A total of 242 non-anguillid leptocephali was collected in the coastal water (20-60 m deep) around the Tanegashima Island, especially in the southern and western coasts. The dominant was Gnathophis nystromi nystromi (54.5%). The species was caught in any depth and at any time in the coastal water. Many oceanic larvae and juveniles of non-Auguilliformes fishes were also captured. Hydrographic characteristics including temperature and salinity of the coastal water showed that the water was extremely homogeneous horizontally and vertically, and was very similar with the Kuroshio water in quality. All the data obtained in the present study imply that the Kuroshio Current flows directly into the coastal water of the island and transports many oceanic larvae and juveniles of fish species there. Routes of the coastal migration of Anguilla japonica could not be clarified.