Hugo Vieira set up Yokohama F. Marinos' equalizer and scored the winner in a 2-1 victory over Consadole Sapporo on Friday.
Consadole remained fourth in the league but would have moved up to third and into an Asian Champions League playoff spot with the three points but squandered their lead by surrendering goals to Teruhito Nakagawa and Hugo Vieira.
"I thought we played well again," said Marinos head coach Ange Postecoglou, whose club had thrashed Vegalta Sendai 5-2 last Saturday. "They scored a good goal ahead of us but even before that we had some good opportunities and we scored two fantastic goals and could have had a few more."