Blaublitz Akita

Blaublitz Akita
ブラウブリッツ秋田
Full nameBlaublitz Akita
NicknameBlaublitz
Short nameBB, BBA, Blau
Founded1965; 61 years ago (1965) as TDK S.C.
2010; 16 years ago (2010) as Blaublitz Akita
StadiumSoyu Stadium
Akita, Akita Prefecture
Capacity20,125
J.League:18,560 [1]
ChairmanKosuke Iwase
ManagerKen Yoshida
LeagueJ2 League
2025J2 League, 14th of 20
Websiteblaublitz.jp
Current season

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[2] 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,[3] 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

ChampionsRunners-upThird placePromotedRelegated
LeagueJ. League CupEmperor's
Cup
SeasonDiv.TierTeamsPos.PWDLFAGDPtsAttendance/G
TDK
1982Tohoku381st14113041122925-—-
198381st14131076136327--
198481st14111250153523-1st round
1985JSL221212th1403111248-363--
19861615th20011921111-902--
1987Tohoku383rd14102251153622-1st round
198881st14120248133524-1st round
198981st14112149113824-1st round
199082nd1493231131821--
199183rd148152726117--
1992485th146261824-614--
199385th144372230-811--
1994385th143561828-1011--
199585th144552023-313--
199685th146262524114-1st round
199783rd146262827120--
199883rd1481530181225-1st round
1999482nd1475235132226-1st round
200081st14111241113035-1st round
200182nd1492341122929--
200281st1413103963340-1st round
200381st1485138122629-2nd round
200481st14111243103334-1st round
200581st1492136102629-1st round
200681st1414005875142-2nd round
2007JFL31813th341191449472429834th round
20081813th3410111348471419511st round
20091810th34144163954-15467411st round
Blaublitz Akita
2010JFL3188th3414911544113511,256—2nd round
20111814th33107163852-14371,2742nd round
20121713th32910133341-8371,1362nd round
2013188th341481248453501,7682nd round
2014J3128th33104193857-19341,7732nd round
2015138th36129153740-3451,9982nd round
2016164th301488372611502,4252nd round
2017171st321877533122612,3641st round
2018178th321271337352432,8391st round
2019188th34131011453510491,5761st round
2020 †181st3421103551837731,221Semi Final
2021J222213th421114174153-12472,0971st round
20222212nd421511163946-7562,2832nd round
20232213th421215153744-7513,1392nd round
20242010th381591436351544,1283rd round2nd round
202520TBA381110174359-16434,9532nd round4th round
2026-2720TBA38TBDTBD
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[4]

Honours

Blaublitz Akita Honours
HonourNo.Years
Tohoku Soccer League111982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 2000,
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 (shared with Grulla Morioka), 2006
Regional Promotion Series12006
Akita Prefectural Football Championship
Emperor's Cup Akita Prefectural Qualifiers		102010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014,
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
J3 League22017, 2020

Current squad

As of 7 August 2025.[5]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
1GK JPNGenki Yamada
2DF JPNRyohei Okazaki
5DF JPNKazuma Nagai (on loan from Mito HollyHock)
6MF JPNHiroto Morooka
7MF JPNTakuma Mizutani
8FW JPNJunki Hata
9MF JPNRyota Nakamura
11FW JPNYukihito Kajiya
13DF JPNRyuji Saito
14MF JPNRyuhei Oishi
16DF JPNKota Muramatsu
17GK SRBLuka Radotić (on loan from V-Varen Nagasaki)
19DF JPNYusei Ozaki (on loan from Vissel Kobe)
20MF JPNMasakazu Yoshioka
23GK JPNSoki Yatagai
No.Pos. NationPlayer
25MF JPNTomofumi Fujiyama
29FW JPNDaiki Sato
30DF JPNRyoya Iizumi (on loan from Mito HollyHock)
31MF JPNRyotaro Ishida
32DF JPNTakumi Hasegawa
34FW JPNShota Suzuki
39DF JPNKyowaan Hoshi
40FW JPNKosuke Sagawa
45MF JPNHinase Suzuki
47GK JPNTomoki Horiuchi
66MF JPNKoki Doi
71DF JPNHiroki Hatahashi
80MF JPNKazuya Onohara (on loan from Zweigen Kanazawa)
90FW JPNTsubasa Umeki (on loan from Vegalta Sendai)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
—MF JPNKen Tshizanga Matsumoto (at Tegevajaro Miyazaki)
No.Pos. NationPlayer
—FW JPNKoya Handa (at Gainare Tottori)

Club officials

PositionName
ManagerJapan Ken Yoshida
Assistant managerJapan Hirotaka Usui
First-team coachJapan Shota Sakagawa
Japan Masanori Tamo
Goalkeeper coachJapan Hirohito Ito
Analytical coachJapan Haruki Sasaki
Chief trainerJapan Yuta Kobayashi
TrainerJapan Kaichi Hiraoka
Japan Ryota Kanagaya
CompetentJapan Taichi Matsuda
Side affairsJapan Hiromasa Nishizawa

Managerial history

NameNationalityTenure
StartFinish
Kazuaki Sato Japan1988?[6][7][8]
Norio Sasaki Japan?31 January 1998 [9]
Tsutomu Komatsu Japan1 February 199931 January 2007
Hisao Sasaki Japan1 February 200831 January 2009
Hirotoshi Yokoyama Japan1 February 201031 January 2011
Yuji Yokoyama Japan1 February 201231 January 2013
George Yonashiro Brazil / Japan1 February 201331 January 2014
Shuichi Mase Japan1 February 201531 January 2016
Koichi Sugiyama Japan1 February 201711 July 2018
Shuichi Mase Japan12 July 201831 January 2019
Ken Yoshida Japan1 February 2020Current

List of captains

#NameCaptaincy years
-Akira Sasaki [10]JSL Era
7Satoshi Sato[11]
17Moriyasu Saito[12]
4Masatoshi Ozawa2007–2009
18Satoshi Yokoyama2010
2Hiroyuki Kobayashi2011
10Masatoshi Matsuda2012-2013
10Shingo Kumabayashi2014
4Toshio Shimakawa2015
24Naoyuki Yamada2016-2018
39
24		Hiroki Kotani
Naoyuki Yamada		2019
24Naoyuki Yamada2020
9Ryota Nakamura2021
23Shuto Inaba2022
33Ryutaro Iio2023
6Hiroto Morooka2024-

[13]

Kit evolution


Top goal scorers by seasons

SeasonNameGoals
2014Japan Hirochika Miyoshi12
2015Japan Kyohei Maeyama10
2016Japan Tomohiro Tanaka8
201715
2018Japan Tomohiro Tanaka
Japan Ken Hisatomi		6
2019Japan Ryota Nakamura11
202010
2021Japan Hayate Take7
2022Japan Ibuki Yoshida
Japan Shota Aoki		5
2023Japan Keita Saito5

Emperor's Cup Record (1984-2014)

15 December 1984 1 Aichi Gakuin University 3–1 TDK
JST (UTC+9)
19 December 1987 1 TDK 1–10 Tokai University
JST (UTC+9)
24 December 1988 1 Yomiuri 4–1 TDK
JST (UTC+9)
9 December 1989 1 PJM Futures 5–0 TDK
JST (UTC+9)
3 November 1996 1 Volca Kagoshima 3–1 TDK
JST (UTC+9)
29 November 1998 1 Omiya Ardija 1–0 TDK
JST (UTC+9)
28 November 1999 1 Mito HollyHock 5–1 TDK
JST (UTC+9)
25 November 2000 1 Juntendo University 3–2 TDK
JST (UTC+9)
25 November 2002 1 Sagawa Printing 1–0 TDK Kyoto Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+9)
30 November 2003 1 Alouette Kumamoto 1–3 TDK SC Kumamoto Suizenji Stadium
Aira 86'ReportMorita 18', 75', 87'Attendance: 536
7 December 2003 2 Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 6–0 TDK SC Tokushima Naruto Stadium
06'
44'
45'
62'
65'
84'		ReportAttendance: 655
2004-09-23 1 TDK SC 2–3 Tottori SC Yabase Athletic Field
own goal 44'
Ozawa 73'		ReportYamazaki 27'
Kobayashi 60'
Hori 67'		Attendance: 1,111[14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
2005-09-17 1 TDK 1–3 Ehime FC Yabase Athletic Field
15:00Togashi 27'ReportMaegawa 24'
Hoshino 33'
Akai 38'		Attendance: 1,168
Referee: Hiroyuki Anzai
2006-09-17 1 TDK 2–0 Japan Soccer College Yabase Athletic Field
13:00Ozawa 10'
Fujiwara 80'		ReportAttendance: 1,214
Referee: Yusuke Murata
2006-09-23 2 Hosei University 2–0 TDK Yumenoshima Stadium
13:00Inoue 61'
Kosukegawa 71'		ReportAttendance: 449
Referee: Keiichi Sunagawa
2007-09-16 1 Nirasaki Astros 0–8 TDK S.C. Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium, Kōfu
13:00Ozawa 1'
Matsuda 27', 39', 47'
(own goal) 37'
Togashi 55'
Ikeda 61', 79'
2007-09-23 2 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima F.C. 0–2 TDK S.C. Kagawa Sports Park, Takamatsu
13:00Ikeda 35'
Matsuda 42'
2007-10-07 3 Consadole Sapporo 1–1
(9–10 p)		 TDK S.C. Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium, Sapporo
13:00Ishii 4'ReportMatsugae 2'
2007-11-04 4 FC Tokyo 2–1 TDK SC Ajinomoto Stadium
13:00Hirayama 52'
Konno 82'		Matsuda 53'
2008-09-13 1 TDK S.C. 2  – 3 (a.e.t.) Osaka Taiiku University Yabase Athletic Field
13:00Narita 63'
Ikeda 79'		ReportMori 23', 33'
Kawanishi 92'		Attendance: 773
Referee: Hiroyuki Onishi
2009-09-19 1 TDK SC 1–2 Sony Sendai Akita Athletics Stadium, Akita
13:00Yokoyama 16'ReportMachida 32'
Konta 65'		Attendance: 392
Referee: Hiosaharu Kitamura
2010-09-03 1 Yamagata University 1–6 Blaublitz Akita ND Stadium, Tendō
19:00Sato 38'ReportYokoyama 1', 62'
Fukazawa 5'
Ka. Sato 22'
Togashi 43'
Maeyama 75'		Attendance: 452
Referee: Koei Koya
2010-09-05 2 Montedio Yamagata 3–0 Blaublitz Akita ND Stadium, Tendō
18:00Masuda 32'
Ota 68'
89' (o.g.)		ReportAttendance: 3,085
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
2011-09-04 1 Blaublitz Akita 13–0 Yamagata University School of Medicine Akita Yabase Stadium, Akita City
13:00Miyoshi 13'
Matsuda 26', 41', 56', 73', 75'
Imai 30', 53'
Higa 45+2', 61'
Kawata 73'
Kozawa 80'
Chino 90+3'		ReportAttendance: 473
Referee: Toshiyuki Wazumi
2011-10-08 2 Montedio Yamagata 2–0 Blaublitz Akita ND Soft Stadium Yamagata, Tendō
13:00Shimomura 23'
Hasegawa 38'		ReportAttendance: 2,425
Referee: Minoru Tojo
2 September 2012 1 Blaublitz Akita 1–0 Heisei International University Akita Yabase Stadium, Akita
13:00Taisuke Matsugae 62'reportAttendance: 677
Referee: Taku Hase
9 September 2012 2 Omiya Ardija 2–0 Blaublitz Akita Kumagaya Athletic Stadium, Kumagaya
13:00Carlinhos 45+4'
Cho Young-Cheol 68'		reportAttendance: 1,439
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
1 September 2013 1 Blaublitz Akita 2–0 Renofa Yamaguchi FC Akita
13:00Maeyama 23'
Handa 31'		ReportStadium: Akita Yabase Stadium
Attendance: 1,053
Referee: Atsushi Uemura
7 September 2013 2 Vegalta Sendai 3–0 Blaublitz Akita Sendai
15:00Sasaki 1'
Akamine 63'
Matsushita 82'		ReportStadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 3,377
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
5 July 2014 1 Blaublitz Akita 7–1 Saitama SC Akita
19:00Stadium: Akita Yabase Athletic Field
12 July 2014 2 FC Tokyo 8–0 Blaublitz Akita Chōfu, Tokyo
18:00Mita 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

23 June 1985 1 Honda FC 6–0 TDK
JST (UTC+9)
28 June 1986 1 Kawasaki Steel Mizushima 2–0 TDK
JST (UTC+9)

Seasons

TDK fans in 2007, Ajinomoto Stadium

Support

Blaublitz Akita's main active supporters' group is called the Blue tasu Akita.[21]

Stadium and facilities

Tsuchizaki Facility[22]
  • 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[23] (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[24]
  • Green Thumb no Mori

Former facilities

Team mascots

Blaublitz Akita Co., Ltd.
Company typePublic
IndustrySports
FoundedSeptember 14, 2009; 16 years ago (2009-09-14) in Akita, Japan [28]
HeadquartersTokan Building 1F, Sanno 3–1–7,
Akita City
,
Japan
RevenueJPY 435 million (2019) [29]
JPY −3 million (2019) [29]
JPY 2 million (2019) [29]
Total assetsJPY 99 million [29]
Headquarters
Map

The official team mascot is an 8-year-old Ryūjin, named Blaugon and wears #00.[30]

Blaugon

Songs and chants

  • Akita Prefectural Anthem - song
  • We are Akita - song, Rakan edition composed by Berabow
  • Akita Olé - song, champ edition [31]

TDK derby list

1996-08-25 9 Tsuruoka TDK [ja] 0–4 TDK Akita Yamagata Prefecture
1996-09-29 12 TDK Akita 3–1 Tsuruoka TDK [ja] Akita Prefecture
1997-08-24 8 TDK Akita 6–0 Tsuruoka TDK [ja] Akita Prefecture
1997-10-19 13 Tsuruoka TDK [ja] 0–2 TDK Akita Yamagata Prefecture
1998-05-30 2 TDK Akita 4–0 Tsuruoka TDK [ja] Nikaho, Akita
Stadium: TDK General Sports Center
1998-08-30 8 Tsuruoka TDK [ja] 2–5 TDK Akita Yamagata Prefecture

Rivalries

Ōu Honsen (Dewa derby)

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.[33]

Broadcasters

Shirt sponsorship by TDK

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  • Official website (in Japanese)
  • Club's introduction on the J3 League official site (archived) (in Japanese)

39°43′9.2″N 140°6′20.1″E / 39.719222°N 140.105583°E / 39.719222; 140.105583

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