2019 J2 League
The '''2019 Meiji Yasuda Life season was the 48th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 21st season since the establishment of J2 League.
Clubs
Following eight successful seasons, Kashiwa Reysol bid farewell to the first division. A similar fate befell V-Varen Nagasaki, who returned to J2 after their inaugural season in the top tier. Matsumoto Yamaga and Oita Trinita, having earned promotion, filled their vacancies, while Tokyo Verdy missed out on promotion after losing the play-off against Júbilo Iwata. In addition, four teams experienced changes in their league status: Roasso Kumamoto and Kamatamare Sanuki exited J2, paving the way for the newly-promoted FC Ryukyu and Kagoshima United, both set to embark on their inaugural J2 season.The participating clubs are listed in the following table:
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |||||||||||||
| JEF United Chiba |  Foreign playersThe total number of foreign players is limitless, but clubs can only register up to five foreign players for a single match-day squad. Players from J.League partner nations are exempt from these restrictions.Players in bold are players who join midway through the competition.
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