Blaublitz Akita

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 name	Blaublitz Akita
Nickname(s)	Blaublitz
Short name	BB, BBA, Blau
Founded	1965; 60 years ago (1965) as TDK S.C. 2010; 15 years ago (2010) as Blaublitz Akita
Stadium	Soyu Stadium Akita, Akita Prefecture
Capacity	20,125 J.League:18,560 [1]
Chairman	Kosuke Iwase
Manager	Ken Yoshida
League	J2 League
2024	J2 League, 10th of 20
Website	blaublitz.jp
Home colours Away colours
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^[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

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	TBA	38									2nd round	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^[4]

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
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
J3 League	2	2017, 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. Nation Player 1 GK  JPN Genki Yamada 2 DF  JPN Ryohei Okazaki 5 DF  JPN Kazuma Nagai (on loan from Mito HollyHock) 6 MF  JPN Hiroto Morooka 7 MF  JPN Takuma Mizutani 8 FW  JPN Junki Hata 9 MF  JPN Ryota Nakamura 11 FW  JPN Yukihito Kajiya 13 DF  JPN Ryuji Saito 14 MF  JPN Ryuhei Oishi 16 DF  JPN Kota Muramatsu 17 GK  SRB Luka Radotić (on loan from V-Varen Nagasaki) 19 DF  JPN Yusei Ozaki (on loan from Vissel Kobe) 20 MF  JPN Masakazu Yoshioka 23 GK  JPN Soki Yatagai

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 MF  JPN Tomofumi Fujiyama 29 FW  JPN Daiki Sato 30 DF  JPN Ryoya Iizumi (on loan from Mito HollyHock) 31 MF  JPN Ryotaro Ishida 32 DF  JPN Takumi Hasegawa 34 FW  JPN Shota Suzuki 39 DF  JPN Kyowaan Hoshi 40 FW  JPN Kosuke Sagawa 45 MF  JPN Hinase Suzuki 47 GK  JPN Tomoki Horiuchi 66 MF  JPN Koki Doi 71 DF  JPN Hiroki Hatahashi 80 MF  JPN Kazuya Onohara (on loan from Zweigen Kanazawa) 90 FW  JPN Tsubasa 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. Nation Player — MF  JPN Ken Tshizanga Matsumoto (at Tegevajaro Miyazaki)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  JPN Koya Handa (at Gainare Tottori)

Club officials

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

Managerial history

Name	Nationality	Tenure
		Start	Finish
Kazuaki Sato	Japan	1988	?[6][7][8]
Norio Sasaki	Japan	?	31 January 1998 [9]
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 [10]	JSL Era
7	Satoshi Sato[11]
17	Moriyasu Saito[12]
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-

^[13]

Kit evolution

Home kits - 1st
2010 - 2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
2021	2022	2023	2024	2025 -

Away kits - 2nd
2010 - 2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
2021	2022	2023	2024	2025 -

Top goal scorers by seasons

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

Emperor's Cup Record (1984-2014)

Aichi Gakuin University v TDK

15 December 1984 1	Aichi Gakuin University	3–1	TDK
JST (UTC+9)

TDK v Tokai University

19 December 1987 1	TDK	1–10	Tokai University
JST (UTC+9)

Yomiuri v TDK

24 December 1988 1	Yomiuri	4–1	TDK
JST (UTC+9)

PJM Futures v TDK

9 December 1989 1	PJM Futures	5–0	TDK
JST (UTC+9)

Volca Kagoshima v TDK

3 November 1996 1	Volca Kagoshima	3–1	TDK
JST (UTC+9)

Omiya Ardija v TDK

29 November 1998 1	Omiya Ardija	1–0	TDK
JST (UTC+9)

Mito HollyHock v TDK

28 November 1999 1	Mito HollyHock	5–1	TDK
JST (UTC+9)

Juntendo University v TDK

25 November 2000 1	Juntendo University	3–2	TDK
JST (UTC+9)

Sagawa Printing v TDK

25 November 2002 1	Sagawa Printing	1–0	TDK	Kyoto Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+9)

Alouette Kumamoto v TDK SC

30 November 2003 1	Alouette Kumamoto	1–3	TDK SC	Kumamoto Suizenji Stadium
	Aira 86'	Report	Morita 18', 75', 87'	Attendance: 536

Otsuka Pharmaceuticals v TDK SC

7 December 2003 2	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals	6–0	TDK SC	Tokushima Naruto Stadium
	06' 44' 45' 62' 65' 84'	Report		Attendance: 655

TDK SC v Tottori SC

2004-09-23 1	TDK SC	2–3	Tottori SC	Yabase Athletic Field
	own goal 44' Ozawa 73'	Report	Yamazaki 27' Kobayashi 60' Hori 67'	Attendance: 1,111[14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

TDK v Ehime FC

2005-09-17 1	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

TDK v Japan Soccer College

2006-09-17 1	TDK	2–0	Japan Soccer College	Yabase Athletic Field
13:00	Ozawa 10' Fujiwara 80'	Report		Attendance: 1,214 Referee: Yusuke Murata

Hosei University v TDK

2006-09-23 2	Hosei University	2–0	TDK	Yumenoshima Stadium
13:00	Inoue 61' Kosukegawa 71'	Report		Attendance: 449 Referee: Keiichi Sunagawa

Nirasaki Astros v TDK S.C.

2007-09-16 1	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'

Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima F.C. v TDK S.C.

2007-09-23 2	Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima F.C.	0–2	TDK S.C.	Kagawa Sports Park, Takamatsu
13:00			Ikeda 35' Matsuda 42'

Consadole Sapporo v TDK S.C.

2007-10-07 3	Consadole Sapporo	1–1 (9–10 p)	TDK S.C.	Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium, Sapporo
13:00	Ishii 4'	Report	Matsugae 2'

FC Tokyo v TDK SC

2007-11-04 4	FC Tokyo	2–1	TDK SC	Ajinomoto Stadium
13:00	Hirayama 52' Konno 82'		Matsuda 53'

TDK S.C. v Osaka Taiiku University

2008-09-13 1	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

TDK SC v Sony Sendai

2009-09-19 1	TDK SC	1–2	Sony Sendai	Akita Athletics Stadium, Akita
13:00	Yokoyama 16'	Report	Machida 32' Konta 65'	Attendance: 392 Referee: Hiosaharu Kitamura

Yamagata University v Blaublitz Akita

2010-09-03 1	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

Montedio Yamagata v Blaublitz Akita

2010-09-05 2	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

Blaublitz Akita v Yamagata University School of Medicine

2011-09-04 1	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

Montedio Yamagata v Blaublitz Akita

2011-10-08 2	Montedio Yamagata	2–0	Blaublitz Akita	ND Soft Stadium Yamagata, Tendō
13:00	Shimomura 23' Hasegawa 38'	Report		Attendance: 2,425 Referee: Minoru Tojo

Blaublitz Akita v Heisei International University

2 September 2012 1	Blaublitz Akita	1–0	Heisei International University	Akita Yabase Stadium, Akita
13:00	Taisuke Matsugae 62'	report		Attendance: 677 Referee: Taku Hase

Omiya Ardija v Blaublitz Akita

9 September 2012 2	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

Blaublitz Akita v Renofa Yamaguchi FC

1 September 2013 1	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

Vegalta Sendai v Blaublitz Akita

7 September 2013 2	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

Blaublitz Akita v Saitama SC

5 July 2014 1	Blaublitz Akita	7–1	Saitama SC	Akita
19:00				Stadium: Akita Yabase Athletic Field

FC Tokyo v Blaublitz Akita

12 July 2014 2	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

JSL Cup Record

Honda FC v TDK

23 June 1985 1	Honda FC	6–0	TDK
JST (UTC+9)

Kawasaki Steel Mizushima v TDK

28 June 1986 1	Kawasaki Steel Mizushima	2–0	TDK
JST (UTC+9)

Seasons

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.^[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)
• Akita Prefecture Football Centre^[23] (39°51′33.4″N 140°00′32.1″E)
• Versity Weight Room (39°44′1.9″N 140°5′52.8″E)
• Nipro Hachiko Dome
• Dormitory^[24]
• 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) ^[25]
• Mizubayashi Athletic Field (39°22′42.5″N 140°1′52.7″E) ^[26]
• Oga Athletic Stadium (39°54′38.1″N 139°51′7.6″E) ^[27]

Team mascots

Blaublitz Akita Co., Ltd.

Tokan Building houses the headquarters
Company type	Public
Industry	Sports
Founded	September 14, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-09-14) in Akita, Japan [28]
Headquarters	Tokan Building 1F, Sanno 3–1–7, Akita City , Japan
Revenue	JPY 435 million (2019) [29]
Operating income	JPY −3 million (2019) [29]
Net income	JPY 2 million (2019) [29]
Total assets	JPY 99 million [29]

Headquarters

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]

Related clubs

• TDK Shinwakai (Tohoku Soccer League Division 2 North) – Based in Nikaho, Akita.^[32]
• Tsuruoka TDK

TDK derby list

Tsuruoka TDK [ja] v TDK Akita

1996-08-25 9

Tsuruoka TDK [ja]

0–4

TDK Akita

Yamagata Prefecture

TDK Akita v Tsuruoka TDK [ja]

1996-09-29 12

TDK Akita

3–1

Tsuruoka TDK [ja]

Akita Prefecture

TDK Akita v Tsuruoka TDK [ja]

1997-08-24 8

TDK Akita

6–0

Tsuruoka TDK [ja]

Akita Prefecture

Tsuruoka TDK [ja] v TDK Akita

1997-10-19 13

Tsuruoka TDK [ja]

0–2

TDK Akita

Yamagata Prefecture

TDK Akita v Tsuruoka TDK [ja]

1998-05-30 2	TDK Akita	4–0	Tsuruoka TDK [ja]	Nikaho, Akita
				Stadium: TDK General Sports Center

Tsuruoka TDK [ja] v TDK Akita

1998-08-30 8

Tsuruoka TDK [ja]

2–5

TDK Akita

Yamagata Prefecture

Rivalries

Ōu Honsen (Dewa derby)

Main article: Ōu Honsen

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]

• Tohoku derby
• Battle of Ōshū

Broadcasters

• Yuji Hirota
• Francesco Bellissimo^[34]
• Toshifumi Takeshima

Shirt sponsorship by TDK

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