Blaublitz Akita

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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.

Blaublitz Akita
ブラウブリッツ秋田
Full nameBlaublitz Akita
Nickname(s)Blaublitz
Short nameBB, BBA, Blau
Founded1965; 59 years ago (1965) as TDK S.C.
2010; 14 years ago (2010) as Blaublitz Akita
GroundSoyu Stadium
Akita, Akita Prefecture
Capacity20,125
J.League:18,528
ChairmanKosuke Iwase
ManagerKen Yoshida
LeagueJ2 League
2023J2 League, 13th of 22
WebsiteClub website
Current season

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[1] 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,[2] after which they won the title again in the 2020 season, returning to the second tier for the first time in 34 years.

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
2010JFL3188th3414911544113511,2562nd 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
202420TBA382nd round
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[3]

Honours

Blaublitz Akita Honours
HonourNo.Years
Tohoku Soccer League111982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 (shared with Grulla Morioka), 2006
J3 League22017, 2020
Regional Promotion Series12006

Current squad

As of 1 July 2024.[4]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
18FW  JPNIbuki Yoshida
20MF  JPNHiroki Kurimoto
23GK  JPNSoki Yatagai
25MF  JPNTomofumi Fujiyama
27DF  JPNKeita Yoshioka (on loan from Montedio Yamagata)
29FW  JPNDaiki Sato (on loan from Machida Zelvia)
31GK  JPNKentaro Kakoi
39DF  JPNKyowaan Hoshi
40FW  JPNShota Aoki
41GK  JPNKosuke Inose (on loan from SC Sagamihara)
42FW  JPNKen Tshizanga Matsumoto
47GK  JPNTomoki Horiuchi Type 2
77FW  JPNKeito Kawamura (on loan from Tokyo Verdy)
80MF  JPNKazuya Onohara (on loan from Zweigen Kanazawa)
88DF  JPNKenichi Kaga

Out on loan

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

No.Pos. NationPlayer
FW  JPNHayate Take (at Thespa Gunma)

Club officials

PositionName
Manager Ken Yoshida
Assistant manager Hirotaka Usui
First-team coach 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

NameNationalityTenure
StartFinish
Kazuaki Sato  Japan1988?[5][6][7]
Norio Sasaki  Japan?31 January 1998 [8]
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[9]JSL Era
7Satoshi Sato[10]
17Moriyasu Saito[11]
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-

[12]

Kit evolution

Award winners

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

Top scorers by seasons

SeasonNameGoals
2006 Go Togashi12
2007 Masatoshi Matsuda18
2008 Go Togashi14
2009 Masahiro Ikeda
Masatoshi Matsuda
7
2010 Masatoshi Matsuda24
201120
201212
201310
2014 Hirochika Miyoshi12
2015 Kyohei Maeyama10
2016 Tomohiro Tanaka8
201715
2018 Tomohiro Tanaka
Ken Hisatomi
6
2019 Ryota Nakamura11
202010
2021 Hayate Take7
2022 Ibuki Yoshida
Shota Aoki
5
2023 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)
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[13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
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'
2007-10-07 3 Consadole Sapporo 1–1
(9–10 p)
TDK S.C. Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium, Sapporo
13:00Ishii 4'ReportMatsugae 2'
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)

Seasons

TDK fans in 2007, Ajinomoto Stadium

Support

Blaublitz Akita's main active supporters' group is called the Blue tasu Akita.[20]

Stadium and facilities

Tsuchizaki Facility[21]

Former facilities

Team mascots

Blaublitz Akita Co., Ltd.
Company typePublic
IndustrySports
FoundedSeptember 14, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-09-14) in Akita, Japan [27]
HeadquartersTokan Building 1F, Sanno 3–1–7, ,
Japan
RevenueJPY 435 million (2019) [28]
JPY −3 million (2019) [28]
JPY 2 million (2019) [28]
Total assetsJPY 99 million [28]
Headquarters

The official team mascot is a 8-year-old Ryūjin, named Blaugon and wears #00.[29]

Blaugon

Songs and chants

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.[32]

Broadcasters

Shirt sponsorship by TDK

References

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