 –––––––––––7th
Urawa Red DiamondsSaitama6 4th9th––––8th7th3rd10th––
Ichiritsu Funabashi HSChiba9 –––4th4th3rd7th6th5th9th10th5th
Kashiwa ReysolChiba9 –––1st8th7th5th5th2nd5th9th4th
Ryutsu Keizai Kashiwa HSChiba11 5th3rd1st6th7th9th–4th7th8th8th6th
FC TokyoTokyo8 9th–––5th2nd1st9th–6th5th10th
Tokyo VerdyTokyo4 2nd1st4th9th––––––––
Kawasaki FrontaleKanagawa2 ––––––––––1st3rd
Toko Gakuen HSKanagawa1 ––10th–––––––––
Yokohama FCKanagawa3 –––––––––7th7thWEST
Yokohama F. MarinosKanagawa5 –––––5th10th––3rd2nd11th
Albirex NiigataNiigata1 –––––10th––––––
Toyama Daiichi HSToyama1 WESTWESTWESTWEST–––10th––––
Júbilo IwataShizuoka2 –––––––8th8thWESTWESTWEST
Shimizu S-PulseShizuoka10 3rd5th2nd2nd6th6th2nd3rd4th2ndWEST–
Shizuoka Gakuen HSShizuoka4 7th6th9th–––––––WESTWEST
Kyoto SangaKyoto1 ––––––6thWESTWESTWEST––
  • Premier League West
Team Prefecture Seasons 201120122013201420152016201720182019202120222023
Yokohama FCKanagawa3 –––––––––EASTEAST5th
Toyama Daiichi HSToyama4 8th6th8th9th–––EAST––––
Júbilo IwataShizuoka3 –––––––EASTEAST8th3rd11th
Shizuoka Gakuen HSShizuoka2 EASTEASTEAST–––––––4th3rd
Shimizu S-PulseShizuoka1 EASTEASTEASTEASTEASTEASTEASTEASTEASTEAST11th–
Nagoya GrampusAichi11 4th3rd6th4th8th9th–3rd1st2nd5th8th
Kyoto SangaKyoto9 2nd5th5th5th7th6th–4th2nd10th––
Kyoto Tachibana HSKyoto2 –––8th10th–––––––
Cerezo OsakaOsaka11 3rd4th4th1st4th2nd5th6th7th6th10th–
Gamba OsakaOsaka9 ––7th2nd1st5th3rd2nd3rd3rd12th–
Hannan Univ. HSOsaka2 ––––––6th9th––––
Riseisha HSOsaka3 ––––9th––––8th12th
Kobe Koryo Gakuen HSHyogo2 –––––7th9th–––––
Vissel KobeHyogo11 –2nd1st3rd6th3rd1st7th6th7th2nd2nd
Yonago Kita HSTottori3 ––––––7th10th–––7th
Rissho Univ. Shonan HSShimane1 10th–––––––––––
Sakuyo HSOkayama1 –9th––––––––––
Hiroshima Minami HSHiroshima1 9th–––––––––––
Sanfrecce HiroshimaHiroshima12 1st1st3rd6th5th1st2nd1st5th1st7th1st
Ehime FCEhime1 ––––––––10th–––
Avispa FukuokaFukuoka6 6th8th9th–––8th8th9th–––
Higashi Fukuoka HSFukuoka12 5th7th2nd7th2nd4th4th5th8th9th9th6th
Sagan TosuSaga3 –––––––––5th1st9th
Ohzu HSKumamoto7 ––10th––8th10th–4th4th6th4th
Oita TrinitaOita2 ––––3rd10th–––––
Kamimura Gakuen HSKagoshima1 –––––––––––10th

Participating teams (2023 Prince League)

Hokkaido

Team City
Sapporo Otani High School Sapporo
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Sapporo
Sapporo Sosei High School Sapporo
Hokkaido Otani Muroran High School Muroran
Hokkai High School Sapporo
Asahikawa Jitsugyo High School 2nd Asahikawa
Obihiro Kita High School Obihiro
Komazawa Univ. Tomakomai High School Tomakomai

Tohoku

Team Prefecture
Aomori Yamada High School 2nd Aomori
Shoshi High School 2nd Fukushima
Vegalta Sendai Miyagi
Seiwa Gakuen High School Miyagi
Montedio Yamagata Yamagata
Blaublitz Akita Akita
Teikyo Asaka High School Fukushima
Morioka Shogyo High School Iwate
Senshu Univ. Kitakami High School Iwate
Tohoku Gakuin High School Miyagi

Kantō

Division 1
Team Prefecture
Kiryu Daiichi High School Gunma
Teikyo High School Tokyo
Tokyo Verdy Tokyo
Kashima Antlers Ibaraki
Mitsubishi Yowa SC Tokyo
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama
Yaita Chuo High School Tochigi
Kashima Gakuen High School Ibaraki
Ventforet Kofu Yamanashi
Takasaki UHW High School Gunma
Division 2
Team Prefecture
RKU Kashiwa High School 2nd Chiba
Seibudai High School Saitama
Yamanashi Gakuin High School Yamanashi
Toin Gakuen High School Kanagawa
Yaita Chuo High School 2nd Tochigi
Mito HollyHock Ibaraki
Tochigi SC Tochigi
Maebashi Ikuei High School 2nd Gunma
Kokugakuin Univ. Kugayama High School Tokyo
Toko Gakuen High School Kanagawa

Hokushin'etsu

Division 1
Team Prefecture
Teikyo Nagaoka High School Niigata
Nihon Bunri High School Niigata
Zweigen Kanazawa Ishikawa
Toyama Daiichi High School Toyama
Matsumoto Yamaga Nagano
Kataller Toyama Toyama
Seiryo High School Ishikawa
Albirex Niigata Niigata
Otori Gakuen High School Ishikawa
Hokuetsu High School Niigata
Division 2
Team Prefecture
Niigata Meikun High School Niigata
Teikyo Nagaoka High School 2nd Niigata
Maruoka High School Fukui
Matsumoto Kokusai High School Nagano
Yugakkan High School Ishikawa
Toyama Daiichi High School 2nd Toyama
Seiryo High School 2nd Ishikawa
Ryukoku Toyama High School Toyama

Tokai

Team Prefecture
Shimizu S-Pulse Shizuoka
JFA Academy Fukushima Fukushima
Hamamatsu Kaiseikan High School Shizuoka
Fujieda Meisei High School Shizuoka
Fujieda Higashi High School Shizuoka
Fuji Ichiritsu High School Shizuoka
Shizuoka Gakuen High School 2nd Shizuoka
Nagoya Grampus 2nd Aichi
Kariya High School Aichi
Kaisei High School Mie

Kansai

Division 1
Team Prefecture
Cerezo Osaka Osaka
Gamba Osaka Osaka
Kokoku High School Osaka
Kyoto Sanga Kyoto
Tokai Univ. Osaka Gyosei High School Osaka
Kyoto Tachibana High School Kyoto
Omi High School Shiga
Hannan Univ. High School Osaka
Kindai Univ. High School Osaka
Higashiyama High School Kyoto
Division 2
Team Prefecture
Osaka Gakuin High School Osaka
Osaka Toin High School Osaka
Hotoku Gakuen High School Hyogo
Osaka Sangyo Univ.High S chool Osaka
Konko Osaka High School Osaka
Kobe Koryo Gakuen High School Hyogo
Sanda Gakuin High School Hyogo
Kyoto Kyoei Gakuen High School Kyoto
Omi High School 2nd Shiga
St. Andrew's High School Osaka

Chugoku

Team Prefecture
Okayama Gakugeikan High School Okayama
Rissho Univ. Shonan High School Shimane
Setouchi High School Hiroshima
Sakuyo High School Okayama
Shujitsu High School Okayama
Fagiano Okayama Okayama
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2nd Hiroshima
Yonago Kita High School 2nd Tottori
Tamano Konan High School Okayama
Renofa Yamaguchi Yamaguchi

Shikoku

Team Prefecture
Ehime FC Ehime
Tokushima Ichiritsu High School Tokushima
Tokushima Vortis Tokushima
Imabari Higashi Secondary School Ehime
Kamatamare Sanuki Kagawa
SGU Kagawa Nishi High School Kagawa
Otemae Takamatsu High School Kagawa
Tokushima Kita High School Tokushima
FC Imabari Ehime
Kochi Chuo High School Kochi

Kyushu

Division 1
Team Prefecture
V-Varen Nagasaki Nagasaki
Oita Trinita Oita
Avispa Fukuoka Fukuoka
Kyushu International Univ. High School Fukuoka
Ozu High School 2nd Kumamoto
Nissho Gakuen High School Miyazaki
Sagan Tosu 2nd Tosu
Nagasaki IAS High School Nagasaki
Kagoshima Josei High School Kagoshima
Division 2
Team Prefecture
Roasso Kumamoto Kumamoto
Iizuka High School Fukuoka
Miyazaki Nihon Univ. High School Miyazaki
Kagoshima High School Kagoshima
FC Ryukyu Okinawa
Saga Higashi High School Saga
Oita High School Oita

Finals

As "Prince Takamado Cup All-Japan Youth (U-18) Football Championship"

YearChampionsScoreRunner-up
1989Shimizu Shogyo High School3−1Kunimi High School
1990Shimizu Shogyo High School2−0Narashino High School
1991Tokushima Ichiritsu High School1−0Kunimi High School
1992Fujieda Higashi High School3−1Yomiuri Nippon SC
1993Shimizu Shogyo High School1−0Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School
1994Shimizu Shogyo High School3−1Yomiuri Nippon SC
1995Shimizu Shogyo High School5−0Yokohama F. Marinos
1996Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School5−1Higashi Fukuoka High School
1997Higashi Fukuoka High School3−2Shimizu Shogyo High School
1998Fujieda Higashi High School3−2Gamba Osaka
1999Júbilo Iwata4−1Bellmare Hiratsuka
2000Shimizu Shogyo High School3−2Maebashi Shogyo High School
2001Kunimi High School1−0FC Tokyo
2002Kunimi High School4−2Seiryo High School
2003Ichiritsu Funabashi High School1−0Shizuoka Gakuen High School
2004Sanfrecce Hiroshima1−0Júbilo Iwata
2005Tokyo Verdy4−1Consadole Sapporo
2006Takigawa Daini High School3−0Nagoya Grampus
2007Ryutsu Keizai Univ. Kashiwa High School1−0Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2008Urawa Red Diamonds9−1Nagoya Grampus
2009Yokohama F. Marinos7−1Júbilo Iwata
2010Sanfrecce Hiroshima2−1FC Tokyo

As "Prince Takamado Cup U-18 Football League - Premier League"

YearChampionsScoreRunner-up
2011Sanfrecce Hiroshima3−1Consadole Sapporo
2012Sanfrecce Hiroshima4−1Tokyo Verdy
2013Ryutsu Keizai Univ. Kashiwa High School1−1 (5−4 pen.)Vissel Kobe
2014Cerezo Osaka1−0Kashiwa Reysol
2015Kashima Antlers1−0Gamba Osaka
2016Aomori Yamada High School0−0 (4-2 pen.)Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2017FC Tokyo3−2 (a.e.t.)Vissel Kobe
2018Sanfrecce Hiroshima2−1Kashima Antlers
2019Aomori Yamada High School3−2Nagoya Grampus
2020 Tournament cancelled[3]
  • Teams from Kanto region who would play at Premier League (8 teams)
    played a single round-robin tournament, which was won by Yokohama FC.    [4]
  • Other Premier League teams (12 teams) joined their respective Prince Leagues
    for this year.
2021Aomori Yamada High School (East)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima (West)		Final Cancelled
(Only East/West champions were determined)
2022Sagan Tosu3−2Kawasaki Frontale
2023Aomori Yamada High School2−1Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Under-15

Participating teams (2022)

Finals

YearChampionsScoreRunner-up
1989Yomiuri Club3−1Tokai Univ. Daiichi Junior High School
1990Fujieda Junior High School3−2Yomiuri Club
1991Tokai Univ. Daiichi Junior High School4−0Nissan FC Oppama
1992Nissan F.C.3−1Tokai Univ. Daiichi Junior High School
1993Yomiuri Nippon S.C.3−0Kunimi Junior High School
1994Mitsubishi Yowa SC4−2Yokohama F. Marinos
1995Urawa Sports Club1−0JEF United Ichihara Chiba
1996Yomiuri Nippon SC3−2Yokohama Flügels
1997Mitsubishi Yowa SC2−1Yokohama F. Marinos
1998Shimizu S-Pulse1−1
(7−6 pen.)		Yomiuri Nippon SC
1999Nagoya Grampus3−1Takada FC
2000Shimizu S-Pulse1−0Tokyo Verdy
2001Yokohama F. Marinos Oppama3−0Tokai Univ. Daiichi Junior High School
2002Kashima Antlers2−1Consadole Sapporo
2003Tokyo Verdy1−0Consadole Sapporo
2004Tokyo Verdy1−0Avispa Fukuoka
2005Urawa Red Diamonds2−0FC Tokyo Fukagawa
2006Gamba Osaka2−1FC Tokyo Musashi
2007Gamba Osaka3−2Tokyo Verdy
2008FC Tokyo Fukagawa1−0Albirex Niigata
2009Vissel Kobe2−1Consadole Sapporo
2010Nagoya Grampus2−0Kyoto Sanga FC
2011Kyoto Sanga1−0Kashiwa Reysol
2012Gamba Osaka4−2Omiya Ardija
2013Urawa Red Diamonds2−1Omiya Ardija
2014FC Tokyo Fukagawa3−1 (a.e.t.)Vissel Kobe
2015Cerezo Osaka3−2 (a.e.t.)Gamba Osaka
2016Shimizu S-Pulse3−1Consadole Sapporo
2017Sagan Tosu2−2 (6−5 pen.)FC Tokyo Fukagawa
2018FC Tokyo Fukagawa2−0Zweigen Kanazawa
2019Gamba Osaka2−0Sagan Tosu
2020Sagan Tosu2−1Kashima Antlers Tsukuba
2021Sagan Tosu4−1FC Lavida
2022Vissel Kobe3–0Sanfrecce Hiroshima

See also

  • Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football League (ja)
  • Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-15 Japan Football Championship (ja)

References

  1. ↑ "Information about the Prince Takamado JFA U18 Premier League" (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "About the Prince Takamado JFA U18 Premier League 2021 Play-offs" (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "「高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカースーパープリンスリーグ 2020」が8月末から開幕 ～高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカーリーグ2020 各地域リーグの概要が決定～" [Prince Takamado Cup U-18 Football Super Prince League will start from end of August - Outlines of regional leagues determined]. Japan Football Association. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "順位表｜高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2020 関東". Japan Football Association. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
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