J-Lease FC

Founded in April 2018, the club quickly won back-to-back promotions alongside league titles from the 3rd to the 1st division of the Oita Prefecture between 2018 and 2020.

In 2021, the club won their first regional-level trophy, after a 4–3 win against Liberty FC gave them the Kyushu Football Championship title. The club would have qualified to the Shakaijin Cup with this win, if the 2021 competition was not cancelled because of COVID-19 extended measures.{{cite web|url=https://j-lease-fc.com/schedule/date/2021/|title=2021 SCHEDULE|access-date=20 December 2022|language=ja|website=j-lease-fc.com|publisher=J-Lease}} The club recorded a 3rd place in its Kyushu Soccer League's debut season, only finishing behind Okinawa SV and Veroskronos Tsuno.

In 2022, the club participated in the Oita Prefecture Soccer Championship, which serves as a qualifying tournament for the Emperor's Cup. The club won their matches from the Round of 16 to the semi-finals against SOL FC, Nakatsu FC, and Nippon Bunri University ASC. In the final against Verspah Oita, which determined who would qualify for the Emperor's Cup, COVID-19 struck the team. With multiple players testing positive for the virus, the final could not take place on the scheduled date. J-Lease decided to forfeit the match, giving the Oita Prefecture slot in the competition to their opponent. {{cite web|url=https://note.com/jleasefc/n/nd520f44efed3|title=2022年大分県サッカー選手権大会決勝戦辞退のお知らせとお詫び|access-date=20 December 2022|date=5 May 2022|language=ja|website=note.com/jleasefc|publisher=J-Lease FC}}

In the same year, J-Lease qualified for the Shakaijin Cup for first time, a cup tournament for teams in any league below the Japan Football League (JFL) that also serves as an alternative way to play in JFL's promotion series. The club qualified via the Kyushu Football Championship, which was a single match against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki. They won the match by 4–0.{{cite web|url=https://note.com/jleasefc/n/n668cac0fa100|title=第58回 全国社会人サッカー選手権大会出場決定|access-date=20 December 2022|date=1 August 2022|language=ja|website=note.com/jleasefc|publisher=J-Lease FC}} In their competition debut, they faced eventual semi-finalists of the Shakaijin Cup, Briobecca Urayasu, who were promoted to the Japan Football League in the same season. J-Lease lost the match by 2–0, exiting the competition in the first round.

Ending their season, the club finished in fourth place in the Kyushu Soccer League, having at one point won six matches in a row. Despite not earning a trophy at any competition, the club had high placements in Kyushu competitions and a decent performance against a JFL-tier club in an official competition during the season.

In 2024, Masaki Yanagawa was hired as the manager. In the Oita Prefectural Football Championship, they defeated Verspah Oita 2-0 in the final match to win the title for the first time and qualify for their first appearance in the 104th Emperor's Cup. In the Kyushu league, the team finished in second place, seven points behind Veroskronos Tsuno. In the 2024 All Japan Senior Football Championship, in the first round, J-Lease beat Yokohama Takeru 4-2. In the second round they beat Fukui United FC 7-6 in a penalty shoot-out after drawing nil all draw. In the quarterfinals round the also won after a penalty shoot-out by 5-3 after a nil draw against Aries Tokyo FC. In the semi-final they lost to FC Tokushima by 1-0. In the third-place playoff game against FC Kariya, another nil all draw was followed by a penalty shoot-out and a victory by 5-4 to win the bronze medal and qualification for the 2024 Regional Champions League.

In the final tournament J-Lease were pitted in Group A against FC Ise-Shima from the Tōkai Adult Soccer League, FC Tokushima from the Shikoku Soccer League and their compatriots from Kyushu Soccer League, Veroskronos Tsuno. They topped Group A by beating FC Ise-Shima 3-2 with a come from behind win in their opening game and getting revenge against FC Tokushima by winning 1-0 in the second match, in the final Group A match they drew with Veroskronos Tsuno 1-1.

The Final round they were pitted against Fukui United from Hokushin'etsu, Vonds Ichihara from Kantō and the eventual champions, Asuka FC from Kansai. They opened with a 3-3 draw against Fukui United. In the second match the also drew with their opponents, Vonds Ichihara 0-0. In the final winner takes all game against FC Asuka, they lost by 2-1 and finished fourth in the group with two points from the three matches.

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• Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained }}

{{Updated|29 March 2025.}}{{cite web|url=https://j-lease-fc.com/team/|title=TEAM|access-date=29 March 2025|language=ja|publisher=J-Lease FC|website=j-lease-fc.com}}

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{{Fs player|no=3|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Shohei Kishida}}

{{Fs player|no=4|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Takuma Fukasawa}}

{{Fs player|no=5|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Takuto Honda}}

{{Fs player|no=6|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Yuya Watanabe}}

{{Fs player|no=7|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Rei Matsumoto}}

{{Fs player|no=8|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Junya Takahata}}

{{Fs player|no=9|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Shimazu Yorimori}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Ryusuke Hayashida}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Kota Ogino}}

{{Fs player|no=13|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Takayuki Takayasu}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Kohei Imayoshi|other=Vice captain}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=JPN|pos=FW|name=Yuta Enbu}}

{{Fs player|no=16|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Kosuke Fukumoto}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Koyo Sato|other=Vice captain}}

{{Fs player|no=18|nat=JPN|pos=FW|name=Yumeto Tsumura}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=JPN|pos=FW|name=Takuma Sonoda}}

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{{Fs player|no=20|nat=JPN|pos=FW|name=Torikai Kōhei}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=JPN|pos=GK|name=Daiki Kato}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Menya Yukit}}

{{Fs player|no=23|nat=JPN|pos=GK|name=Kazusa Iwasaki}}

{{Fs player|no=24|nat=JPN|pos=FW|name=Yu Kijima}}

{{Fs player|no=25|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Junpei Tanaka}}

{{Fs player|no=26|nat=JPN|pos=GK|name=Ryo Matsuda}}

{{Fs player|no=27|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Hiroki Kanno}}

{{Fs player|no=29|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Yosuke Yuzawa}}

{{Fs player|no=30|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Kohei Hattanda|other=Captain}}{{cite web |title=Captain and Vice Captains |url=https://j-lease-fc.com/news/9837/ |website=j-lease-fc.com |access-date=29 March 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=32|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Kyosei Nagamatsu}}

{{Fs player|no=41|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Kosei Hamaguchi}}

{{Fs player|no=77|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Megumi Nishida|other=Vice captain}}

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