Leandro Domingues and Jorge Wagner both scored on Saturday as Kashiwa Reysol reclaimed top position in the J-League with a 2-0 win over Yokohama F Marinos.
Domingues opened the scoring just seven minutes in with a powerful low drive past Yokohama goalkeeper Hiroki Iikura. Wagner doubled the lead midway through the second half with a left-footed shot from 12 meters (yards).
Kashiwa improved to 41 points, one ahead of Yokohama and five ahead of Nagoya Grampus and Gamba Osaka.
In other matches, Takuya Nozawa and Yuya Osako scored first half goals and Toru Araiba added another after the break as Kashima Antlers beat Montedio Yamagata 3-1.
Tadanari Lee and Hisato Sato both scored to lead Sanfrecce Hiroshima to a 2-0 win over Ventforet Kofu.
Elsewhere, Takayuki Yoshida scored a double and Yoshito Okuba scored in the third minute of injury time as Vissel Kobe beat Urawa Reds 3-2.
Cerezo Osaka beat Kawasaki Frontale 2-1 while Albirex Niigata thrashed Shimizu S-Pulse 4-0.
