Japan • Division 1
Japan Rugby League One
Japan's elite professional club competition. Fixtures, results, the live table and the route through the six-team championship play-offs are connected here.
Season
2026/27
Teams
12
Holding champions
Kobelco Kobe Steelers
League Table
2026/27 Division 1 standings
Kobelco Kobe Steelers000000002☆
Saitama Wild Knights000000003☆
Kubota Spears000000004☆
Tokyo Sungoliath000000005☆
BlackRams Tokyo000000006☆
Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo000000007☆
Shizuoka BlueRevs000000008☆
Tochigi Honda Heat000000009☆
Toyota Verblitz0000000010☆
Yokohama Canon Eagles0000000011☆
Urayasu D-Rocks0000000012☆
Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars00000000Qualification guide
Top two
Enter at the semi-final stage
Places 3–6
Enter the play-off quarter-finals
Bottom two
Promotion/relegation route under review
Post-season
Route to the title
Quarter-finals
Seeds 3–6 enter
22 May 2027 onward
Semi-finals
Top two seeds enter
Winners advance
Final
Championship decider
6 June 2027
The Control Centre can publish every stage, fixture and progression path once the official bracket is known.
Open Route to the FinalCompetition snapshot
Division
Division 1
Regular season
108 matches
Play-off places
Top six
Semi-final byes
Top two
Division 1
The 12 clubs
Competition archive
History and records
The page structure is ready for champions, final results, all-time records and Rugby One's season archive. Historical data will be added after the dedicated League One research review.