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Blaublitz Akita
ブラウブリッツ秋田
Blaublitz Akita logo.svg
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

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

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League J. League Cup Emperor's
Cup
Season Div. Tier Teams Pos. P W D L F A GD Pts Attendance/G
TDK
1982 Tohoku 3 8 1st 14 11 3 0 41 12 29 25 - -
1983 8 1st 14 13 1 0 76 13 63 27 - -
1984 8 1st 14 11 1 2 50 15 35 23 - 1st round
1985 JSL2 2 12 12th 14 0 3 11 12 48 -36 3 - -
1986 16 15th 20 0 1 19 21 111 -90 2 - -
1987 Tohoku 3 8 3rd 14 10 2 2 51 15 36 22 - 1st round
1988 8 1st 14 12 0 2 48 13 35 24 - 1st round
1989 8 1st 14 11 2 1 49 11 38 24 - 1st round
1990 8 2nd 14 9 3 2 31 13 18 21 - -
1991 8 3rd 14 8 1 5 27 26 1 17 - -
1992 4 8 5th 14 6 2 6 18 24 -6 14 - -
1993 8 5th 14 4 3 7 22 30 -8 11 - -
1994 3 8 5th 14 3 5 6 18 28 -10 11 - -
1995 8 5th 14 4 5 5 20 23 -3 13 - -
1996 8 5th 14 6 2 6 25 24 1 14 - 1st round
1997 8 3rd 14 6 2 6 28 27 1 20 - -
1998 8 3rd 14 8 1 5 30 18 12 25 - 1st round
1999 4 8 2nd 14 7 5 2 35 13 22 26 - 1st round
2000 8 1st 14 11 1 2 41 11 30 35 - 1st round
2001 8 2nd 14 9 2 3 41 12 29 29 - -
2002 8 1st 14 13 1 0 39 6 33 40 - 1st round
2003 8 1st 14 8 5 1 38 12 26 29 - 2nd round
2004 8 1st 14 11 1 2 43 10 33 34 - 1st round
2005 8 1st 14 9 2 1 36 10 26 29 - 1st round
2006 8 1st 14 14 0 0 58 7 51 42 - 2nd round
2007 JFL 3 18 13th 34 11 9 14 49 47 2 42 983 4th round
2008 18 13th 34 10 11 13 48 47 1 41 951 1st round
2009 18 10th 34 14 4 16 39 54 -15 46 741 1st round
Blaublitz Akita
2010 JFL 3 18 8th 34 14 9 11 54 41 13 51 1,256 2nd round
2011 18 14th 33 10 7 16 38 52 -14 37 1,274 2nd round
2012 17 13th 32 9 10 13 33 41 -8 37 1,136 2nd round
2013 18 8th 34 14 8 12 48 45 3 50 1,768 2nd round
2014 J3 12 8th 33 10 4 19 38 57 -19 34 1,773 2nd round
2015 13 8th 36 12 9 15 37 40 -3 45 1,998 2nd round
2016 16 4th 30 14 8 8 37 26 11 50 2,425 2nd round
2017 17 1st 32 18 7 7 53 31 22 61 2,364 1st round
2018 17 8th 32 12 7 13 37 35 2 43 2,839 1st round
2019 18 8th 34 13 10 11 45 35 10 49 1,576 1st round
2020 18 1st 34 21 10 3 55 18 37 73 1,221 Semi Final
2021 J2 2 22 13th 42 11 14 17 41 53 -12 47 2,097 1st round
2022 22 12nd 42 15 11 16 39 46 -7 56 2,283 2nd round
2023 22 13th 42 12 15 15 37 44 -7 51 3,139 2nd round
2024 20 TBA 38 TBC
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

Blaublitz Akita Honours
Honour No. Years
Tohoku Soccer League 11 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 (shared with Grulla Morioka), 2006
J3 League 2 2017, 2020
Regional Promotion Series 1 2006

Current squad

As of 1 March 2024.

No. Position Player
1 Japan GK Genki Yamada
2 Japan DF Ryohei Okazaki
3 Japan DF Tatsushi Koyanagi
4 Japan DF Koji Hachisuka
5 Japan DF Takashi Kawano
6 Japan MF Hiroto Morooka
7 Japan MF Takuma Mizutani
8 Japan FW Junki Hata
9 Japan MF Ryota Nakamura
10 Japan FW Ren Komatsu
11 Japan FW Yukihito Kajiya
13 Japan DF Ryuji Saito
14 Japan MF Ryuhei Oishi
15 Japan FW Shion Niwa
16 Japan DF Kota Muramatsu
17 Japan FW Koya Handa
No. Position Player
18 Japan FW Ibuki Yoshida
20 Japan MF Hiroki Kurimoto
23 Japan GK Soki Yatagai
25 Japan MF Tomofumi Fujiyama
27 Japan DF Keita Yoshioka (on loan from Montedio Yamagata)
29 Japan FW Daiki Sato (on loan from Machida Zelvia)
31 Japan GK Kentaro Kakoi
39 Japan DF Kyowaan Hoshi
40 Japan FW Shota Aoki
41 Japan GK Kosuke Inose (on loan from SC Sagamihara)
42 Japan FW Ken Tshizanga Matsumoto
45 Japan MF Hinase Suzuki
47 Japan GK Tomoki Horiuchi Type 2
80 Japan MF Kazuya Onohara (on loan from Zweigen Kanazawa)
88 Japan DF Kenichi Kaga

Out on loan

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

Club Officials

For the 2024 season.

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

# Name Captaincy years
- Akira Sasaki JSL Era
7 Satoshi Sato
17 Moriyasu Saito
4 Masatoshi Ozawa 2007–2009
18 Satoshi Yokoyama 2010
2 Hiroyuki Kobayashi 2011
10 Masatoshi Matsuda 2012-2013
10 Shingo Kumabayashi 2014
4 Toshio Shimakawa 2015
24 Naoyuki Yamada 2016-2018
39
24
Hiroki Kotani
Naoyuki Yamada
2019
24 Naoyuki Yamada 2020
9 Ryota Nakamura 2021
23 Shuto Inaba 2022
33 Ryutaro Iio 2023
6 Hiroto Morooka 2024-

Kit evolution

Big shirt of BlauBlitz

Award winners

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

Top scorers by seasons

Season Name Goals
2006 Japan Go Togashi 12
2007 Japan Masatoshi Matsuda 18
2008 Japan Go Togashi 14
2009 Japan Masahiro Ikeda
Japan Masatoshi Matsuda
7
2010 Japan Masatoshi Matsuda 24
2011 20
2012 12
2013 10
2014 Japan Hirochika Miyoshi 12
2015 Japan Kyohei Maeyama 10
2016 Japan Tomohiro Tanaka 8
2017 15
2018 Japan Tomohiro Tanaka
Japan Ken Hisatomi
6
2019 Japan Ryota Nakamura 11
2020 10
2021 Japan Hayate Take 7
2022 Japan Ibuki Yoshida
Japan Shota Aoki
5
2023 Japan Keita Saito 5

Emperor's Cup Record (1984-2014)

JSL Cup Record

Seasons

TDKSC fans
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

The Bay Warehouse of Akita 20170805
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.
Public
Industry Sports
Founded September 14, 2009; 15 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)
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.

Blaugon3
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

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.

  • Tohoku derby
  • Battle of Ōshū

Broadcasters

Shirt sponsorship by TDK

See also

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