League of Legends Japan League

League of Legends Japan League
GameLeague of Legends
First season2014
Owner(s)Riot Games Japan
No. of teams6
CountriesJapan
Most recent
champion(s)		Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Gaming (1st title)
Most titlesDetonatioN FocusMe (16 titles)
QualificationFranchise partnership[1]
TV partner(s)Twitch
Promotion toLeague of Legends Championship Pacific (2025 onwards)
International cup(s)Mid Season Invitational
World Championship
Official websitejp.lolesports.com Edit this at Wikidata

The League of Legends Japan League (LJL) is the top level of professional League of Legends competition in Japan.[2][3][4] The league franchised prior to start of the 2019 season and has eight teams under partnership.[1] Each annual season of play is divided into two splits, spring and summer, both consisting of ten rounds of round-robin tournament play, which then conclude with playoff tournaments between the top three teams.

Before 2024, the spring and summer champions qualify for the Mid-Season Invitational and World Championship respectively.[5] However, in 2024, the top three teams from each LJL split were seeded into the Pacific Championship Series (PCS) playoffs and competed with other PCS teams for a chance to represent the larger region at international events; LJL teams would no longer qualify directly to MSI and Worlds. Since 2025, the LJL is a second division to the League of Legends Championship Pacific (LCP), with teams being able to be promoted to the new Asia-Pacific League.

Format

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Regular season

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  • Six teams participate
  • Double Round-robin, all matches are best-of-two with three points for a win
  • The best four teams advance to the playoffs

Playoffs

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Teams

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Current

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As of 2024 season:

Team ID
AXIZ Crest AXC
Burning Core BC
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Gaming SHG
DetonatioN FocusMe DFM
Sengoku Gaming SG
V3 Esports V3

Former

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  • 7th heaven
  • DetonatioN RabbitFive[a]
  • Okinawan Tigers
  • Pentagram[b]
  • SCARZ
  • Unsold Stuff Gaming
  • Rascal Jester
  • FENNEL
  • AXIZ[c]
  • Crest Gaming Act[c]

Past seasons

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Year Split 1st 2nd 3rd
2014 Winter Rascal Jester Ozone Rampage Okinawan Tigers
Spring DetonatioN FocusMe Rascal Jester Ozone Rampage
Summer DetonatioN FocusMe Ozone Rampage Rascal Jester
Grand Final DetonatioN FocusMe Rascal Jester
2015 Season 1 DetonatioN FocusMe DetonatioN RabbitFive 7th heaven
Season 2 Ozone Rampage DetonatioN FocusMe 7th heaven
Grand Final DetonatioN FocusMe Ozone Rampage
2016 Spring DetonatioN FocusMe Rampage Unsold Stuff Gaming
Summer Rampage DetonatioN FocusMe 7th heaven
2017 Spring Rampage DetonatioN FocusMe Unsold Stuff Gaming
Summer Rampage DetonatioN FocusMe 7th heaven
2018 Spring Pentagram DetonatioN FocusMe Unsold Stuff Gaming
Summer DetonatioN FocusMe Unsold Stuff Gaming PENTAGRAM
2019 Spring DetonatioN FocusMe Unsold Stuff Gaming Crest Gaming Act
Summer DetonatioN FocusMe V3 Esports Crest Gaming Act
2020 Spring DetonatioN FocusMe Sengoku Gaming V3 Esports
Summer V3 Esports DetonatioN FocusMe Sengoku Gaming
2021 Spring DetonatioN FocusMe V3 Esports Rascal Jester
Summer DetonatioN FocusMe Rascal Jester AXIZ
2022 Spring DetonatioN FocusMe Sengoku Gaming Rascal Jester
Summer DetonatioN FocusMe Sengoku Gaming Fukuoka SHG
2023 Spring DetonatioN FocusMe Sengoku Gaming FENNEL
Fukuoka SHG
Summer DetonatioN FocusMe Fukuoka SHG Sengoku Gaming
2024 Spring Fukuoka SHG DetonatioN FocusMe V3 Esports
Summer Fukuoka SHG DetonatioN FocusMe Sengoku Gaming

Notes

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  1. ^ DetonatioN FocusMe's sister team.
  2. ^ Formerly Rampage
  3. ^ a b Merged to AXIZ Crest in December 2023.

References

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  1. ^ a b Torres, Xander (25 December 2018). "LJL announces new franchises, schedule, and prize pool for 2019". VPEsports. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ^ Wong, Joe (18 January 2019). "Riot Games finds two new organising partners for League of Legends Japan League". Esports Insider. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  3. ^ Takahashi, Dean (27 February 2019). "PlayBrain raises $1.9 million for League of Legends esports events in Japan". VentureBeat. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  4. ^ Murray, Trent (27 February 2019). "Japanese Tournament Organizer PlayBrain Raises $1.9M Seed Round Led by BITKRAFT". The Esports Observer. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  5. ^ Kim, Alice (10 August 2017). "League of Legends – Japan League". Esports.net.
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