Blaublitz Akita

Blaublitz Akita
ブラウブリッツ秋田
Full nameBlaublitz Akita
NicknameBlaublitz
Short nameBB, BBA
Founded1965 (1965) as TDK SC
2010 (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

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 SC, most of the players were employees of TDK's Akita factory.

The club has won 2 J3 League title in the 2017 season and the 2020 season respectively.

History

The club based in Nikaho, Akita, was founded in 1965 as TDK Sports Club. 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, TDK SC 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.

As Blaublitz Akita

In May, 2009, TDK SC 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.

Team image

Former crest

Supporters

The club fans in 2007.

Blaublitz Akita's main active supporters' group is called the 'Blue Tasu Akita'.[4]

Team mascots

The official team mascot is an 8-year-old Ryūjin, named Blaugon and wears #00.[5]

Songs and chants

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 after the Japan Railways Ōu Main Line in 2021.[7] Blaublitz Akita still maintains regional rivalries with Montedio Yamagata. Matches between Blaublitz Akita and Montedio Yamagata are sometimes referred to as the Ōu Main Line Derby, named after the Ōu Main Line railway that connects the cities of Akita and Yamagata. The fixture represents a competitive regional clash between neighbouring prefectures in northern Japan.

Stadium

Soyu Stadium

The home stadium of Blaublitz Akita is the Soyu Stadium, also known as "Yabase". Located in Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Opened in 1941 and renovated several times to meet modern football standards, the stadium serves as the club’s primary venue for matches in the J2 League. With a capacity of around 20,125 spectators, Soyu Stadium features a traditional athletics-track layout and is part of the larger Akita Yabase Sports Park. The venue provides a distinctive matchday atmosphere, with supporters of Blaublitz Akita gathering in the main stands behind the goals, creating an energetic environment for home fixtures. The stadium has become an important landmark for football in Akita and plays a central role in the club’s connection with the local community. The club practices at the adjacent Akita Sports Plus ASP Stadium and Space Project Dream Field.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Kit evolution


Affiliated clubs

TShirt sponsorship by TDK

Players

First-team squad

As of 18 March 2026.[9]

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. Nation Player
1 GK  JPN Genki Yamada
2 DF  JPN Ryohei Okazaki
3 DF  JPN Ryoya Iizumi
4 DF  JPN Jun Okano
5 DF  JPN Kazuma Nagai
6 MF  JPN Hiroto Morooka
7 MF  JPN Takuma Mizutani
8 FW  JPN Kaito Umeda
9 MF  JPN Ryota Nakamura
10 FW  JPN Daiki Sato
11 FW  JPN Kosuke Sagawa
13 DF  JPN Ryuji Saito
14 MF  JPN Ryuhei Oishi
16 MF  JPN Masakazu Yoshioka
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF  JPN Takato Nonomura
18 FW  JPN Koya Handa
22 DF  JPN Hidenori Takahashi
23 GK  JPN Soki Yatagai
25 MF  JPN Tomofumi Fujiyama
31 MF  JPN Ryotaro Ishida
32 DF  JPN Takumi Hasegawa
34 FW  JPN Shota Suzuki
47 GK  JPN Tomoki Horiuchi
52 FW  JPN Masaki Nishimura
66 MF  JPN Koki Doi
71 DF  JPN Hiroki Hatahashi
77 MF  JPN Yoshihiro Nakano

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. Nation Player
— MF  JPN Hinase Suzuki (at Fukushima United)

Management and staff

Position Name
Manager Japan Ken Yoshida
Assistant manager Japan Hirotaka Usui
First-team coach 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

Honours

Type Honours Titles Season
League J3 League 2 2017, 2020
Tohoku Soccer League 11 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 2000,

2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 (shared with Grulla Morioka), 2006

Regional Promotion Series 1 2006
Akita Prefectural Football Championship

Emperor's Cup Akita Prefectural Qualifiers

10 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014,

2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Bold is for those competition that are currently active.

Managerial history

Manager Tenure
Start Finish
Japan Kazuaki Sato 1988 ?[10][11][12]
Japan Norio Sasaki ? 31 January 1998 [13]
Japan Tsutomu Komatsu 1 February 1999 31 January 2007
Japan Hisao Sasaki 1 February 2008 31 January 2009
Japan Hirotoshi Yokoyama 1 February 2010 31 January 2011
Japan Yuji Yokoyama 1 February 2012 31 January 2013
Japan George Yonashiro 1 February 2013 31 January 2014
Japan Shuichi Mase 1 February 2015 31 January 2016
Japan Koichi Sugiyama 1 February 2017 11 July 2018
Japan Shuichi Mase 12 July 2018 31 January 2019
Japan Ken Yoshida 1 February 2020 Current

Club captains

# Name Captaincy years
- Akira Sasaki [14] JSL Era
7 Satoshi Sato[15]
17 Moriyasu Saito[16]
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–present

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Season by season 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 10th 38 15 9 14 36 35 1 54 4,128 3rd round 2nd round
2025 20 14th 38 11 10 17 43 59 -16 43 4,953 2nd round 4th round
2026 10 TBD 18 N/A N/A
2026-27 20 TBA 38 TBD TBD
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[18]

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