We examined the effect of dietary supplementation of leucine on body weight and hepatic insulin‐like growth factor (IGF) and IGF‐binding protein (IGFBP) gene expression in juvenile Japanese Amberjack Seriola quinqueradiata. Crystalline leucine was dissolved in deionized water and added to the basal diet. Deionized water only was added to the basal diet as a control. The dietary concentration of free leucine was 0.03, 0.85, and 2.43 g/100 g diet for the control, 1% leucine‐supplemented, and 3% leucine‐supplemented diets, respectively. A growth trial was conducted for 77 d, after which the body weight was measured and the fish were then fasted for 3 d and refed. At 3, 9, and 24 h after refeeding, the liver and muscle were dissected for gene expression analysis. The mean body weight significantly increased in the 1% leucine‐supplemented group during the growth trial. The expression of hepatic IGBFP‐1 significantly increased at 3 and 9 h after refeeding in the leucine‐supplemented groups. The expression of hepatic IGF1 significantly decreased at 9 h and that of IGF2 significantly decreased at 9 and 24 h after refeeding in the 3% leucine‐supplemented group. The expression of hepatic IGFBP‐2, IGFBP‐3, and IGFBP‐5 were similar among the groups and were only affected by feeding time. In conclusion, we demonstrated for the first time that leucine supplementation increases body weight and influences the hepatic growth factor system in Japanese Amberjack.