The J.League on Friday announced that league sponsor MEIJI YASUDA will support the MEIJI YASUDA J.League Monthly MVP in 2016.
Recipients of the awards, meant to exemplify talented performances in the J1 and J2 leagues, are determined by local football media as well as a three-member panel.
J1 winners in 2015 included Gamba Osaka’s Takashi Usami, Sanfrecce Hiroshima’s Hisato Sato, Urawa Reds’ Shusaku Nishikawa and Yokohama F. Marinos’ Shunsuke Nakamura.
Coca Cola were 2015 sponsors.