2021 Emperor's Cup#First round

{{Infobox football tournament season

| title = Emperor's Cup

| year = 2021

| dates = {{nowrap|22 May – 19 December}}

| other_title =

| country = Japan

| num_teams = 90

| champions = Urawa Red Diamonds

| count = 8

| runner-up = Oita Trinita

| continentalcup1 = Champions League

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Urawa Red Diamonds

| matches =

| goals =

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| player =

| attendance =

| prevseason = 2020

| nextseason = 2022

|updated =

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The 2021 Emperor's Cup (Emperor's Cup JFA 101st Japan Football Championship (Japanese: 天皇杯 JFA 第101回全日本サッカー選手権大会)) was the 101st annual Japanese national football cup tournament, which began on 22 May 2021 and ended with the final on 19 December that year.

Following the compressed format of the 2020 tournament, the 2021 Emperor's Cup was restored to its usual format, featuring 90 teams representing prefectural football associations as well as the J1 and J2 Leagues. Verspah Oita was also awarded a seeded entry as the JFA's annually designated amateur club.

Kawasaki Frontale were the defending champions. They were eliminated by Oita Trinita in the semi-finals. Urawa Red Diamonds won their eighth title and qualified for the 2022 AFC Champions League group stage.

Calendar

The schedule was announced on 2 April 2021.{{cite news |title=天皇杯 JFA 第101回全日本サッカー選手権大会 1～2回戦組合せ決定 |url=https://www.jfa.jp/news/00026658/ |language=ja |publisher=Japan Football Association |date=2 April 2021 |access-date=10 April 2021 }}{{cite news |last1=サッカーダイジェストWeb編集部 |title=第101回天皇杯の１、２回戦組み合わせが発表！ |url=https://www.soccerdigestweb.com/news/detail/id=88917 |access-date=28 October 2021 |work=Soccer Digest Web |date=2 April 2021}}

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Round	Date (backup date)	Matches	style="width:100px;"\| Clubs	New entries this round
First round \| 22–23 May (24 May) \|\| 26 \|\| {{nowrap\|52 → 26}} \| 4 clubs from 2021 J2 League 1 seeded amateur team 47 prefectural representatives
Second round \| 9 June (16 June) \|\| 32 \|\| 26 + 20 + 18 → 32 \| 20 2021 J1 League clubs 18 clubs from 2021 J2 League
Third round \| 7 July (14 July) \|\| 16 \|\| 32 → 16 \|
Round of 16 \| 18 Aug (13 Oct) \|\| 8 \|\| 16 → 8 \|
Quarter-finals \| 27 Oct (17 Nov) \|\| 4 \|\| 8 → 4 \|\|
Semi-finals \| 12 December \|\| 2 \|\| 4 → 2 \|\|
Final \| 19 December \|\| 1 \|\| 2 → 1 \|\|

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Round

Date (backup date)

Matches

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New entries this round

First round

| 22–23 May (24 May) || 26 || {{nowrap|52 → 26}}

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4 clubs from 2021 J2 League
1 seeded amateur team
47 prefectural representatives

Second round

| 9 June (16 June) || 32 || 26 + 20 + 18 → 32

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20 2021 J1 League clubs
18 clubs from 2021 J2 League

Third round

| 7 July (14 July) || 16 || 32 → 16

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Round of 16

| 18 Aug (13 Oct) || 8 || 16 → 8

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Quarter-finals

| 27 Oct (17 Nov) || 4 || 8 → 4 ||

Semi-finals

| 12 December || 2 || 4 → 2 ||

Final

| 19 December || 1 || 2 → 1 ||

Participating clubs

There are 90 clubs compete in the tournament. The representatives for the prefectures of Tottori and Kumamoto had to be determined by the local FAs after COVID-19 countermeasures made it impossible to continue the prefectural qualification tournaments.{{cite news |title=【開催中止】第64回鳥取県サッカー選手権大会兼天皇杯 JFA 第101回全日本サッカー選手権大会鳥取県代表決定戦 |url=https://www.fa-tottori.com/?p=12456 |language=ja |publisher=Tottori Football Association |date=15 April 2021 |access-date=10 May 2021}}{{cite news |title=KFA 第25回熊本県サッカー選手権大会天皇杯 JFA 第101回全日本サッカー選手権大会熊本県代表決定戦 |url=https://kumamoto-fa.net/match/2021/05/07001825/ |language=ja |publisher=Kumamoto Football Association |date=7 May 2021 |access-date=8 May 2021 }}

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| 2021 J1 League
all clubs join in the second round

| 2021 J2 League
18 / 22 clubs join in the 2nd round, 4 clubs join in the 1st round

| Amateur Best Team

| colspan="2" | 47 prefectural tournament winners

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Entering in the first round:

Entering in the second round:

|

Verspah Oita

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Hokkaido: Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth
Aomori: Vanraure Hachinohe
Iwate: Iwate Grulla Morioka
Miyagi: Sony Sendai FC
Akita: Saruta Kōgyō S.C.
Yamagata: Oyama SC
Fukushima: Iwaki FC
Ibaraki: Ryutsu Keizai University
Tochigi: Tochigi City FC
Gunma: Tonan Maebashi
Saitama: {{ill|Aventura Kawaguchi|ja|アヴェントゥーラ川口}}
Chiba: Juntendo University
Tokyo: Komazawa University
Kanagawa: YSCC Yokohama
Yamanashi: {{ill|Nirasaki Astros|ja|韮崎アストロス}}{{Cref2|Note YMN}}
Nagano: AC Nagano Parceiro
Niigata: Niigata University of Health and Welfare FC{{Cref2|Note Uni}}
Toyama: Kataller Toyama
Ishikawa: FC Hokuriku{{Cref2|Note Uni}}
Fukui: Fukui United FC
Shizuoka: Honda FC
Aichi: FC Kariya
Mie: Suzuka Point Getters
Gifu: FC Gifu

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Note

{{Cnote2|Note YMN|Original prefecture winners Yamanashi Gakuin University Pegasus were disqualified after fielding ineligible players during the final against Nirasaki Astros.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jfa.jp/news/00026994/|title=第101回天皇杯山梨県代表として韮崎アストロスが出場、1回戦は5月26日(水)|language=ja|publisher=Japan Football Association|date=24 May 2021}}}}

{{Cnote2|Note Uni|Despite recruiting their players from the respective universities, Niigata University of Health and Welfare FC, and FC Hokuriku (both Hokushinetsu Football League) are independent teams competing in men's leagues sanctioned by the Japan Football Association and serve as de facto reserve teams feeding into their respective schools' senior squads, which compete in the university football leagues of Japan.}}

Bracket

Source:[http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result.pdf Tournament table (Official website in Japanese)]

First round

The match between Tochigi City and the representatives of Yamanashi Prefecture, originally intended to be Yamanashi Gakuin University Pegasus and scheduled for 22 May, was postponed the day before by the Japan Football Association after Pegasus fielded an ineligible cup-tied player in the Yamanashi Prefecture Cup final.{{cite news|url=https://www.jfa.jp/news/00026978/|title=1回戦栃木シティFC vs. 山梨学院大学ペガサス延期のお知らせ天皇杯 JFA 第101回全日本サッカー選手権大会|language=ja|publisher=Japan Football Association|date=21 May 2021}} Note that Pegasus operates functionally as YGU's second team and competed in the Yamanashi tournament alongside the YGU third team, known as Orions; the first team YGU Braves also competed in Emperor's Cup qualifiers in Tokyo Metropolis. Subsequent to an investigation, the JFA decided on 24 May that YGU Pegasus would be disqualified and awarded their spot to Nirasaki Astros, their opponents in the Yamanashi final.

Also postponed was the match between Tonan Maebashi and Juntendo University after an individual affiliated with Juntendo tested positive for COVID-19.{{cite news|url=https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/news/00026983/ |title=1回戦 tonan前橋 vs. 順天堂大学延期のお知らせ天皇杯 JFA 第101回全日本サッカー選手権大会|language=ja|publisher=Japan Football Association|date=21 May 2021}} The match was eventually rescheduled for 5 June.{{cite news|url=http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/news/00027046/ |title=第101回天皇杯 1回戦 tonan前橋 vs. 順天堂大学代替日決定|language=ja|publisher=Japan Football Association|date=31 May 2021}}

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|date = 22 May 2021

|time = 13:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = AC Nagano Parceiro

|score = 3–1 {{aet}}

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m01.pdf

|team2 = Niigata University HW FC

|goals1 =

Miyasaka {{goal|73}}
Mizutani {{goal|99}}
Sano {{goal|116}}

|goals2 =

Maruyama {{goal|90}}

|aet =

|stadium = Minami Nagano Sports Park Stadium

|location = Nagano

|attendance =

|referee =

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|id = 2

|date = 23 May 2021

|time = 13:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Fukuyama City FC

|score = 2–1

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m02.pdf

|team2 = Matsue City FC

|goals1 =

Takahashi {{goal|59}}
Taguchi {{goal|90+4}}

|goals2 =

Hotta {{goal|83}}

|aet =

|stadium = {{ill|Edion Stadium Hiroshima No. 1 Field|ja|広島広域公園第一球技場}}

|location = Hiroshima

|attendance = 0{{cite news |title=第101回天皇杯 1回戦無観客試合の追加について |url=https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/news/00026926/ |language=ja |publisher=Japan Football Association |date=17 May 2021 |access-date=17 May 2021 }}

|referee = Kakuro Hori

}}

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|id = 3

|date = 23 May 2021

|time = 13:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Iwate Grulla Morioka

|score = 13–0

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m03.pdf

|team2 = Oyama SC

|goals1 =

Yomesaka {{goal|14}}
Han Yong-thae {{goal|20}}
Tabinas {{goal|34}}
Otabor {{goal|36}} {{goal|68}}
Tabira {{goal|40}}
Brenner {{goal|41}} {{goal|84}}
Takeda {{goal|59}}
Yamakawa {{goal|70}} {{goal|90+2}}
Kurishima {{goal|85}}
Shikama {{goal|90}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Iwagin Stadium

|location = Morioka

|attendance = 220

|referee = Tomoyuki Umeda

}}

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|id = 4

|date = 22 May 2021

|time = 13:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Arterivo Wakayama

|score = 3–3 {{aet}}

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m04.pdf

|team2 = Ococias Kyoto AC

|goals1 =

Okutsu {{goal|31}}
{{ill|Kengo Kubo|lt=Kubo|ja|久保賢悟}} {{goal|55}}
Nakanishi {{goal|73}}

|goals2 =

Enomoto {{goal|15}}
Inagaki {{goal|20}}
Hiraishi {{goal|86}}

|aet =

|stadium = Kimiidera Athletic Stadium

|location = Wakayama

|attendance =

|referee =

|penaltyscore = 4–5

|penalties1 = Utsugi {{pengoal}}
{{ill|Kazuki Shinohara|lt=Shinohara|ja|篠原和希}} {{pengoal}}
Okita {{pengoal}}
Takase {{pengoal}}
Pek Myong-chol {{penmiss}}

|penalties2 = Enomoto {{pengoal}}
Hiraishi {{pengoal}}
Shimizu {{pengoal}}
Kokubo {{pengoal}}
Moriya {{pengoal}}

}}

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|id = 5

|date = 22 May 2021

|time = 15:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Renofa Yamaguchi

|score = 1–1 {{aet}}

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m05.pdf

|team2 = Verspah Oita

|goals1 =

Umeki {{goal|38}}

|goals2 =

{{ill|Takumi Nakano|lt=Nakano|ja|中野匠}} {{goal|30}}

|aet =

|stadium = Ishin Me-Life Stadium

|location = Yamaguchi

|attendance =

|referee = Tatsuya Sakai

|penaltyscore = 2–4

|penalties1 = Ikegami {{pengoal}}
Sato {{pengoal}}
Komatsu {{penmiss}}
Sawai {{penmiss}}

|penalties2 = Maeda {{pengoal}}
Takahashi {{pengoal}}
Murata {{pengoal}}
Nakamura {{pengoal}}

}}

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|id = 6

|date = 22 May 2021

|time = 13:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = FC Gifu

|score = 0–2

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m06.pdf

|team2 = Honda FC

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

{{ill|Yuta Hachinohe|lt=Hachinohe|ja|八戸雄太}} {{goal|66}}
{{ill|Reon Kodama|lt=Kodama|ja|児玉怜音}} {{goal|90+1}}

|aet =

|stadium = Gifu Nagaragawa Meadow

|location = Gifu

|attendance = 0

|referee = Shingo Kuniyoshi

}}

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|id = 7

|date = 23 May 2021

|time = 13:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Blaublitz Akita

|score = 1–1

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m07.pdf

|team2 = Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth

|goals1 =

Inoue {{goal|61}}

|goals2 =

Nawa {{goal|36}}

|aet =

|stadium = Soyu Stadium

|location = Akita

|attendance = 534

|referee = Keisuke Nobori

|penaltyscore = 8–9

|penalties1 = Mikami {{pengoal}}
Yamada {{pengoal}}
Fukoin {{pengoal}}
Take {{pengoal}}
Yoshida {{pengoal}}
Aoshima {{pengoal}}
Aiba {{pengoal}}
Suzuki {{pengoal}}
Iio {{penmiss}}

|penalties2 = Yamashita {{pengoal}}
Tanaka {{pengoal}}
Nagasaka {{pengoal}}
Kizawa {{pengoal}}
Nawa {{pengoal}}
Watanabe {{pengoal}}
Takagi {{pengoal}}
Sato {{pengoal}}
Kawamoto {{pengoal}}

}}

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|id = 8

|date = 23 May 2021

|time = 13:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Gainare Tottori

|score = 4–1

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m08.pdf

|team2 = FC Tokushima

|goals1 =

Arai {{goal|43}}
Okubo {{goal|68}} {{goal|81}}
Kani {{goal|77}}

|goals2 =

Fujiyama {{goal|90}}

|aet =

|stadium = Axis Bird Stadium

|location = Tottori

|attendance = 0

|referee = Hiroki Tani

}}

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|id = 9

|date = 22 May 2021

|time = 11:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Roasso Kumamoto

|score = 3–0

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m09.pdf

|team2 = Nippon Bunri University

|goals1 =

Kawahara {{goal|32}}
Ito {{goal|70}}
Iwashita {{goal|90+2}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Egao Kenko Stadium

|location = Kumamoto

|attendance = 0

|referee = Akinori Matsuo

}}

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|id = 10

|date = 23 May 2021

|time = 13:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Kagoshima United FC

|score = 4–0

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m10.pdf

|team2 = {{ill|MD Nagasaki|ja|MD長崎}}

|goals1 =

Yamamoto {{goal|40}}
Yonezawa {{goal|79}}
Ishizu {{goal|83}}
Yamaya {{goal|88}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Osako Yuya Stadium

|location = Minamisatsuma

|attendance = 0

|referee = Kazuya Miyahara

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 11

|date = 22 May 2021

|time = 13:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Ryutsu Keizai University

|score = 2–3

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m11.pdf

|team2 = YSCC Yokohama

|goals1 =

Yasui {{goal|22}}
Ieizumi {{goal|70}}

|goals2 =

Dodate {{goal|25}} {{goal|46}}
Nduka {{goal|80}}

|aet =

|stadium = Hitachinaka City Stadium

|location = Hitachinaka

|attendance = 335

|referee = Koki Yasukawa

}}

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|id = 12

|date = 22 May 2021

|time = 13:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Iwaki FC

|score = 2–2 {{aet}}

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m12.pdf

|team2 = Sony Sendai FC

|goals1 =

Hidaka {{goal|85}}
Tanimura {{goal|115}}

|goals2 =

{{ill|Kento Hirata|lt=Hirata|ja|平田健人}} {{goal|90+3}}
Sato {{goal|101}}

|aet =

|stadium = Iwaki Greenfield Stadium

|location = Iwaki

|attendance =

|referee =

|penaltyscore = 2–4

|penalties1 = Sakata {{pengoal}}
Vásquez {{penmiss}}
Hidaka {{penmiss}}
Saga {{pengoal}}

|penalties2 = Ishigami {{pengoal}}
Sato {{pengoal}}
{{ill|Motoki Fujiwara|lt=Fujiwara|ja|藤原元輝}} {{pengoal}}
{{ill|Kenta Ogihara|lt=Ogihara|ja|荻原健太}} {{pengoal}}

}}

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|id = 13

|date = 23 May 2021

|time = 13:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Fukuoka University

|score = 1–3 {{aet}}

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m13.pdf

|team2 = Okinawa SV

|goals1 =

Hojo {{goal|15}}

|goals2 =

Shoji {{goal|47}}
Sugiyama {{goal|92}}
Akagi {{goal|105+1}}

|aet =

|stadium = Best Denki Stadium

|location = Fukuoka

|attendance = 282

|referee = Shinya Sasaki

}}

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|id = 14

|date = 23 May 2021

|time = 13:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Biwako Seikei Sport College

|score = 0–2

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m14.pdf

|team2 = Kwansei Gakuin University

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Masui {{goal|45+1}}
Yamami {{goal|59}}

|aet =

|stadium = Nunobiki Green Stadium

|location = Higashiomi

|attendance = 242

|referee = Yasuyuki Matsumoto

}}

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|id = 15

|date = 23 May 2021

|time = 13:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Vanraure Hachinohe

|score = 13–0

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m15.pdf

|team2 = Saruta Kōgyō S.C.

|goals1 =

Shimada {{goal|2}} {{goal|29}}
Kamigata {{goal|4}} {{goal|20}}
Tsuboi {{goal|11}}
Kuroishi {{goal|26}}
Aida {{goal|47}} {{goal|56}} {{goal|82}}
Harayama {{goal|59}}
Akiyoshi {{goal|63}} {{goal|89}}
Oka {{goal|71}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Prifoods Stadium

|location = Hachinohe

|attendance = 379

|referee = Kei Suzuki

}}

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|date = 23 May 2021

|time = 13:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Porvenir Asuka

|score = 0–2

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m16.pdf

|team2 = F.C. Osaka

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Saito {{goal|65}}
{{ill|Kei Takahashi|lt=Takahashi|ja|高橋佳}} {{goal|90+3}}

|aet =

|stadium = Konoike Athletic Stadium

|location = Nara

|attendance = 410

|referee = {{ill|Koji Takahashi (referee)|lt=Koji Takahashi|ja|高崎航地}}

}}

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|id = 17

|date = 26 May 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Tochigi City FC

|score = 9–0

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m17.pdf

|team2 = {{ill|Nirasaki Astros|ja|韮崎アストロス}}

|goals1 =

Furuya {{goal|3}} {{goal|41}} {{goal|79}}
Yoshida {{goal|5}} {{goal|14}}
H. Suzuki {{goal|53}} {{goal|64}} {{goal|68}}
{{ill|Koki Yamashita|lt=Yamashita|ja|山下宏輝}} {{goal|89}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Tochigi Green Stadium

|location = Utsunomiya

|attendance = 266

|referee = {{ill|Taku Nagaya|ja|長谷拓}}

}}

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|id = 18

|date = 22 May 2021

|time = 12:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Ehime FC

|score = 1–2

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m18.pdf

|team2 = FC Imabari

|goals1 =

Kawamura {{goal|35}}

|goals2 =

Valdu Té {{goal|14}}
Komano {{goal|55}}

|aet =

|stadium = Ningineer Stadium

|location = Matsuyama

|attendance = 1,552

|referee = Yoshimi Yamashita

}}

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|id = 19

|date = 23 May 2021

|time = 13:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Kataller Toyama

|score = 8–0

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m19.pdf

|team2 = FC Hokuriku

|goals1 =

Himeno {{goal|32}}
Todaka {{goal|44}}
Suzuki {{goal|55}} {{goal|77}}
Sasaki {{goal|63}}
Matsuoka {{goal|72}}
Otoizumi {{goal|86}}
Takahashi {{goal|90+3}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Takaoka Sports Core

|location = Takaoka

|attendance = 843

|referee = {{ill|Masakazu Sato|ja|加藤正和}}

}}

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|id = 20

|date = 22 May 2021

|time = 13:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = SC Sagamihara

|score = 3–1

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m20.pdf

|team2 = Komazawa University

|goals1 =

Wada {{goal|5}}
Yuri Mamute {{goal|53}}
Nakayama {{goal|90+4}}

|goals2 =

Aizawa {{goal|45+2}}

|aet =

|stadium = Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka

|location = Hiratsuka

|attendance = 614

|referee = Kazuyoshi Karashima

}}

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|id = 21

|date = 22 May 2021

|time = 13:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Mitsubishi Mizushima FC

|score = 3–2

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m21.pdf

|team2 = FC Baleine Shimonoseki

|goals1 =

Miyazawa {{goal|1}}
Yamabe {{goal|31}}
Koumo {{goal|41}}

|goals2 =

Hieda {{goal|39}}

|aet =

|stadium = City Light Stadium

|location = Okayama

|attendance = 0

|referee = Yoshihito Hori

}}

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|id = 22

|date = 23 May 2021

|time = 13:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Suzuka Point Getters

|score = 2–1

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m22.pdf

|team2 = FC Kariya

|goals1 =

Tamura {{goal|45+2}}
Endo {{goal|51}}

|goals2 =

Imai {{goal|3|o.g.}}

|aet =

|stadium = Mie Sports Garden

|location = Suzuka

|attendance = 0

|referee = {{ill|Kenji Wakamiya|ja|若宮健治}}

}}

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|id = 23

|date = 23 May 2021

|time = 14:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Kochi United SC

|score = 1–0

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m23.pdf

|team2 = Kamatamare Sanuki

|goals1 =

Fujii {{goal|55}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Sukumo City Athletics Stadium

|location = Sukumo

|attendance = 465

|referee = {{ill|Yusuke Ohashi|ja|大橋侑祐}}

}}

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|date = 5 June 2021

|time = 13:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Tonan Maebashi

|score = 1–6

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m24.pdf

|team2 = Juntendo University

|goals1 =

Saito {{goal|1}}

|goals2 =

Kobayashi {{goal|13}} {{goal|17}} {{goal|61}}
Shirai {{goal|74}}
Omori {{goal|83}} {{goal|90+1}}

|aet =

|stadium = Gunma Shikishima Football Stadium

|location = Maebashi

|attendance = 470

|referee = {{ill|Yoshihito Ito|ja|堀善仁}}

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 25

|date = 22 May 2021

|time = 13:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Honda Lock SC

|score = 5–0

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m25.pdf

|team2 = {{ill|Kawasoe Club|ja|川副クラブ}}

|goals1 =

{{ill|Naoya Oyama|lt=Oyama|ja|大山直哉}} {{goal|3}}
Hasegawa {{goal|35}}
Hino {{goal|44}}
Nagayoshi {{goal|63}} {{goal|78}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Unilever Stadium Shintomi

|location = Shintomi

|attendance = 0 {{cite news |title=第101回天皇杯 1回戦チケット販売日決定および1回戦マッチNo.【25】ホンダロックＳＣ vs. 川副クラブ試合会場変更のお知らせ |url=https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/news/00026908/ |language=ja |publisher=Japan Football Association|date=13 May 2021 |access-date=13 May 2021 }}

|referee = Toshiki Tomomasa

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 26

|date = 23 May 2021

|time = 13:00 JST

|round = 1

|team1 = Fukui United FC

|score = 2–1

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m26.pdf

|team2 = {{ill|Aventura Kawaguchi|ja|アヴェントゥーラ川口}}

|goals1 =

Nonaka {{goal|61}}
{{ill|Takumi Onda|lt=Onda|ja|恩田巧巳}} {{goal|78}}

|goals2 =

{{ill|Takumi Onda|lt=Onda|ja|恩田巧巳}} {{goal|41|o.g.}}

|aet =

|stadium = Technoport Fukui Stadium

|location = Fukui

|attendance = 358

|referee = Kenya Ohara

}}

Second round

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|id = 27

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Kawasaki Frontale

|score = 1–1

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m27.html

|team2 = AC Nagano Parceiro

|goals1 =

Tachibanada {{goal|90+1}}

|goals2 =

Fujiyama {{goal|42}}

|aet = yes

|stadium = Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium

|location = Kawasaki

|attendance = 4,508

|referee = Keigo Sendachi

|penaltyscore = 4–3

|penalties1 = Kobayashi {{pengoal}}
Yamamura {{pengoal}}
Kurumaya {{pengoal}}
Tono {{penmiss}}
Ienaga {{pengoal}}

|penalties2 = Fujiyama {{pengoal}}
Mizutani {{penmiss}}
Azuma {{penmiss}}
Yamamoto {{pengoal}}
Yoshimura {{pengoal}}

}}

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|id = 28

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = JEF United Chiba

|score = 1–0

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m28.html

|team2 = Omiya Ardija

|goals1 =

Jang Min-gyu {{goal|77}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Fukuda Denshi Arena

|location = Chiba

|attendance = 1,635

|referee = Ryosuke Yamaoka

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 29

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Shimizu S-Pulse

|score = 1–0

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m29.html

|team2 = Fukuyama City FC

|goals1 =

Hara {{goal|90+2}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = IAI Stadium Nihondaira

|location = Shizuoka

|attendance = 1,831

|referee = Tetsuro Yoshida

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 30

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Vegalta Sendai

|score = 0–1

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m30.html

|team2 = Iwate Grulla Morioka

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Han Yong-thae {{goal|2}}

|aet =

|stadium = Yurtec Stadium Sendai

|location = Sendai

|attendance = 2,551

|referee = Shoichiro Mikami

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 31

|date = 16 June 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score = 1–5

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m31.html

|team2 = Ococias Kyoto AC

|goals1 =

Shibasaki {{goal|45+1}}

|goals2 =

Aoto {{goal|28}}
Takahashi {{goal|38}}
Hagiwara {{goal|77}}
Hayashi {{goal|80}}
Ibrahim {{goal|89}}

|aet =

|stadium = Edion Stadium Hiroshima

|location = Hiroshima

|attendance = 1,114

|referee = Tetsuro Yoshida

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 32

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Montedio Yamagata

|score = 1–2

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m32.html

|team2 = Verspah Oita

|goals1 =

Matsumoto {{goal|16}}

|goals2 =

Tone {{goal|45||49}}

|aet =

|stadium = ND Soft Stadium

|location = Tendo

|attendance = 1,809

|referee = {{ill|Toru Kakinuma|ja|柿沼亨}}

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 33

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Yokohama F. Marinos

|score = 2–2

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m33.html

|team2 = Honda FC

|goals1 =

Élber {{goal|67}}
Léo Ceará {{goal|102}}

|goals2 =

{{ill|Yuki Kusumoto|lt=Kusumoto|ja|楠本祐規}} {{goal|28}}
Okazaki {{goal|106}}

|aet = yes

|penaltyscore = 3–5

|penalties1 = Thiago Martins {{penmiss}}
Bunmathan {{pengoal}}
Élber {{pengoal}}
Marcos Júnior {{pengoal}}

|penalties2 = Okazai {{pengoal}}
{{ill|Yuya Suzuki|lt=Suzuki|ja|鈴木雄也}} {{pengoal}}
{{ill|Hayato Hirouchi|lt=Hirouchi|ja|堀内颯人}} {{pengoal}}
{{ill|Yuta Hachinohe|lt=Hachinohe|ja|八戸雄太}} {{pengoal}}
Kawanami {{pengoal}}

|stadium = NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium

|location = Yokohama

|attendance = 2,804

|referee = Hirokazu Otsubo

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 34

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Júbilo Iwata

|score = 3–0

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m34.html

|team2 = Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth

|goals1 =

Ogawa {{goal|56||86}}
Miki {{goal|71}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Yamaha Stadium

|location = Iwata

|attendance = 1,905

|referee = {{ill|Akihiko Ikeuchi|ja|池内明彦}}

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 35

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Cerezo Osaka

|score = 2–0

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m35.html

|team2 = Gainare Tottori

|goals1 =

Ōkubo {{goal|5}}
Okuno {{goal|31}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Yodoko Sakura Stadium

|location = Osaka

|attendance = 0{{cite news |title=第101回天皇杯2回戦 1試合無観客開催および5試合キックオフ時間の変更のお知らせ|url=http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/news/00027075/ |language=ja |publisher=Japan Football Association|date=2 June 2021 |access-date=2 June 2021 }}

|referee = {{ill|Hajime Matsuo|ja|松尾一}}

}}

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|id = 36

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Albirex Niigata

|score = 4–1

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m36.html

|team2 = Zweigen Kanazawa

|goals1 =

Tagami {{goal|23}}
Mito {{goal|26}}
Yamura {{goal|42||51}}

|goals2 =

Motozuka {{goal|53}}

|aet =

|stadium = Denka Big Swan Stadium

|location = Niigata

|attendance = 3,896

|referee = Yu Fujita

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 37

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Sagan Tosu

|score = 1–0

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m37.html

|team2 = Roasso Kumamoto

|goals1 =

Yamashita {{goal|22}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Ekimae Real Estate Stadium

|location = Tosu

|attendance = 3,390

|referee = Dai Matsumoto

}}

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|id = 38

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Avispa Fukuoka

|score = 6–0

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m38.html

|team2 = Kagoshima United FC

|goals1 =

Sugimoto {{goal|34}}
Croux {{goal|66||75}}
Yamagishi {{goal|71||78||90+1}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Best Denki Stadium

|location = Fukuoka

|attendance = 1,224

|referee = {{ill|Hiromichi Oka|ja|岡宏道}}

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 39

|date = 16 June 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Kashima Antlers

|score = 8–1

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m39.html

|team2 = YSCC Yokohama

|goals1 =

Endo {{goal|10||31}}
Everaldo Stum {{goal|12||49}}
Matsumura {{goal|21}}
Ueda {{goal|52||70||78}}

|goals2 =

Ogochukwu {{goal|83}}

|aet =

|stadium = Kashima Soccer Stadium

|location = Kashima

|attendance = 2,458

|referee = Yudai Yamamoto

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 40

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Tochigi SC

|score = 2–0

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m40.html

|team2 = FC Machida Zelvia

|goals1 =

Matsuoka {{goal|15||36}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Tochigi Green Stadium

|location = Utsunomiya

|attendance = 837

|referee = Koki Nagamine

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 41

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

|score = 5–3

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m41.html

|team2 = Sony Sendai FC

|goals1 =

Ono {{goal|14}}
Lucas Fernandes {{goal|16}}
Nakashima {{goal|22||28||84}}

|goals2 =

Uchino {{goal|7||16}}
Sato {{goal|56}}

|aet =

|stadium = Sapporo Atsubetsu Stadium

|location = Sapporo

|attendance = 1,637

|referee = {{ill|Nobutsugu Murakami|ja|村上伸次}}

}}

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|id = 42

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = V-Varen Nagasaki

|score = 2–0

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m42.html

|team2 = Okinawa SV

|goals1 =

Ibarbo {{goal|29}}
Otake {{goal|90}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki

|location = Isahaya

|attendance = 1,884

|referee = Yusuke Ohashi

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 43

|date = 16 June 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Gamba Osaka

|score = 3–1

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m43.html

|team2 = Kwansei Gakuin University

|goals1 =

Onose {{goal|11}}
Wellington Silva {{goal|21}}
Patric {{goal|87}}

|goals2 =

Waki {{goal|55}}

|aet =

|stadium = Panasonic Stadium Suita

|location = Suita

|attendance = 4,031

|referee = Ryo Tanimoto

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 44

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Matsumoto Yamaga FC

|score = 1–0

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m44.html

|team2 = FC Ryukyu

|goals1 =

Murakoshi {{goal|52}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Sunpro Alwin

|location = Matsumoto

|attendance = 2,241

|referee = Tomokazu Sato

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 45

|date = 16 June 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Yokohama FC

|score = 1–2

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m45.html

|team2 = Vanraure Hachinohe

|goals1 =

Kléber {{goal|88}}

|goals2 =

Shimada {{goal|63}}
Aida {{goal|74}}

|aet =

|stadium = NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium

|location = Yokohama

|attendance = 1,075

|referee = Shu Kawamata

}}

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|id = 46

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Shonan Bellmare

|score = 0–0

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m46.html

|team2 = F.C. Osaka

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|penaltyscore = 4–3

|penalties1 = Umesaki {{pengoal}}
Oiwa {{pengoal}}
Tanaka {{pengoal}}
Machino {{pengoal}}

|penalties2 = {{ill|Yuya Tsukegi|lt=Tsukegi|ja|附木雄也}} {{penmiss}}
Sakamoto {{pengoal}}
Tanaka {{pengoal}}
{{ill|Takahiro Kitsui|lt=Kitsui|ja|木匠貴大}} {{pengoal}}
{{ill|Tomoyuki Iwamoto|lt=Iwamoto|ja|岩本知幸}} {{penmiss}}

|aet = yes

|stadium = Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka

|location = Hiratsuka

|attendance = 1,385

|referee = Masaki Tsuruoka

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 47

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Kashiwa Reysol

|score = 3–0

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m47.html

|team2 = Tochigi City FC

|goals1 =

Cristiano {{goal|19}}
Mitsumaru {{goal|35}}
Angelotti {{goal|90+2}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium

|location = Kashiwa

|attendance = 1,597

|referee = Naoto Uehara

}}

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|id = 48

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Kyoto Sanga FC

|score = 3–1

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m48.html

|team2 = FC Imabari

|goals1 =

Lee {{goal|10||69}}
Kozuki {{goal|62}}

|goals2 =

Takei {{goal|82}}

|aet =

|stadium = Takebishi Stadium Kyoto

|location = Kyoto

|attendance = 1,507

|referee = Toshihiro Nakai

}}

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|id = 49

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Urawa Red Diamonds

|score = 1–0

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m49.html

|team2 = Kataller Toyama

|goals1 =

Junker {{goal|80}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Urawa Komaba Stadium

|location = Saitama

|attendance = 4,269

|referee = {{ill|Hiroki Kasahara (referee)|lt=Hiroki Kasahara|ja|笠原寛貴}}

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 50

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Giravanz Kitakyushu

|score = 0–1

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m50.html

|team2 = SC Sagamihara

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Nakayama {{goal|45+1}}

|aet =

|stadium = Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu

|location = Kitakyushu

|attendance = 837

|referee = Yuki Noda

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 51

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Nagoya Grampus

|score = 5–0

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m51.html

|team2 = Mitsubishi Mizushima FC

|goals1 =

Fujii {{goal|36}}
Nagasawa {{goal|39}}
Mateus {{goal|64||90+1}}
Ishida {{goal|89}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium

|location = Gifu

|attendance = 1,886

|referee = Masuya Ueda

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 52

|date = 16 June 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Tokyo Verdy

|score = 0–1

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m52.html

|team2 = Fagiano Okayama

|goals2 = Noguchi {{goal|61}}

|stadium = Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka

|location = Kita

|attendance = 1,016

|referee = Yoshimi Yamashita

}}

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|id = 53

|date = 16 June 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Vissel Kobe

|score = 4–0

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m53.html

|team2 = Suzuka Point Getters

|goals1 =

Tanaka {{goal|29||61}}
Kobayashi {{goal|49}}
Yasui {{goal|90}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Noevir Stadium Kobe

|location = Kobe

|attendance = 1,938

|referee = {{ill|Reo Tanaka|ja|田中玲匡}}

}}

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|id = 54

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Tokushima Vortis

|score = 2–1

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m54.html

|team2 = Kochi United SC

|goals1 =

Iwao {{goal|4}}
Hirata {{goal|45+1|o.g.}}

|goals2 =

Shimodo {{goal|52}}

|aet =

|stadium = Pocarisweat Stadium

|location = Naruto

|attendance = 1,395

|referee = Koei Koya

}}

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|id = 55

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = FC Tokyo

|score = 1–2

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m55.html

|team2 = Juntendo University

|goals1 =

Nagai {{goal|9}}

|goals2 =

Shirai {{goal|88}}
Kobayashi {{goal|105+2}}

|aet = yes

|stadium = Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka

|location = Kita

|attendance = 1,682

|referee = {{ill|Takuto Okabe|ja|岡部拓人}}

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 56

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Mito HollyHock

|score = 0–3

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m56.html

|team2 = Thespakusatsu Gunma

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Shin {{goal|39}}
Takahashi {{goal|44}}
Omae {{goal|71}}

|aet =

|stadium = Kashima Soccer Stadium

|location = Kashima

|attendance = 907

|referee = {{ill|Reo Tanaka|ja|田中玲匡}}

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 57

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Oita Trinita

|score = 3–2

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m57.html

|team2 = Honda Lock SC

|goals1 =

Hasegawa {{goal|49}}
Takazawa {{goal|74}}
Inoue {{goal|108}}

|goals2 =

Tanaka {{goal|80}}
Suwazono {{goal|85}}

|aet = yes

|stadium = Showa Denko Dome Oita

|location = Oita

|attendance = 1,613

|referee = Takao Nishiyama

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 58

|date = 9 June 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 2

|team1 = Ventforet Kofu

|score = 1–2

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/match_page/m58.html

|team2 = Fukui United FC

|goals1 =

Paulo Baya {{goal|23}}

|goals2 =

{{ill|Hiyu Kazawa|lt=Kazawa|ja|賀澤陽友}} {{goal|90+1}}
Kanamura {{goal|90+5}}

|aet =

|stadium = JIT Recycle Ink Stadium

|location = Kofu

|attendance = 1,381

|referee = Tatsuya Sakai

}}

Third round

The third round schedule was announced on 17 June 2021.{{cite news|url=http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/news/00027208/|title=第101回天皇杯 3回戦会場・キックオフ時間決定|language=ja|publisher=Japan Football Association|date=17 June 2021}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 59

|date = 21 July 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 3

|team1 = Kawasaki Frontale

|score = 1–1

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m59.pdf

|team2 = JEF United Chiba

|goals1 =

Ienaga {{goal|59|pen}}

|goals2 =

Miki {{goal|53}}

|aet = yes

|penaltyscore = 4–3

|penalties1 =

Chinen {{pengoal}}
Yamamura {{pengoal}}
Hasegawa {{pengoal}}
Kurumaya {{pengoal}}

|penalties2 =

Sakuragawa {{pengoal}}
Yada {{pengoal}}
Iwasaki {{penmiss}}
Fukumitsu {{pengoal}}
Kumagai {{penmiss}}

|stadium = Fukuda Denshi Arena

|location = Chiba

|attendance =

|referee = {{ill|Hayato Shimizu|ja|清水勇人 (サッカー審判員)}}

}}

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|id = 60

|date = 7 July 2021

|time = 18:30 JST

|round = 3

|team1 = Shimizu S-Pulse

|score = 2–1

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m60.pdf

|team2 = Iwate Grulla Morioka

|goals1 =

Ibusuki {{goal|54}}
Taki {{goal|83}}

|goals2 =

Kagami {{goal|38}}

|aet =

|stadium = Iwagin Stadium

|location = Morioka

|attendance = 1,976

|referee = Koei Koya

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 61

|date = 7 July 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 3

|team1 = Ococias Kyoto AC

|score = 1–3

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m61.pdf

|team2 = Verspah Oita

|goals1 =

Ibrahim {{goal|62}}

|goals2 =

Maeda {{goal|24||27}}
{{ill|Rui Tone|lt=Tone|ja|利根瑠偉}} {{goal|59}}

|aet =

|stadium = Showa Denko Dome Oita

|location = Oita

|attendance = 458

|referee = {{ill|Reo Tanaka|ja|田中玲匡}}

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 62

|date = 7 July 2021

|time = 18:30 JST

|round = 3

|team1 = Honda FC

|score = 1–4

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m62.pdf

|team2 = Júbilo Iwata

|goals1 =

{{ill|Yuya Suzuki|lt=Suzuki|ja|鈴木雄也}} {{goal|57}}

|goals2 =

González {{goal|2}}
Ogawa {{goal|27||35}}
Miki {{goal|85}}

|aet =

|stadium = Yamaha Stadium

|location = Iwata

|attendance = 4,794

|referee = Masaaki Iemoto

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 63

|date = 4 August 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 3

|team1 = Cerezo Osaka

|score = 3–2

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m63.pdf

|team2 = Albirex Niigata

|goals1 =

Kiyotake {{goal|21||30}}
Kato {{goal|67}}

|goals2 =

Hoshi {{goal|66}}
Homma {{goal|90+1}}

|aet =

|stadium = Yodoko Sakura Stadium

|location = Osaka

|attendance = 3,427

|referee = Yudai Yamamoto

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 64

|date = 7 July 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 3

|team1 = Sagan Tosu

|score = 1–0

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m64.pdf

|team2 = Avispa Fukuoka

|goals1 =

Higuchi {{goal|90+1}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Ekimae Real Estate Stadium

|location = Tosu

|attendance = 5,303

|referee = {{ill|Shinji Murakami|ja|村上伸次}}

}}

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|id = 65

|date = 7 July 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 3

|team1 = Kashima Antlers

|score = 3–0

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m65.pdf

|team2 = Tochigi SC

|goals1 =

Everaldo Stum {{goal|80||90}}
Arthur Caíke {{goal|90+2}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Kanseki Stadium Tochigi

|location = Utsunomiya

|attendance = 4,442

|referee = Jumpei Iida

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 66

|date = 7 July 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 3

|team1 = Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

|score = 1–2

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m66.pdf

|team2 = V-Varen Nagasaki

|goals1 =

Aoki {{goal|64}}

|goals2 =

Otake {{goal|5}}
Uenaka {{goal|7}}

|aet =

|stadium = Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki

|location = Isahaya

|attendance = 2,565

|referee = {{ill|Hiroki Kasahara (referee)|lt=Hiroki Kasahara|ja|笠原寛貴}}

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 67

|date = 18 August 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 3

|team1 = Gamba Osaka

|score = 2–0

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m67.pdf

|team2 = Matsumoto Yamaga FC

|goals1 =

Yanagisawa {{goal|95}}
Ideguchi {{goal|100}}

|goals2 =

|aet = yes

|stadium = Panasonic Stadium Suita

|location = Suita

|attendance = 3,123

|referee = {{ill|Ryo Tanimoto|ja|谷本涼}}

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 68

|date = 7 July 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 3

|team1 = Vanraure Hachinohe

|score = 1–2

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m68.pdf

|team2 = Shonan Bellmare

|goals1 =

Tsuboi {{goal|62}}

|goals2 =

Umesaki {{goal|53}}
Hiraoka {{goal|113}}

|aet = yes

|stadium = Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka

|location = Hiratsuka

|attendance = 1,452

|referee = Shoichiro Mikami

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 69

|date = 7 July 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 3

|team1 = Kashiwa Reysol

|score = 1–2

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m69.pdf

|team2 = Kyoto Sanga FC

|goals1 =

Toshima {{goal|12}}

|goals2 =

Nakano {{goal|40}}
Araki {{goal|89}}

|aet =

|stadium = Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium

|location = Kashiwa

|attendance = 1,907

|referee = {{ill|Tomohiro Inoue (referee)|lt=Tomohiro Inoue|ja|井上知大}}

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 70

|date = 7 July 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 3

|team1 = Urawa Red Diamonds

|score = 1–0

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m70.pdf

|team2 = SC Sagamihara

|goals1 =

Junker {{goal|87}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Urawa Komaba Stadium

|location = Saitama

|attendance = 4,528

|referee = Takafumi Mikuriya

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 71

|date = 2 August 2021{{efn|Game originally kicked off on 14 July, but postponed at half-time due to inclement weather. The match was replayed from the beginning, with the previous in-progress match being annulled.}}

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 3

|team1 = Nagoya Grampus

|score = 1–0

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m71.pdf

|team2 = Fagiano Okayama

|goals1 = Nakatani {{goal|33}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Nagoya Minato Stadium

|location = Nagoya

|attendance = 2,001

|referee = {{ill|Takuto Okabe|ja|岡部拓人}}

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 72

|date = 7 July 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 3

|team1 = Vissel Kobe

|score = 1–0

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m72.pdf

|team2 = Tokushima Vortis

|goals1 =

Furuhashi {{goal|38}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Noevir Stadium Kobe

|location = Kobe

|attendance = 2,836

|referee = {{ill|Hiroyuki Kimura (football referee)|lt=Hiroyuki Kimura|ja|木村博之 (サッカー審判員)}}

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 73

|date = 7 July 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 3

|team1 = Juntendo University

|score = 2–3

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m73.pdf

|team2 = Thespakusatsu Gunma

|goals1 =

Shirai {{goal|43}}
Terayama {{goal|81}}

|goals2 =

Uchida {{goal|83}}
Omae {{goal|90+4}}
Takagi {{goal|115}}

|aet = yes

|stadium = Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma

|location = Maebashi

|attendance = 699

|referee = Yuichi Nishimura

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 74

|date = 7 July 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 3

|team1 = Oita Trinita

|score = 2–0

|report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m74.pdf

|team2 = Fukui United FC

|goals1 =

Watanabe {{goal|8}}
Takazawa {{goal|29}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Technoport Fukui Stadium

|location = Fukui

|attendance = 1,421

|referee = {{ill|Koichiro Fukushima|ja|福島孝一郎}}

}}

Round of 16

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|id = 75

|date = 18 August 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 4

|team1 = Kawasaki Frontale

|score = 2–1

|report = http://jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m75.pdf

|team2 = Shimizu S-Pulse

|goals1 =

Kobayashi {{goal|57|pen}}
Leandro Damião {{goal|74}}

|goals2 =

Nakayama {{goal|64}}

|aet =

|stadium = IAI Stadium Nihondaira

|location = Shizuoka

|attendance = 2,795

|referee = {{ill|Masuya Ueda|ja|上田益也}}

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 76

|date = 18 August 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 4

|team1 = Verspah Oita

|score = 0–1

|report = http://jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m76.pdf

|team2 = Júbilo Iwata

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

González {{goal|101}}

|aet = yes

|stadium = Showa Denko Dome Oita

|location = Oita

|attendance = 512

|referee = {{ill|Yoshiaki Imai|ja|今村義朗}}

}}

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|id = 77

|date = 18 August 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 4

|team1 = Cerezo Osaka

|score = 1–0

|report = http://jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m77.pdf

|team2 = Sagan Tosu

|goals1 =

Kato {{goal|34}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Yodoko Sakura Stadium

|location = Osaka

|attendance = 2,562

|referee = {{ill|Akihiko Ikeuchi|ja|池内明彦}}

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 78

|date = 18 August 2021

|time = 19:00 JST

|round = 4

|team1 = Kashima Antlers

|score = 3–1

|report = http://jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m78.pdf

|team2 = V-Varen Nagasaki

|goals1 =

Arthur Caíke {{goal|50}}
Everaldo {{goal|60}}
Hayashi {{goal|74}}

|goals2 =

Maikuma {{goal|7}}

|aet =

|stadium = Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki

|location = Isahaya

|attendance = 3,357

|referee = Yudai Yamamoto

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 79

|date = 22 September 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 4

|team1 = Gamba Osaka

|score = 4–1

|report = http://jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m79.pdf

|team2 = Shonan Bellmare

|goals1 =

Patric {{goal|2||56}}
Wellington Silva {{goal|26}}
Kurata {{goal|42}}

|goals2 =

Shibata {{goal|64}}

|aet =

|stadium = Panasonic Stadium Suita

|location = Suita

|attendance = 2,874

|referee = {{ill|Koei Koya|ja|小屋幸栄}}

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 80

|date = 18 August 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 4

|team1 = Kyoto Sanga FC

|score = 0–1

|report = http://jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m80.pdf

|team2 = Urawa Red Diamonds

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Iwanami {{goal|15}}

|aet =

|stadium = Takebishi Stadium Kyoto

|location = Kyoto

|attendance = 3,416

|referee = Jumpei Iida

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 81

|date = 18 August 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 4

|team1 = Nagoya Grampus

|score = 1–0

|report = http://jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m81.pdf

|team2 = Vissel Kobe

|goals1 =

Świerczok {{goal|89}}

|goals2 =

|aet =

|stadium = Toyota Stadium

|location = Toyota

|attendance = 3,453

|referee = {{ill|Hiroki Kasahara (referee)|lt=Hiroki Kasahara|ja|笠原寛貴}}

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|id = 82

|date = 18 August 2021

|time = 18:00 JST

|round = 4

|team1 = Thespakusatsu Gunma

|score = 1–2

|report = http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m82.pdf

|team2 = Oita Trinita

|goals1 =

Shiraishi {{goal|13}}

|goals2 =

Watanabe {{goal|18}}
Kobayashi {{goal|96}}

|aet = yes

|stadium = Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma

|location = Maebashi

|attendance = 890

|referee = {{ill|Futoshi Nakamura|ja|中村太}}

}}

Quarter-finals

A draw was held on 24 September 2021{{Cite web|date=17 Aug 2021|title=第101回天皇杯準々決勝組み合わせ抽選会を9月24日(金)に実施|url=http://jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/news/00027721/|url-status=live|access-date=18 Aug 2021|website=Japan Football Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817074729/http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/news/00027721/ |archive-date=2021-08-17 }}{{cite news |last1=Josun |title=天皇杯準々決勝の対戦カードが決定！ |url=https://www.goal.com/jp/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9/japan-emperorcup-quarterfinal-20210914/1n5eh58g2wbeu16nh2xcfselco |access-date=28 October 2021 |work=Goal.com |date=24 September 2021}} to determine the matchups of the quarter-final stage and onwards. Nagoya Grampus was guaranteed to have home advantage in quarter-finals as they advanced to the quarter-finals of the 2021 AFC Champions League, while Urawa Red Diamonds, Kashima Antlers and Oita Trinita were drawn as the away team in quarter-finals as they could not guarantee their home stadium at the moment.

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|id = 83

|date = 27 October 2021

|time = 18:30 JST

|round = QF

|team1 = Gamba Osaka

|score = 0–2

|report = http://jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2021/schedule_result/pdf/m83.pdf

|team2 = Urawa Red Diamonds

|goals1 =

|goals2 =