2015 J2 League
The 2015 Meiji Yasuda J2 League season was the 44th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 17th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season began on 8 March 2015 and ended on 23 November 2015.
Clubs
have stayed in the second division for just a year, winning promotion as the champions. Matsumoto Yamaga have spent only 3 seasons in J2 after promoted from Japan Football League in 2012, becoming the first club based in Nagano Prefecture which have promoted to the top flight. Sixth-placed Montedio Yamagata won the promotion playoffs and will return in the first division after playing in the J2 for 3 years. Tokushima Vortis were relegated from the J1 immediately after their inaugural promotion, while Cerezo Osaka and Omiya Ardija have suffered relegation respectively after five and ten years from their last presence in J2.On the other end of the table, Zweigen Kanazawa have been promoted from 2014 J3 League as the champions of the inaugural season of the J3 League, replacing relegated Kataller Toyama.
The participating clubs are listed in the following table:
| Club Name | Home Town | Note |
| Omiya, Saitama | Relegated from J1 League in 2014 | |
| Avispa Fukuoka | Fukuoka | |
| Cerezo Osaka | Osaka | Relegated from J1 League in 2014 |
| Consadole Sapporo | Sapporo, Hokkaidō | |
| Ehime FC | All cities/towns in Ehime | |
| Fagiano Okayama | All cities/towns in Okayama | |
| All cities/towns in Gifu | ||
| Giravanz Kitakyushu | Kitakyushu, Fukuoka | Not eligible for J1 promotion |
| Mito, Ibaraki | Not eligible for J1 promotion | |
| JEF United Chiba | Chiba & Ichihara, Chiba | 2014 J2 League 2014 Play-off finalist |
| Júbilo Iwata | Iwata, Shizuoka | 2014 J2 League 2014 Play-off contestant |
| Kamatamare Sanuki | Takamatsu, Kagawa Kagawa | Not eligible for J1 promotion |
| Roasso Kumamoto | Kumamoto | |
| Southwestern cities/towns in Kyoto | ||
| Thespakusatsu Gunma | All cities/towns in Gunma | Not eligible for J1 promotion |
| Tochigi SC | Utsunomiya, Tochigi | |
| Oita Trinita | Ōita | |
| V-Varen Nagasaki | All cities/towns in Nagasaki | |
| All cities/towns in Tokyo | ||
| All cities/towns in Tokushima | Relegated from J1 League 2014 | |
| Yokohama FC | Yokohama, Kanagawa | |
| Zweigen Kanazawa | Kanazawa | Promoted from J3 League 2014 |
Managerial changes
Foreign players
League table
Results
Play-offs
J1 Promotion Playoffs
Semifinals
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Final
----J3 Relegation Playoffs
Top scorers
Updated to games played on 23 November 2015Source: