| Competition: | Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League East |
| Season: | 2024 |
| Dates: | 6 April – 8 December |
| League Topscorer: | Kelly Ononoju Mohamad Sadiki Wade Minato Yoshida (10 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Shohei 6–0 Ichiritsu Funabashi (26 May) RKU Kashiwa 6–0 Omiya Ardija (30 November) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Omiya Ardija 0–4 Kashima Antlers (16 June) |
| Highest Scoring: | RKU Kashiwa 4–3 FC Tokyo (5 May) Kashima Antlers 4–3 Kawasaki Frontale (6 July) Kashima Antlers 3–4 RKU Kashiwa (15 September) |
| Matches: | 126 |
| Total Goals: | 362 |
| Highest Attendance: | 2,798 Kawasaki Frontale 1–3 FC Tokyo (7 September) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 60 Shohei 0–1 Yokohama FC (18 September) |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
| Updated: | 1 December 2024 |
| Competition: | Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League West |
| Season: | 2024 |
| Dates: | 6 April – 8 December |
| League Topscorer: | Keiji Yamashita (18 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Sanfrecce Hiroshima 9–0 Kagoshima Josei (6 October) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Shizuoka Gakuen 1–8 Ohzu (30 June) |
| Highest Scoring: | Nagoya Grampus 9–2 Teikyo Nagaoka (19 October) |
| Matches: | 126 |
| Total Goals: | 455 |
| Highest Attendance: | 3,072 Ohzu 2–1 Shizuoka Gakuen (24 November) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 40 Teikyo Nagaoka 0–6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (4 December) |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
| Updated: | 4 December 2024 |
The is the 35th season of the main competition for under-18 teams in Japan, the 14th after rebranding the competition to the current "Premier League" format, and the 3rd season with 24 clubs participating in the league.[1]
The Premier League/Prince League play-offs gives an opportunity for teams to be promoted from the Prince Leagues (a conglomerate of regional leagues that forms the 2nd division of youth football in Japan). The 11th and 12th-placed teams of each division will be directly relegated.
As usual, the teams were allocated to each division by the JFA based on geographical positions. Yokohama FC U-18s was the only team to be relocated, switching from the West to the East on 2024, a year after relocating to the West.[2]
| Team | Prefecture | 2023 record |
|---|---|---|
| Aomori Yamada High School | Aomori | 1st |
| Shoshi High School | Fukushima | 2nd |
| Kashima Antlers | Ibaraki | Play-offs win |
| Maebashi Ikuei High School | Gunma | 8th |
| Shohei High School | Saitama | 7th |
| Omiya Ardija | Saitama | 9th |
| RKU Kashiwa High School | Chiba | 6th |
| Kashiwa Reysol | Chiba | 4th |
| Ichiritsu Funabashi High School | Chiba | 5th |
| FC Tokyo | Tokyo | 10th |
| Kawasaki Frontale | Kanagawa | 3rd |
| Yokohama FC | Kanagawa | 5th (WEST) |
| Team | Prefecture | 2023 record |
|---|---|---|
| Teikyo Nagaoka High School | Niigata | Play-offs win |
| Shizuoka Gakuen High School | Shizuoka | 3rd |
| Nagoya Grampus | Aichi | 8th |
| Vissel Kobe | Hyogo | 2nd |
| Yonago Kita High School | Tottori | 7th |
| Fagiano Okayama | Okayama | Play-offs win |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Hiroshima | 1st |
| Higashi Fukuoka High School | Fukuoka | 6th |
| Sagan Tosu | Saga | 9th |
| Ohzu High School | Kumamoto | 4th |
| Kagoshima Josei High School | Kagoshima | Play-offs win |
| Kamimura Gakuen High School | Kagoshima | 10th |
Qualified for the stage the 16 top-ranked teams of the nine Prince League divisions, with each region having its amount of qualifying slots predetermined by the JFA.[3]
Kanto's Prince League was the only one to qualify three teams from, whereas Tohoku, Tokai, Kansai, Chugoku and Kyushu qualified two teams each, and just one each qualified from Hokkaido and Shikoku. They were divided into four blocks, with their respective block winners (or 2nd round winners) qualifying for the next season's Premier League.
The match pairings were determined by a draw, conducted on 2 December 2024.[4]
The play-offs slots were determined and announced on 28 February.[5] Three teams qualified from Kanto, two from Tohoku, Tokai, Kansai, Chugoku and Kyushu, alongside one from Hokkaido, Hokushin'etsu and Shikoku Prince Leagues. The final team to qualify for the play-offs was decided on 1 December 2024, as Urawa clinched their spot on Kanto's last round.
| Prince League | Team | Prefecture | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hokkaido | 1st | Hokkaido | |
| Tohoku | 2nd | Miyagi | |
| Seiwa Gakuen High School | 3rd | Miyagi | |
| Kanto | 1st | Tokyo | |
| 2nd | Kanagawa | ||
| 3rd | Saitama | ||
| Hokushin'etsu | 1st | Toyama | |
| Tokai | 1st | Shizuoka | |
| 2nd | Shizuoka | ||
| Kansai | 1st | Osaka | |
| 2nd | Kyoto | ||
| Chugoku | Okayama Gakugeikan High School | 1st | Okayama |
| Takagawa Gakuen High School | 2nd | Yamaguchi | |
| Shikoku | 1st | Ehime | |
| Kyushu | 1st | Fukuoka | |
| Nissho Gakuen High School | 2nd | Miyazaki | |
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| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[6] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kelly Ononoju | Maebashi Ikuei | 10 |
| Mohamad Sadiki Wade | Kashiwa Reysol | ||
| Minato Yoshida | Kashima Antlers | ||
| 4 | Futo Yoshihara | Kashiwa Reysol | 9 |
| 5 | Hayate Cho | Kashima Antlers | 7 |
| Yu Kasuya | RKU Kashiwa | ||
| Kantaro Maeda | Yokohama FC | ||
| Yutaro Onda | Kawasaki Frontale | ||
| Kansuke Ouchi | Shoshi | ||
| Kota Sato | Maebashi IKuei | ||
| Keitaro Shoji | Yokohama FC | ||
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[7] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keiji Yamashita | Ohzu | 18 |
| 2 | Aren Inoue | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 16 |
| 3 | Shungo Sugiura | Nagoya Grampus | 14 |
| 4 | Gaku Nawata | Kamimura Gakuen | 13 |
| Ritsu Onishi | Nagoya Grampus | ||
| 6 | Daichi Suzuki | Sagan Tosu | 12 |
| 7 | Tasuku Kanematsu | Ohzu | 11 |
| Yudai Shimamoto | Ohzu | ||
| Takumi Yasuno | Teikyo Nagaoka | ||
| Ran Yoshioka | Vissel Kobe | ||