Hello Everyone and welcome back for another edition of the JFA Japan Pyramid!!.

IMPORTANT: In order for this file to work you also need to download and install the Real Name Fix

 

You can also add more than 600 Japanese players through our Data Update
 

This one is quite a lot bigger than the FM24 one so without further ado let me Introduce the pyramid, with each and every competition created twice for the 2025 season AND the 2026 season for the European Calendar shift.

 

  • Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Real Fixtures, Dates and Results)
  • Meiji Yasuda J2 League (Real Fixtures, Dates and Results)
  • Meiji Yasuda J3 League (Real Fixtures, Dates and Results)
  • Japan Football League (Top Amateur/Semi Pro National Division) (Real Fixtures, Dates and Results)
  • National Regional Leagues (9 Regional Leagues, Champions League Finals and 1-2 Promotion Slots out of 80 Clubs) (Real Fixtures, Dates and Results)
  • National Regional Leagues Division Two (6 Regional Second Divisions) (Real Fixtures, Dates and Results)
  • National Prefecture Leagues (47 Local Regional Divisions)
  • National Prefecture Leagues Division Two (43 Local Regional Divisions)
  • National Prefecture Leagues Division Three (24 Local Regional Divisions)
  • National Prefecture Leagues Division Four (3 Local Regional Divisions)

 

For our U-18 competitions we have

  • JFA U-18 Takamado Premier League EAST/WEST
  • JFA U-18 Takamado Prince Leagues (9 Regional Leagues)
  • JFA U-18 Takamado Prince Leagues Division Two (9 Regional Leagues, some added second divisions)
  • JFA U-18 Takamado Prefecture Leagues Division Two and Two (Inactive divisions that are promotable, but play in other competitions too)

 

For our University Competitions we have

  • Regional University Leagues Division One (9 Regional Leagues with the Finals)
  • Regional University Leagues Division Two (9 Regional Leagues)

 

and Finally making a comeback is the JFA U-15 (U-16) Regional League (9 Regional Leagues with the Finals)

 

For our Cup competitions we have

  • JFA Emperor's Cup and ALL (47 Regional Cup competitions which could as Qualifiers)
  • Shakijin Cup (Level 2) (all 9 Regional Cup competitions which could as Qualifiers)
  • National Club Teams Championship (Level 3)
  • J1 League Special Tournament
  • J2/3 Special Tournament
  • J.League YBC Levain Cup
  • Fujifilm Super Cup
  • Kanto Soccer League Ichihara Athleta Cup
  • Kansai Soccer League AST-ENG Cup
  • Prime Minister Cup
  • Denso Cup
  • National High School Soccer championships
  • National Inter-High Tournament
  • Japan Club Youth U-18 Championship (With Preliminary and Regional Rounds)

 

Over 2700 clubs, Hundreds or competitions and less than 1% margin of error makes this version more robust and reliable when compared to FM24.

 

Known Issues

  • Very small chance in the 2026 season one competition may not finish in time for season update day, FIX: make sure you have a save in every may and if it happens the fixture will 99/100 finish in time, annoying but very minor.
  • Crash on Jan 31st, not a database issue with this file and reloading save should fix it.

 

All graphical files like 2D and 3D kits for all div 4-6 teams are on the Football Manager Japan discord as well as a place to provide any bug reports or anything else related to Japan.

Comments
mcintinhos
1 year ago
1 month ago
47
Premium

Same issue here. The dates are incorrect on the transfer windows/registration periods (at least from JFL down the pyramid) from the 2026 season onwards. They still appear set to the year previous. The league dates are correct but it seems the transfer window/registration periods haven't been updated to the new calendar so now the 2026/27 window ends in March for an August start date meaning players can't be registered then until the following season. Makes it kind of unusable. Is there a workaround for this @Footygamer  ?

mcintinhos
1 year ago
1 month ago
47
Premium

This is the issue @Footygamer  - every season after the first there is only one transfer window (from Feb-April) and one resulting registration period. I also noticed in the editor that the file you created has only four divisions of ten that are verified meaning we can't make changes manually to the save. Is there any way you can fix this issue with the windows so that we can use your amazing work in setting this all up?

 

SidYang7
12 years ago
2 weeks ago
3
By ifrostbytes 25 December 2025 - 22:30 PM UTC 

Facing a problem where my save game doesn't generate schedules beyond the end of 2026/2027 season. Im in 2028 and there hasn't been any games for the past year

 

I'm having this error…. is there a fix to this or do I need to restart the game?

SidYang7
12 years ago
2 weeks ago
3
By trigani 08 January 2026 - 05:25 AM UTC 

i had the j2/j3 league to get aug-may schedules like europe but now my games been bugged from aug 1 2027 onwards, j1 wont start till feb now, sad

 

My in game date is Aug 2027… The J1 league schedule has not updated for 2027/2028. Have you got to the point where J1,2 and 3 restarted for you (like the Feb date you mentioned) ? I've only got the AFC scheduled up…

LBOW6
11 years ago
4 hours ago
13,018
By Footygamer 30 December 2025 - 13:43 PM UTC 

Yes that is in the default game already.

 

Right now i'm investigating whether we can somehow skip forward to August 2026 since the real life season has ended and we can do the promotions and relegations.

 

Otherwise everyone is forced to start in January 2025 for a game they bought in November 2025…

 

Oh, so there is no special ‘100 year tournament’ in game like in real life for 2026 (January-May) ?

mariobario
1 year ago
1 month ago
1

Any chances for 26.2 update?

 

Renan Islas
2 months ago
4 days ago
1
By mariobario 18 March 2026 - 19:01 PM UTC 

Any chances for 26.2 update?

 

I'm rooting for that too.

LBOW6
11 years ago
4 hours ago
13,018

Slightly off topic but can anyone find the new Kyoto signing in game at his original club?

 

robbenpan
16 years ago
4 weeks ago
1

Any chances for 26.2 update?

didiwil
11 months ago
1 month ago
1

Does this database work with the 26.2.0 Update?

Momochan
10 months ago
3 weeks ago
1

@Footygamer 

i placed the downloaded file on editor data

but it seems that that's not applied.

how can i apply ?

i also installed real name fix

please let me know why this happens

All problems have been solved

Thank you!

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