2013 Emperor's Cup

88 clubs competed in the tournament. The 18 J.League Division 1 clubs and 22 J.League Division 2 clubs receive a bye to the second round of the tournament. The other 47 teams earned berths by winning their respective prefectural cup tournaments, and entered from the first round along with the JFL seeded team, the team with the best record after the 17th matchday. ==First round==

The 47 prefectural tournament winners join JFL seeded team Kamatamare Sanuki in the first round. ==Second round==

The 24 winners from the first round are joined by all 40 J.League teams. Ties that were played on September 11 had been moved from their originally-scheduled dates of September 7 and 8; the Kashiwa Reysol–University of Tsukuba match originally scheduled for the 7th was moved to the 10th, then the 4th due to a league scheduling conflict. • Shibasaki • Aoyama • Hamada • Osaki • Alex }} }} • Alair • Kato • Matsumoto • Osmar }} }} • Shirasaki • Seo Yong-Duk • Kuniyoshi • Kim Young-Geun • Tachino • Yang Hae-Joon • Asuke • Nishikawa • Ikehata • Onishi • Morita • Shirasaki }} }} ==Third round==

Nagano Parceiro and Zweigen Kanazawa, both playing in the Japan Football League, were the lowest-ranked teams remaining at this stage in the competition. • Usami • Niwa • Fujiharu • Abe • Futagawa }} }} • Suzuki • Hashimoto • Yamamura • Ishigami }} }} • Ikemoto • Kotegawa • Inoue • Arai }} }} • Lucas • Ota • Hirayama • Kawano • Hasegawa • Takahashi • Yonemoto • Tokunaga }} }} ==Fourth round==

The draw for the remaining rounds of the tournament was held on October 20. Only three teams outside the top flight remain: Consadole Sapporo and Montedio Yamagata of J.League Division 2 and Nagano Parceiro of the Japan Football League. Matches between J1 sides were played on November 16; matches involving J2 or JFL clubs were played on November 20 to avoid scheduling conflicts. ==Quarterfinals==

The four quarter-final matches, all featuring J.League Division 1 clubs, were played on December 22. • Gilsinho • Fukuda • Miyuki • Mizuno • Marquinhos Paraná }} }} ==Semifinals==

• Aoyama • Mizumoto • Chiba • Nishikawa • Shiotani • Asano • Notsuda }} }} ==Final==