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League and cup record

Honours

Current squad

Club officials

Managerial history

List of captains

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Seasons

Support

Stadium and facilities

Team mascots

Songs and chants

Related clubs

Rivalries

Broadcasters

Shirt sponsorship by TDK

Out on loan

Top goal scorers by seasons

Emperor's Cup Record (1984-2014)

JSL Cup Record

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TDK derby list

Ōu Honsen (Dewa derby)

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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 as TDK S.C.
2010; 14 years ago as Blaublitz Akita

Ground

Soyu Stadium
Akita, Akita Prefecture

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.

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

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.

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	J. League Cup	Emperor's Cup
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	JSL2	2	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		4	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	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

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
Regional Promotion Series	1	2006
J3 League	2	2017, 2020

As of 30 July 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
16	DF	Kota Muramatsu
17	FW	Koya Handa

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Ibuki Yoshida
20	MF	Hiroki Kurimoto
22	DF	Takumi Kawamura (on loan from Tokyo Verdy)
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)
39	DF	Kyowaan Hoshi
40	FW	Shota Aoki
41	GK	Kosuke Inose (on loan from SC Sagamihara)
42	FW	Ken Tshizanga Matsumoto
47	GK	Tomoki Horiuchi ^{Type 2}
77	FW	Keito Kawamura (on loan from Tokyo Verdy)
80	MF	Kazuya Onohara (on loan from Zweigen Kanazawa)
88	DF	Kenichi Kaga

No.		Position	Player
15		FW	Shion Niwa (at Kamatamare Sanuki)
45		MF	Hinase Suzuki (at Michinoku Sendai)

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

Position	Name
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

Name	Nationality	Tenure
Name	Nationality	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

#	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-

Home kits - 1st
2010 - 2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
2021	2022	2023	2024 -

Away kits - 2nd
2010 - 2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
2021	2022	2023	2024 -

Season	Name	Goals
2014	Hirochika Miyoshi	12
2015	Kyohei Maeyama	10
2016	Tomohiro Tanaka	8
2017	Tomohiro Tanaka	15
2018	Tomohiro Tanaka Ken Hisatomi	6
2019	Ryota Nakamura	11
2020	Ryota Nakamura	10
2021	Hayate Take	7
2022	Ibuki Yoshida Shota Aoki	5
2023	Keita Saito	5

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'

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

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)

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

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

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

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)

Blaublitz Akita Co., Ltd.

Tokan Building houses the headquarters
Type	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)
Net income	JPY 2 million (2019)
Total assets	JPY 99 million

Headquarters

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

Blaugon

Akita Prefectural Anthem - song
We are Akita - song, Rakan edition composed by Berabow
Akita Olé - song, champ edition

TDK Shinwakai (Tohoku Soccer League Division 2 North) – Based in Nikaho, Akita.
Tsuruoka TDK

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

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

Yuji Hirota
Francesco Bellissimo
Toshifumi Takeshima

3 2007-10-07

Consadole Sapporo

1–1

(9–10 pen)

TDK S.C.

Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium, Sapporo

Matsugae 2'

Penalties

AFC Ajax (1982–91)
Crystal Palace F.C. (1993–99)