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Blaublitz Akita
ブラウブリッツ秋田

Full name	Blaublitz Akita
Nickname(s)	Blaublitz
Short name	BB, BBA, Blau
Founded	1965; 59 years ago (1965) as TDK S.C. 2010; 14 years ago (2010) as Blaublitz Akita
Ground	Soyu Stadium Akita, Akita Prefecture
Ground Capacity	20,125 J.League:18,528
Chairman	Kosuke Iwase
Manager	Ken Yoshida
League	J2 League
2022	J2 League, 12nd of 22
Home colours Away colours

Blaublitz Akita (ブラウブリッツ秋田, Burauburittsu Akita) is a Japanese professional association football team based in Akita, capital of Akita Prefecture. The club currently play in the J2 League, Japanese second tier of professional football league. Due to the club's former ownership by TDK and thus formerly known as the TDK S.C. (JaWiki), most of the players were employees of TDK's Akita factory.

History

The club based in Nikaho, Akita, was founded in 1965. They were promoted to the Tohoku Regional League in 1982. They played in the Japan Soccer League Division 2 in 1985 and 1986. They were the only club in Tohoku region competing in the JSL.

In 2006, they won the Tohoku Regional League championship for the fifth straight year. They were automatically promoted to the Japan Football League after they won the National Regional League Playoffs.

The team has announced that it would separate from its parent company and join the J. League if the club's final yearly standing should ever allow promotion.

In May, 2009, TDK announced that the football club will become independent for the 2010 season and be based around Akita. Later in 2010 the club's name was changed to "Blaublitz Akita". Blau and Blitz mean blue and lightning in German respectively.

In 2014 they entered the J3 League after previously playing in the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese association football league system until promotion to J2 in 2020.

The club moved to Akita City and entered the J3 League for the 2014 season. The club finished 8th in each of its first two years in the professional competition. In the 2017 season, their fourth, they won the title, however due to their lacking a license to play upper-tier football, they were not promoted, becoming the first professional third-tier champion not to be promoted. However, Akita acquired the J2 license on September 27, 2018, after which they won the title again in the 2020 season, returning to the second tier for the first time in 34 years.

• See historical emblems

Stadium

Their home stadium is Soyu Stadium, also known as "Yabase" (capacity 20,125 and the J.League's oldest serving stadium). The club practices at the adjacent Akita Sports Plus ASP Stadium and Space Project Dream Field.

League and cup record

Key

• Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained
• Attendance/G = Average home league attendance
• † 2020 season attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
• Source: Source: J. League Data Site

Honours

Current squad

As of 1 March 2024.

No. Position Player 1 GK Genki Yamada 2 DF Ryohei Okazaki 3 DF Tatsushi Koyanagi 4 DF Koji Hachisuka 5 DF Takashi Kawano 6 MF Hiroto Morooka 7 MF Takuma Mizutani 8 FW Junki Hata 9 MF Ryota Nakamura 10 FW Ren Komatsu 11 FW Yukihito Kajiya 13 DF Ryuji Saito 14 MF Ryuhei Oishi 15 FW Shion Niwa 16 DF Kota Muramatsu 17 FW Koya Handa

No. Position Player 18 FW Ibuki Yoshida 20 MF Hiroki Kurimoto 23 GK Soki Yatagai 25 MF Tomofumi Fujiyama 27 DF Keita Yoshioka (on loan from Montedio Yamagata) 29 FW Daiki Sato (on loan from Machida Zelvia) 31 GK Kentaro Kakoi 39 DF Kyowaan Hoshi 40 FW Shota Aoki 41 GK Kosuke Inose (on loan from SC Sagamihara) 42 FW Ken Tshizanga Matsumoto 45 MF Hinase Suzuki 47 GK Tomoki Horiuchi Type 2 80 MF Kazuya Onohara (on loan from Zweigen Kanazawa) 88 DF Kenichi Kaga

Out on loan

No. Position Player DF Shintaro Kato (at Vanraure Hachinohe) FW Hayate Take (at Thespa Gunma)

Club Officials

For the 2024 season.

Position	Name
Manager	Ken Yoshida
Assistant manager	Hirotaka Usui Shota Sakagawa Masanori Tamo
Goalkeeper coach	Hirohito Ito
Analytical coach	Haruki Sasaki
Chief trainer	Yuta Kobayashi
Trainer	Kaichi Hiraoka Ryota Kanagaya
Competent	Taichi Matsuda
Side affairs	Hiromasa Nishizawa

Managerial history

Name	Nationality	Tenure
		Start	Finish
Kazuaki Sato	Japan	1988	?
Norio Sasaki	Japan	?	31 January 1998
Tsutomu Komatsu	Japan	1 February 1999	31 January 2007
Hisao Sasaki	Japan	1 February 2008	31 January 2009
Hirotoshi Yokoyama	Japan	1 February 2010	31 January 2011
Yuji Yokoyama	Japan	1 February 2012	31 January 2013
George Yonashiro	Brazil /  Japan	1 February 2013	31 January 2014
Shuichi Mase	Japan	1 February 2015	31 January 2016
Koichi Sugiyama	Japan	1 February 2017	11 July 2018
Shuichi Mase	Japan	12 July 2018	31 January 2019
Ken Yoshida	Japan	1 February 2020	Current

List of captains

Kit evolution

Home kits - 1st
2010 - 2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
2021	2022	2023 -

Away kits - 2nd
2010 - 2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
2021	2022	2023 -

Award winners

The following players have won the awards while at TDK/Blaublitz:

• JFL Top Scorer
  • Masatoshi Matsuda (2011)
• JFL Best XI
  • Masatoshi Matsuda (2010)

Top scorers by seasons

Season Name Goals 2006 Go Togashi 12 2007 Masatoshi Matsuda 18 2008 Go Togashi 14 2009 Masahiro Ikeda Masatoshi Matsuda 7 2010 Masatoshi Matsuda 24 2011 20 2012 12 2013 10 2014 Hirochika Miyoshi 12 2015 Kyohei Maeyama 10 2016 Tomohiro Tanaka 8 2017 15 2018 Tomohiro Tanaka Ken Hisatomi 6 2019 Ryota Nakamura 11 2020 10 2021 Hayate Take 7 2022 Ibuki Yoshida Shota Aoki 5 2023 Keita Saito 5 Emperor's Cup Record (1984-2014) 1 15 December 1984 Aichi Gakuin University 3–1 TDK   JST (UTC+9) 1 19 December 1987 TDK 1–10 Tokai University   JST (UTC+9) 1 24 December 1988 Yomiuri 4–1 TDK   JST (UTC+9) 1 9 December 1989 PJM Futures 5–0 TDK   JST (UTC+9) 1 3 November 1996 Volca Kagoshima 3–1 TDK   JST (UTC+9) 1 29 November 1998 Omiya Ardija 1–0 TDK   JST (UTC+9) 1 28 November 1999 Mito HollyHock 5–1 TDK   JST (UTC+9) 1 25 November 2000 Juntendo University 3–2 TDK   JST (UTC+9) 1 25 November 2002 Sagawa Printing 1–0 TDK Kyoto Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium   JST (UTC+9) 1 30 November 2003 Alouette Kumamoto 1–3 TDK SC Kumamoto Suizenji Stadium   Aira  86' Report Morita  18', 75', 87' Attendance: 536 2 7 December 2003 Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 6–0 TDK SC Tokushima Naruto Stadium    06'  44'  45'  62'  65'  84' Report Attendance: 655 1 2004-09-23 TDK SC 2–3 Tottori SC Yabase Athletic Field   own goal  44' Ozawa  73' Report Yamazaki  27' Kobayashi  60' Hori  67' Attendance: 1,111 1 2005-09-17 TDK 1–3 Ehime FC Yabase Athletic Field   15:00 Togashi  27' Report Maegawa  24' Hoshino  33' Akai  38' Attendance: 1,168 Referee: Hiroyuki Anzai 1 2006-09-17 TDK 2–0 Japan Soccer College Yabase Athletic Field   13:00 Ozawa  10' Fujiwara  80' Report Attendance: 1,214 Referee: Yusuke Murata 2 2006-09-23 Hosei University 2–0 TDK Yumenoshima Stadium   13:00 Inoue  61' Kosukegawa  71' Report Attendance: 449 Referee: Keiichi Sunagawa 1 2007-09-16 Nirasaki Astros 0–8 TDK S.C. Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium, Kōfu   13:00 Ozawa  1' Matsuda  27',  39',  47' (own goal)  37' Togashi  55' Ikeda  61',  79' 2 2007-09-23 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima F.C. 0–2 TDK S.C. Kagawa Sports Park, Takamatsu   13:00 Ikeda  35' Matsuda  42' 3 2007-10-07 Consadole Sapporo 1–1 (9–10 pen) TDK S.C. Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium, Sapporo   13:00 Ishii  4' Report Matsugae  2'     Penalties     4 2007-11-04 FC Tokyo 2–1 TDK SC Ajinomoto Stadium   13:00 Hirayama  52' Konno  82' Matsuda  53' 1 2008-09-13 TDK S.C. 2  – 3 (a.e.t.) Osaka Taiiku University Yabase Athletic Field   13:00 Narita  63' Ikeda  79' Report Mori  23', 33' Kawanishi  92' Attendance: 773 Referee: Hiroyuki Onishi 1 2009-09-19 TDK SC 1–2 Sony Sendai Akita Athletics Stadium, Akita   13:00 Yokoyama  16' Report Machida  32' Konta  65' Attendance: 392 Referee: Hiosaharu Kitamura 1 2010-09-03 Yamagata University 1–6 Blaublitz Akita ND Stadium, Tendō   19:00 Sato  38' Report Yokoyama  1', 62' Fukazawa  5' Ka. Sato  22' Togashi  43' Maeyama  75' Attendance: 452 Referee: Koei Koya 2 2010-09-05 Montedio Yamagata 3–0 Blaublitz Akita ND Stadium, Tendō   18:00 Masuda  32' Ota  68'  89' (o.g.) Report Attendance: 3,085 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida 1 2011-09-04 Blaublitz Akita 13–0 Yamagata University School of Medicine Akita Yabase Stadium, Akita City   13:00 Miyoshi  13' Matsuda  26', 41', 56', 73', 75' Imai  30', 53' Higa  45+2', 61' Kawata  73' Kozawa  80' Chino  90+3' Report Attendance: 473 Referee: Toshiyuki Wazumi 2 2011-10-08 Montedio Yamagata 2–0 Blaublitz Akita ND Soft Stadium Yamagata, Tendō   13:00 Shimomura  23' Hasegawa  38' Report Attendance: 2,425 Referee: Minoru Tojo 1 2 September 2012 Blaublitz Akita 1–0 Heisei International University Akita Yabase Stadium, Akita   13:00 Taisuke Matsugae  62' report Attendance: 677 Referee: Taku Hase 2 9 September 2012 Omiya Ardija 2–0 Blaublitz Akita Kumagaya Athletic Stadium, Kumagaya   13:00 Carlinhos  45+4' Cho Young-Cheol  68' report Attendance: 1,439 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami 1 1 September 2013 Blaublitz Akita 2–0 Renofa Yamaguchi FC Akita   13:00 Maeyama  23' Handa  31' Report Stadium: Akita Yabase Stadium Attendance: 1,053 Referee: Atsushi Uemura 2 7 September 2013 Vegalta Sendai 3–0 Blaublitz Akita Sendai   15:00 Sasaki  1' Akamine  63' Matsushita  82' Report Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 3,377 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura 1 5 July 2014 Blaublitz Akita 7–1 Saitama SC Akita   19:00 Stadium: Akita Yabase Athletic Field 2 12 July 2014 FC Tokyo 8–0 Blaublitz Akita Chōfu, Tokyo   18:00 Mita  11' Kawano  22' Morishige  26' Edú  29' (P), 58' Ota  48' (DFK) Hirayama  62' Watanabe 84' Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 5,860 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami JSL Cup Record 1 23 June 1985 Honda FC 6–0 TDK   JST (UTC+9) 1 28 June 1986 Kawasaki Steel Mizushima 2–0 TDK   JST (UTC+9) Seasons TDK fans in 2007, Ajinomoto Stadium 2003 TDK SC season 2004 TDK SC season 2005 TDK SC season 2006 TDK SC season 2007 TDK SC season 2008 TDK SC season 2009 TDK SC season 2010 Blaublitz Akita season 2011 Blaublitz Akita season 2012 Blaublitz Akita season 2013 Blaublitz Akita season 2014 Blaublitz Akita season 2015 Blaublitz Akita season 2016 Blaublitz Akita season 2017 Blaublitz Akita season 2018 Blaublitz Akita season 2019 Blaublitz Akita season 2020 Blaublitz Akita season 2021 Blaublitz Akita season 2022 Blaublitz Akita season 2023 Blaublitz Akita season Support Blaublitz Akita's main active supporters' group is called the Blue tasu Akita. Stadium and facilities Tsuchizaki Facility Soyu Stadium Akigin Stadium Akita Prefectural Central Park JA Kyosai Tsuchizaki Indoor Practice Facility (39°45′6.2″N 140°3′46.5″E / 39.751722°N 140.062917°E / 39.751722; 140.062917) Akita Prefecture Football Centre (39°51′33.4″N 140°00′32.1″E / 39.859278°N 140.008917°E / 39.859278; 140.008917) Versity Weight Room (39°44′1.9″N 140°5′52.8″E / 39.733861°N 140.098000°E / 39.733861; 140.098000) Nipro Hachiko Dome Dormitory Green Thumb no Mori Former facilities Nikaho Green Field Nishime Country Park Soccer Field TDK Akita General Sports Center (39°16′3.9″N 139°55′41.9″E / 39.267750°N 139.928306°E / 39.267750; 139.928306) Mizubayashi Athletic Field (39°22′42.5″N 140°1′52.7″E / 39.378472°N 140.031306°E / 39.378472; 140.031306) Oga Athletic Stadium (39°54′38.1″N 139°51′7.6″E / 39.910583°N 139.852111°E / 39.910583; 139.852111) Team mascots Blaublitz Akita Co., Ltd. Tokan Building houses the headquarters Type Public Industry Sports Founded September 14, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-09-14) in Akita, Japan Headquarters Tokan Building 1F, Sanno 3–1–7, Akita City , Japan Revenue JPY 435 million (2019) Operating income JPY −3 million (2019) Net income JPY 2 million (2019) Total assets JPY 99 million Headquarters The official team mascot is a 8-year-old Ryūjin, named Blaugon and wears #00. Blaugon Songs and chants Akita Prefectural Anthem - song We are Akita - song, Rakan edition composed by Berabow Akita Olé - song, champ edition Related clubs TDK Shinwakai (Tohoku Soccer League Division 2 North) – Based in Nikaho, Akita. Tsuruoka TDK TDK derby list 9 1996-08-25 Tsuruoka TDK [ja] 0–4 TDK Akita Yamagata Prefecture   12 1996-09-29 TDK Akita 3–1 Tsuruoka TDK [ja] Akita Prefecture   8 1997-08-24 TDK Akita 6–0 Tsuruoka TDK [ja] Akita Prefecture   13 1997-10-19 Tsuruoka TDK [ja] 0–2 TDK Akita Yamagata Prefecture   2 1998-05-30 TDK Akita 4–0 Tsuruoka TDK [ja] Nikaho, Akita   Stadium: TDK General Sports Center 8 1998-08-30 Tsuruoka TDK [ja] 2–5 TDK Akita Yamagata Prefecture   Rivalries Ōu Honsen (Dewa derby) Main page: Ōu Honsen TDK and NEC Yamagata first met in 1990 in old Tohoku regional football league. The two clubs have been based in former Dewa Province, and their rivalry is renamed as Ōu Honsen (奥羽本戦) after the Japan Railways Ōu Main Line (奥羽本線) in 2021. Tohoku derby Battle of Ōshū Broadcasters Yuji Hirota Francesco Bellissimo Toshifumi Takeshima Shirt sponsorship by TDK AFC Ajax (1982–91) Crystal Palace F.C. (1993–99) See also In Spanish: Blaublitz Akita para niños