Minebea Mitsumi FC

Minebea Mitsumi FC (ミネベアミツミFC, Minebea Mitsumi Efu Shī), formerly Honda Lock SC (ホンダロックSC, Honda Rokku Esu Shī) are a Japanese football (soccer) club based in Miyazaki, the capital city of Miyazaki Prefecture. They play in the Japan Football League, Japanese 4th tier of league football. Their team colour is blue.

Minebea Mitsumi FC
ミネベアミツミFC

Full name	Minebea Mitsumi Football Club
Founded	1964; 61 years ago (1964) as Honda Lock SC
Stadium	Miyazaki Ikime no Mori Ivy Stadium Miyazaki
Capacity	11,000
Owner	MinebeaMitsumi, Inc.
Manager	Yosuke Miyaji
League	Japan Football League
2024	16th of 16
Website	https://minebeamitsumi-fc.com/
Home colours Away colours

History

Former logo of Honda Lock SC

The club was founded in 1964 by the factory workers of Honda Lock Manufacturing Co., an affiliate company of Honda Motor. They were promoted to the Kyushu Regional League in 1997 and acquired official backing from the company in 1999. They won the Kyushu Regional League in 2004 and were accepted by the Japan Football League following the Regional League promotion series.

They spent two years in the JFL but were relegated to the Kyūshū Regional League for the 2007 season after they lost to F.C. Gifu in the promotion/relegation play-offs.

Honda Lock returned to the JFL in 2009 after placing third in the 2008 Regional League promotion series.

Honda Lock SC changed its name to Minebea Mitsumi FC ahead of 2023 season, with Japanese Multinational corporation and a major producer of machinery components and electronics devices MinebeaMitsumi, taking over the club. The deal was completed on 27 January 2023.^[1] Regarding Honda Lock SC, Honda Lock Co. Ltd. a shareholder and MinebeaMitsumi Co. Ltd. entered into a share transfer agreement for the acquisition of shares of Honda Lock became a subsidiary.

Changes in club name

• Honda Lock SC : 1964–2022
• Minebea Mitsumi FC : 2023–present

Stadiums

Ikimenomori Sports Park

League & cup record

Champions

Runners-up

Third place

Promoted

Relegated

League													Emperor's Cup
Season	Division	Tier	Teams	Pos.	P	W (PK)	D	L (PK)	F	A	GD	Pts
As Honda Lock SC
2003	KSL	4	12	6th	22	8 (2)	-	9 (3)	40	44	-4	31	Did not qualify
2004		4	10	1st	18	14 (2)	-	1 (1)	52	16	36	47	3rd round
2005	JFL	3	16	15th	30	3	6	21	38	79	-41	15	4th round
2006			18	18th	34	5	7	22	39	86	-47	22	Did not qualify
2007	KSL	4	11	2nd	20	17	-	2 (1)	76	19	57	52	3rd round
2008			10	3rd	18	14 (2)	-	2	62	14	48	46	3rd round
2009	JFL	3	18	13th	34	9	13	12	34	38	-4	40	3rd round
2010			18	13th	34	10	12	12	36	39	-3	42	2nd round
2011			18	8th	33	12	11	10	47	45	2	52	2nd round
2012			17	16th	32	7	7	18	28	56	-28	28	Did not qualify
2013			18	18th	34	6	11	17	25	47	-22	29
2014		4	14	10th	26	7	6	13	31	52	-21	27	2nd round
2015			16	9th	30	11	7	12	31	37	-6	40	Did not qualify
2016			16	3rd	30	17	8	5	46	23	23	59	1st round
2017			16	8th	30	9	7	14	36	46	-10	34	Did not qualify
2018			16	14th	30	6	11	13	29	52	-23	29
2019			16	6th	30	10	11	9	41	39	2	41	2nd round
2020			16	12th	15	5	4	6	19	25	-6	19	Did not qualify
2021			17	16th	32	6	9	17	26	48	-22	27	2nd round
2022			16	10th	30	10	6	14	33	33	0	36	2nd round
As Minebea Mitsumi FC
2023	JFL	4	15	12th	28	8	7	13	35	44	-9	31	Did not qualify
2024			16	16th	30	5	7	18	25	48	-23	22
2025			16	TBD	30

Key

• Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained
• Source: JFL

Honours

Minebea Mitsumi FC honours

Honour	No.	Years	Notes
Kyushu Soccer League	1	2004	As Honda Lock SC

Current squad

As of 7 April 2024.^[2] 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 Takuya Yuzawa 2 DF  JPN Takuma Nakajima 3 DF  JPN Naoki Ono 4 DF  JPN Mao Igarashi 5 DF  JPN Takeru Suzuki 6 MF  JPN Shota Makino 7 MF  JPN Toranosuke Takagi 8 MF  JPN Seiya Nawa 9 FW  JPN Mizuki Owaki 10 MF  JPN Yamato Tanaka 13 MF  JPN Daichi Takahara 14 MF  JPN Jin Nakamura 15 DF  JPN Yuta Koshino

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  JPN Shu Tomonaga 17 MF  JPN Tomoki Kihashi 18 FW  JPN Yosuke Suzuki 19 MF  JPN Ryoga Noda 20 DF  JPN Hikaru Imada 21 GK  JPN Kanshiro Amamoto 22 DF  JPN Tomoki Okawa 23 MF  JPN Kenta Higuchi 24 MF  JPN Fumiya Kai 25 FW  JPN Hiroto Otsuka 26 FW  JPN Shoya Fujii 27 DF  JPN Naoki Takasu

Coaching Staff

Position	Name
Manager	Yosuke Miyaji
Assistant Managers	Tsuneyuki Ueda Kenichi Nakayama Naoya Oyama

Managerial history

Manager	Nationality	Tenure
		Start	Finish
Hisashi Hiroike	Japan	1 February 2009	31 January 2011
Ryuichi Ikeda	Japan	1 February 2011	12 September 2011
Norita Ochiai	Japan	13 September 2011	22 September 2011
Kazunori Jo	Japan	23 September 2011	31 January 2013
Masashi Kawashima	Japan	1 January 2013	31 December 2013
Ittetsu Idogawa	Japan	1 February 2014	31 January 2016
Kenji Taniguchi	Japan	1 February 2016	31 January 2019
Shinya Shirakawa	Japan	1 February 2019	10 June 2020
Yōsuke Miyaji	Japan	11 June 2020	Current