2017 J2 League
The 2017 Meiji Yasuda J2 League season was the 46th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 19th season since the establishment of J2 League.
Clubs
The participating clubs are listed in the following table:| Club Name | Home Town | Note |
| Fukuoka City, Fukuoka | Relegated from J1 League in 2016 | |
| Ehime FC | All cities/towns in Ehime | |
| Fagiano Okayama | All cities/towns in Okayama | |
| All cities/towns in Gifu | ||
| JEF United Chiba | Chiba & Ichihara, Chiba | |
| Kamatamare Sanuki | Takamatsu, Kagawa | |
| Southwestern cities/towns in Kyoto | ||
| Machida Zelvia | Machida, Tokyo | |
| Matsumoto Yamaga | Central cities/towns in Nagano | |
| Mito, Ibaraki | ||
| All cities/towns in Yamagata | ||
| All Aichi Prefecture | Relegated from J1 League in 2016 | |
| Oita Trinita | Ōita | Promoted from J3 League in 2016 |
| Renofa Yamaguchi | All cities/towns in Yamaguchi | |
| Roasso Kumamoto | Kumamoto | |
| Shonan part of Kanagawa | Relegated from J1 League in 2016 | |
| Thespakusatsu Gunma | All cities/towns in Gunma | |
| All cities/towns in Tokushima | ||
| All cities/towns in Tokyo | ||
| V-Varen Nagasaki | All cities/towns in Nagasaki | |
| Yokohama FC | Yokohama, Kanagawa | |
| Zweigen Kanazawa | Kanazawa | Won J2-J3 Relegation Playoff |
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Foreign players
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the summer transfer window.| Clubs | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Other | Former |
| Nagoya Grampus |  Felipe Garcia | Gabriel Xavier | Washington |  Lim Seung-gyeom |  Robin Simović | Charles | |
| Shonan Bellmare |  Tando Velaphi | André Bahia | Dinei |  Dragan Mrđa | Chiquinho | ||
| Avispa Fukuoka | Euller | Gilsinho | Wellington | Willian Popp | Won Du-jae |  Danilson Córdoba | |
| Ehime FC |  Ju Feng | Park Seung-su | |||||
| Fagiano Okayama |  Nicolás Orsini | Jang Suk-won | Kim Jong-min | Lee Kyung-tae | Park Hyung-jin | ||
| Cristian | Henik |  Sisinio | Víctor Ibáñez | ||||
| Oita Trinita | Chiquinho | ||||||
| Paulão | Kwon Young-jin | ||||||
| JEF United Chiba | Joaquín Larrivey | Luis Ojeda |  Eduardo Aranda | Jorge Salinas | Kim Byeom-yong | Lee Joo-young | |
| Kamatamare Sanuki | Alex | Allan | Evson | Lee Joo-young | Yoon Seon-ho |  Ri Yong-jik | |
| Montedio Yamagata | Lee Je-seung | Koo Bon-hyeok | |||||
| Renofa Yamaguchi | Abel Luciatti | Leonardo Ramos | Marcelo Vidal | Park Chan-yong | |||
| Roasso Kumamoto | Gustavo | Júnior Fell | Morbeck | Lim Jin-woo | Yang Sang-jun | An Byong-jun | |
 Kevin Oris | Ha Sung-min | Lee Yong-jae | |||||
| Thespakusatsu Gunma | Matheus | Choi Joon-gi | Kang Su-il | Yeo Sung-hye | Park Gon | Park Seung-ri | Han Ho-dong |
| Alan Pinheiro | Douglas | Carlos Martínez | |||||
| V-Varen Nagasaki | Juanma | Miguel Pallardó | Song Young-Min | ||||
| Tokushima Vortis | Carlinhos | Nikola Vasiljević | Kim Jong-pil | Nikola Ašćerić | |||
| Matsumoto Yamaga | Davi | Diego | Paulinho | Serginho | Goh Dong Min | Yeo Sung-hye | |
| Yokohama FC | Leandro Domingues |  Calvin Jong-a-Pin |  Ibba Laajab | Jeong Chung-geun | |||
| Machida Zelvia |  Boris Tatar | Kim Song-gi | Ri Han-jae | ||||
| Zweigen Kanazawa | Byeon Jun-byum | Kim Tea-sung | Mendes |
League table
Results
Playoffs
J1 League Promotion Playoffs
Semifinals
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Final
----Season statistics
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
 Ibba Laajab | Yokohama FC | ||
 Daiki Watari | Tokushima Vortis | ||
 Wellington | Avispa Fukuoka | ||
| Hiroyuki Takasaki | Matsumoto Yamaga | ||
 Joaquin Larrivey | JEF United Chiba | ||
| Alan Pinheiro | Tokyo Verdy | ||
| Yusuke Goto | Oita Trinita | ||
| Tulio | Kyoto Sanga | ||
 Robin Simovic | Nagoya Grampus | ||
| Douglas Vieira | Tokyo Verdy | ||
| Daizen Maeda | Mito HollyHock |