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Japan Newgen Rating

Good

Newgens are the new players that the game generates and join the club on Youth Intake Day. The Newgens produced by Japan will be Good

Japan in FM 24/25 Update
WONDERKIDS - Best Japan Wonderkids in Football Manager 2024/25
All Japanese Competitions in FM2024/25
Best Japanese Teams in FM2024/25
Japan National Team Staff in FM2024/25
Random Team to manage in Japan

Japan is a nation found in Football Manager 2024/25. Japan is also known as Samurai Blue in FM2024/25. People from Japan are known as "Japanese" in FM 24/25 Update.

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Japanese Competitions in FM 24/25 Update

Name	Total Teams	Avg Budget	Avg Age	Avg Training	Avg Youth	Avg Academy	Avg Rep	Avg Att	Avg Rating	Avg Potential
Meiji-Yasuda J1 League	18	£15m	27.51	14.89	13.67	11.78	112	18331	68.06	72.13
Meiji-Yasuda J2 League	22	£6m	27.09	12.73	9.27	9.05	84	6590	62.65	67.19
Meiji-Yasuda J.League Division Three	20	£7m	26.88	10.5	5.75	6.2	66	2943	58.98	63.32
Japan Football League	16	£37k	26.41	9.6	0	0	59	923	54.4	59.23
Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football Premier League East	7	£0	18.14	10.29	6.14	6.14	51	250	43.47	54.39
Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football Premier League West	6	£0	18.16	9.17	8.33	8.33	47	250	48.53	62.42
Kanto Soccer League Division One	7	£4k	27.34	8.43	0.86	0.86	45	470	51.87	54.59
Kansai Soccer League Division One	7	£4k	28.02	5	0	0	34	329	48.74	51.44
Tokai Senior League Division One	6	£5k	26.96	8.17	0.17	0.17	33	225	40.97	43.53
Hokushin'etsu Football League Division One	5	£7k	26.78	5.6	0.2	0.2	34	248	49.06	51.22
Tohoku Senior League Division One	8	£8k	27.87	4.38	0	0	28	242	41.11	43.08
Chugoku Soccer League	9	£16k	30.17	4.33	0	0	31	311	20.6	21.88
Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football Prince League - Chugoku	6	£0		4.67	7.5	5.67	22	250	0	0
Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football Prince League - Hokkaido	6	£0		4.67	1	1	6	250	0	0
Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football Prince League - Hokushinetsu	10	£0	17.91	4.9	2.8	2.8	19	250	9.48	11.97
Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football Prince League - Kansai	17	£0	18.58	3.63	2.69	2.69	6	250	3.23	4.02
Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football Prince League - Kanto	8	£0	18.67	4.38	1.63	1.13	15	250	1.8	2.23
Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football Prince League - Kyushu	10	£0		5.1	6.1	4.7	10	250	0	0
Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football Prince League - Shikoku	6	£0		4.5	7.5	6	26	250	0	0
Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football Prince League - Tohoku	5	£0		2.4	1	1	12	250	0	0
Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football Prince League - Tokai	7	£0		5	7.14	7	23	250	0	0
Kyushu Soccer League	11	£0	28.38	5.78	0.22	0.22	26	178	18.04	18.99
Shikoku Senior League	8	£0	26.49	4.25	0.63	0.63	23	119	28.06	29.81
Hokkaido Soccer League	7	£0	27.82	4.86	0	0	26	189	39.8	41.49
Kansai Soccer League Division Two	5	£0	30.93	2.2	0	0	20	190	45.96	47.38
Kanto Soccer League Division Two	10	£4k	30.44	3.1	0.1	0.1	19	180	33.93	35.53
Tokai Senior League Division Two	7	£0	30.25	3.57	0.14	0.14	12	103	19.63	20.61
Tohoku Senior League Division Two - North	11	£0	29.61	5	0	0	15	100	18.65	19.21
Tohoku Senior League Division Two - South	9	£0	31.92	5.11	0	0	13	108	16.47	16.89
Saitama Prefecture League	80	£0	34.56	3.89	0.1	0.1	4	246	0.27	0.28
Tokyo Metro League	70	£217	30.21	4.13	0.04	0.04	5	240	1.85	1.96
Takamado Prince League - Prefectural Hokushinetsu	10	£0		1.5	2	1.5	1	250	0	0
Takamado U18 Prince League - Prefectural Chugoku	15	£0		2.73	2.8	2.13	12	250	0	0
Takamado U18 Prince League - Prefectural Hokkaido	7	£0		4	1	1	9	250	0	0
Takamado U18 Prince League - Prefectural Kansai	41	£0		3.2	2.2	1.41	7	250	0	0
Takamado U18 Prince League - Prefectural Kanto	101	£0	18	2.97	2.44	1.38	7	247	0.05	0.06
Takamado U18 Prince League - Prefectural Kyushu	39	£0		4.37	2.89	1.71	8	250	0	0
Takamado U18 Prince League - Prefectural Shikoku	16	£0		3.25	2.81	1.31	6	250	0	0
Takamado U18 Prince League - Prefectural Tohoku	14	£0		2.85	3.08	1.69	6	250	0	0
Takamado U18 Prince League - Prefectural Tokai	30	£0		3.87	3.07	2.53	9	250	0	0
Hokkaido Block League - Central/North	6	£0	23.65	5	0	0	10	100	6	6.22
Hokkaido Block League - Donan	6	£0	27.89	4.67	0	0	11	100	21.88	23.1
Hokushin'etsu Football League Division Two	6	£0	33.49	3.67	0.17	0.17	11	161	16.72	17.33
Kanagawa Prefecture League	43	£0	30.23	3.86	0.12	0.12	4	222	3.47	3.64
Osaka Prefecture League	121	£0	33.59	3.35	0.06	0.06	2	240	0.4	0.4
Hokkaido Block League - Sapporo	7	£0		5.17	0.17	0.2	11	125	0	0
Kyoto Prefecture League	33	£0	26	4.61	0.03	0.03	4	250	0.23	0.26
Ehime Prefecture League	13	£0		4.69	0.15	0.15	5	146	0	0
Fukuoka Prefecture League	23	£0		3.52	0.04	0.04	4	250	0	0
Hiroshima Prefecture League	23	£0		4	0.14	0.14	6	216	0	0
Chiba Prefecture League	78	£0	28.25	2.83	0.08	0.08	2	248	0.74	0.8
Hyogo Prefecture League	20	£0		4.05	0.1	0.1	4	235	0	0
Shiga Prefecture League	32	£0		3.91	0.09	0.09	3	241	0	0
Shizuoka Prefecture League	22	£0		3.41	0	0	5	195	0	0
Tochigi Prefecture League	26	£0	27	3.92	0.08	0.08	3	200	0.21	0.23
Hokkaido Block League - Doto	6	£0	27.18	6.17	0	0	11	158	13.58	14.32
Miyazaki Prefecture League	17	£0		4.29	0.12	0.12	5	250	0	0
Shimane Prefecture League	14	£0		3.69	0.15	0.15	5	169	0	0
Tottori Prefecture League	14	£0		3.62	0.23	0.23	4	196	0	0
Miyagi Prefecture League	16	£0	34.46	4.75	0.13	0.13	6	230	4.67	4.7
Kagawa Prefecture League	19	£0	36	4.84	0.05	0.05	4	242	0.27	0.27
Kagoshima Prefecture League	17	£0		4.41	0.06	0.06	4	241	0	0
Kochi Prefecture League	12	£0		5.5	0.08	0.08	5	225	0	0
Kumamoto Prefecture League	19	£0	30	5	0.12	0.12	4	257	0.22	0.22
Nagasaki Prefecture League	18	£0	35.38	5.06	0.11	0.11	4	242	2.52	2.52
Oita Prefecture League	16	£0		5.13	0.19	0.19	4	222	0	0
Okayama Prefecture League	34	£0		3.36	0.03	0.03	2	236	0	0
Okinawa Prefecture League	28	£0	36.5	3.93	0.15	0.15	3	241	0.84	0.84
Yamaguchi Prefecture League	23	£0	36.07	3.33	0.05	0.05	3	243	2.32	2.32
Aomori Prefecture League	13	£0		6.11	0.11	0.11	5	204	0	0
Gunma Prefecture League	21	£0		3.95	0	0	2	250	0	0
Ibaraki Prefecture League	57	£0	32.08	3.33	0.06	0.06	2	247	1.56	1.61
Saga Prefecture League	19	£0		4.84	0.05	0.05	3	250	0	0
Tokushima Prefecture League	16	£0		4.77	0.08	0.08	4	160	0	0
Aichi Prefecture League	36	£0		3.11	0.03	0.03	2	225	0	0
Fukushima Prefecture League	21	£0		4.16	0	0	3	218	0	0
Gifu Prefecture League	24	£0	32.5	2.71	0.17	0.17	2	219	0.35	0.36
Iwate Prefecture League	8	£0		5.25	0.13	0.13	5	194	0	0
Nagano Prefecture League	17	£0		4.18	0.06	0.06	3	219	0	0
Niigata Prefecture League	19	£0	33.86	4	0	0	2	189	2.55	2.61
Fukui Prefecture League	17	£0	36	3.88	0.06	0.06	3	179	0.49	0.49
Ishikawa Prefecture League	22	£0	35.08	3.55	0.05	0.05	2	194	2	2
Mie Prefecture League	14	£0		3.69	0.23	0.23	3	186	0	0
Toyama Prefecture League	33	£0	33.9	3.18	0.06	0.06	2	230	1.17	1.18
Wakayama Prefecture League	19	£0		3.95	0	0	3	163	0	0
Yamagata Prefecture League	12	£0		4	0.18	0.18	3	182	0	0
Yamanashi Prefecture League	17	£0		4.06	0.06	0.06	3	250	0	0
Akita Prefecture League	6	£0		4.17	0.17	0.17	2	100	0	0
Nara Prefecture League	29	£0	33.2	2.72	0.1	0.1	2	219	2.15	2.19
Hokkaido District League	6	£0		4.2	0	0	3	175	0	0

Best Japanese Teams in FM 24/25 Update

Name	Balance	Budget	Wage	Avg Age	Avg Att	Training	Newgens	Yth Recruitment	Rating	Potential
Albirex Niigata	£6m	£0	£0	27.64	23,690	Great	Good	Good	72	75
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	£17m	£0	£0	29.22	14,607	Great	Great	Excellent	72	74
Kashima Antlers	£12m	£0	£0	25.87	21,350	Great	Good	Excellent	71	75
Avispa Fukuoka	£11m	£0	£0	28.76	8,885	Great	Good	Good	70	74
Kawasaki Frontale	£22m	£0	£0	27.54	20,056	Great	Average	Good	70	73
Yokohama F･Marinos	£21m	£0	£0	27.43	26,579	Excellent	Good	Good	69	72
Vissel Kobe	£20m	£0	£0	27.61	19,567	Great	Average	Average	69	73
Cerezo Osaka	£15m	£0	£0	27.13	16,429	Excellent	Great	Good	69	73
Kyoto Sanga F.C.	£13m	£0	£0	26.81	12,606	Great	Great	Good	69	74
F.C. Tokyo	£20m	£0	£0	27.77	30,093	Excellent	Great	Good	69	73
Kashiwa Reysol	£20m	£0	£0	25.94	10,940	Great	Good	Good	68	72
Shonan Bellmare	£7m	£0	£0	27.37	10,311	Great	Average	Average	67	71
Urawa Reds	£31m	£0	£0	28.14	29,792	Excellent	Good	Good	67	72
Shimizu S-Pulse	£15m	£0	£0	28.54	13,878	Great	Good	Excellent	66	71
Nagoya Grampus	£17m	£0	£0	28.5	28,601	Great	Good	Excellent	66	69
Tokyo Verdy 1969	£5m	£0	£0	26.67	7,323	Great	Good	Good	66	70
Vegalta Sendai	£9m	£0	£0	27.86	11,196	Good	Average	Average	65	69
Gamba Osaka	£14m	£0	£0	27.1	22,204	Excellent	Great	Good	65	71
FC Machida Zelvia	£14m	£0	£0	27	7,224	Good	Below Average	Fairly Basic	65	70
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	£10m	£0	£0	28.97	15,627	Excellent	Great	Good	65	71
Yokohama FC	£4m	£0	£0	26.44	8,700	Great	Average	Adequate	65	71
V-Varen Nagasaki	£14m	£0	£0	27.7	6,835	Good	Below Average	Adequate	64	67
Sagan Tosu	£8m	£0	£0	26.92	9,927	Good	Adequate	Average	64	68
Oita Trinita	£5m	£0	£0	26.75	9,127	Great	Average	Average	64	69
Renofa Yamaguchi FC	£5m	£0	£0	27.43	4,151	Average	Below Average	Fairly Basic	64	67
Montedio Yamagata	£6m	£0	£0	27.78	8,151	Good	Average	Adequate	63	68
Jubilo Iwata	£11m	£0	£0	28.22	10,174	Excellent	Great	Good	63	68
Ventforet Kofu	£4m	£0	£0	27.14	7,425	Good	Average	Average	63	68
Zweigen Kanazawa	£2m	£0	£0	27.26	4,423	Average	Below Average	Fairly Basic	62	68
Tokushima Vortis	£10m	£0	£0	26.74	5,936	Great	Average	Average	62	66

Japan Staff

Name	Age	Job	Expires
Hajime Moriyasu Japan	55	Manager (First Team)
Ryoichi Maeda Japan	42	Coach (First Team)
Yoshiharu Yano Japan	55	Fitness Coach (U23 Team)
Tsutomu Takahata Japan	56	Coach (U21 Team)
Hiroshi Nanami Japan	51	Coach (First Team)
Atsushi Uchiyama Japan	65	Coach (U19 Team)
Hiroshi Maeda Japan	58	Physio (U23 Team)
Ryosuke Kikushima Japan	44	Physio (U23 Team)
Kentaro Chuman Japan	44	Fitness Coach (U23 Team)
Go Oiwa Japan	52	Manager (U23 Team)	31-12-2022
Yukiya Hamano Japan	51	GK Coach (U23 Team)
Kenji Haneda Japan	42	Assistant Manager (U23 Team)
Katsushi Kurihara Japan	46	Coach (U23 Team)
Atsuto Uchida Japan	36	Coach (U19 Team)
Ryoichi Matsumoto Japan	50	Fitness Coach (First Team)
Toshihide Saito Japan	51	Assistant Manager (First Team)
Takashi Shimoda Japan	48	GK Coach (First Team)

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Japan Newgen Rating

Good

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