Kusukela esigabeni esinikeziwe, khipha izinguquko ezimbili eziyinhloko ezivela ku-2022 no-2023 J1 Japanese football league.
Context:Bekukhona amaqembu amabili akhishwe isizini edlule aya kwiJ2 League ka-2023. UShimizu S-Pulse noJúbilo Iwata, bobabili abavela eShizuoka Prefecture, behliselwe phansi ngenxa yokuthi baqeda indawo ye-17 ne-18 ngokulandelana ngesizini edlule. Ngakho-ke, lesi isizini yokuqala yaseJapane ephezulu yokungafaki noma yiliphi iqembu elivela esifundeni.  I-Kyoto Sanga iqede endaweni ye-16, kodwa yanqoba i-playoffs yokukhushulwa / ukwehliswa kwe-Roasso Kumamoto futhi ngaleyo ndlela yagcina isimo sayo seligi ephezulu. Ukube uRoasso wayenqobile, kwakuyoba ukwenyuselwa kwabo okokuqala esigabeni esiphezulu.  Amathimba amabili akhushulwe ku-2022 J2 League: i-Albirex Niigata, eyayinqobe isicoco futhi yabuyela ku-J1 ngemuva kokungabikho iminyaka emihlanu, neYokohama FC, eyaqeda yesibili, yabuyela ku-J1 ngemuva kwesizini eyodwa nje idlala ku-J2 League.
Ngemuva kwesizini ye-J1 ka-2022, abakwaShimizu S-Pulse noJubilo Iwata behliselwe esigabeni se-J2, beqeda indawo ye-17 neye-18 ngokulandelana. Bazoshintshwa ngesizini ye-J1 ka-2023 yi-Albirex Niigata neYokohoma FC ngemuva kokuqeda umkhankaso wabo we-J2 2022 owokuqala nowesibili.