Ryo Germain remains atop the Meiji Yasuda J1 League goal scoring chart, but Léo Ceará is nipping at his heels after scoring his eighth goal in as many games.

Léo Ceará scored Cerezo Osaka’s lone goal in a 4-1 loss to Vissel Kobe in Matchweek 13, taking him up to 10 tallies on the season.

The red-hot Brazilian now sits just one goal behind Germain’s 11 for first place in the fight for Top Scorer.

The trailing pack is filled with top attacking talent. Yuki Ohashi remains in third place with seven goals, while a group of seven players sits just behind on six goals.

Veteran forwards Anderson Lopes, Shahab Zahedi, Thiago Santana, and Yuma Suzuki are joined on that figure by #NextGenJLEAGUE stars Taisei Miyashiro, Marcelo Ryan, and Yudai Kimura.