Tegevajaro Miyazaki

Tegevajaro Miyazaki (テゲバジャーロ宮崎, Tegebājaro Miyazaki) is a Japanese football club based in Miyazaki, the capital city of Miyazaki Prefecture. They currently play in the J3 League, Japanese third tier of professional football.

Tegevajaro Miyazaki
テゲバジャーロ宮崎

Full name	Tegevajaro Miyazaki
Nickname(s)	Tegevajaro
Founded	1965; 60 years ago (1965)
Stadium	Ichigo Miyazaki Shintomi Football Stadium
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Kazuhiro Yanagida
Manager	Yuji Okuma
League	J3 League
2024	J3 League, 15th of 20
Website	tegevajaro.com
Home colours Away colours

History

Born in 1965 as Kadokawa Club, the club have twice changed their name; first they became Andiamo Kadokawa 1965 in 2004 and then MSU (Miyazaki Sportsmen United) FC in 2007.^[1][2] The current name came only in January 2015: Tegevajaro is a mix formed by tege, the Miyazaki dialect pronunciation of the word sugoi ("cool, amazing") and the Spanish words vaca and pájaro (which mean "cow" and "bird").^[3][4] In the logo, you can also visualize the Miyazaki-jingū.

Tegevajaro Miyazaki aspired to join the J. League; they first aimed for the J3 League in 2017 season, but their first target was to reach the Japan Football League. Nobuhiro Ishizaki was chosen in 2017 to coach the club, while former J1 League players Yasuhito Morishima and Keiji Takachi signed for the team.^[5]

In the 2020 season, Tegevajaro finished in second position and were promoted to J3 for the first time in the club's history for the 2021 season.

On 24 October 2023, Tegevajaro Miyazaki announcement officially granted J2 License after approval of Club Licensing Board.^[6]

League & cup record

Champions

Runners-up

Third place

Promoted

Relegated

League														J. League Cup	Emperor's Cup	Shakaijin Cup
Season	Division	Tier	Teams	Position	P	W (PK)	D	L (PK)	F	A	GD	Pts	Attendance/G
MSU (Miyazaki Sportsmen United) FC
2014	Kyushu Soccer League	5	10	7th	18	3 (3)		10 (2)	23	54	-31	17		Not eligible	Did not qualify	–
Tegevajaro Miyazaki
2015	Kyushu Soccer League	5	10	2nd	18	11 (4)		3 (0)	47	13	34	41		Not eligible	Did not qualify	1st round
2016			10	2nd	9	7 (0)		1 (1)	26	5	21	22				1st round
2017			11	1st	20	18 (1)		1 (0)	70	12	58	56				2nd round
2018	Japan Football League	4	16	12th	30	9	5	16	43	60	-17	32	404		2nd round	Not eligible
2019				5th	30	11	8	11	37	34	-3	41	908		–
2020				2nd	15	8	4	3	26	15	11	28	671		1st round
2021	J3	3	15	3rd	28	16	5	7	44	31	13	53	1,124		Did not qualify
2022			18	9th	34	12	10	12	45	47	-2	46	1,268
2023			20	19th	38	9	12	17	31	52	-21	39	1,552		2nd round
2024			20	15th	38	11	10	15	43	47	-4	43	1,165	1st round	3rd round
2025			20	TBA	38									1st round	TBD

Key

• Tier = Level in Japanese football pyramid;
• P = Games played; W = Games won; W(PK) = Games Won by penalty kicks; D = Games drawn; L(PK) = Games Lost by penalty kicks; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained
• Attendance/G = Average league home attendance
• Source: J.League Data Site

Honours

Tegevajaro Miyazaki Honours

Honour	No.	Years
Miyazaki Prefecture Division 3	1	2004
Miyazaki Prefecture Division 1	3	2008, 2009, 2013
Kyushu Soccer League	1	2017
Miyazaki Prefectural Football Championship (Emperor's Cup Miyazaki Prefectural Qualifiers)	4	2018, 2020, 2023, 2024

Current squad

As of 18 August 2025.^[7]

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 2 DF  JPN Ikiru Aoyama 4 DF  JPN Fuga Sakurai (on loan from Zweigen Kanazawa) 6 MF  JPN Kenta Okuma 7 MF  JPN Naoya Uozato 8 MF  JPN Shogo Rikiyasu 10 MF  JPN Ren Inoue 11 FW  JPN Keigo Hashimoto 13 MF  JPN Keita Nakano 14 MF  JPN Seiya Satsukida 15 DF  JPN Kaito Nagatomo 18 FW  JPN Shu Yoshizawa 20 MF  JPN Mahiro Ano 21 GK  JPN Rai Shimizu 23 DF  KOR Kim Geon-yeon 24 DF  JPN Yuma Matsumoto 25 DF  JPN Kota Yokokubo 27 FW  JPN Sera Watanabe

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 DF  JPN Hikaru Manabe 30 MF  JPN Kohei Mochizuki (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos) 31 GK  JPN Michiya Okamoto (on loan from JEF United Chiba) 32 GK  KOR Lee Chung-won 33 DF  JPN Kengo Kuroki 34 MF  JPN Toshiki Kawai 35 DF  JPN Genki Egawa 39 DF  JPN Yota Shimokawa 40 FW  JPN Rikuto Ando 41 MF  JPN Shunya Sakai 42 FW  JPN Ken Tshizanga Matsumoto (on loan from Blaublitz Akita) 43 DF  JPN Rei Morita 45 DF  JPN Seitaro Tanaka 47 MF  JPN Koji Okumura 48 FW  JPN Jin Kihara 50 MF  JPN Kojiro Yasuda 55 GK  JPN Kokoro Aoki

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 3 DF  JPN Kenji Dai (at Fukuyama City) 5 MF  JPN Takuto Kato (at Okinawa SV) 17 MF  JPN Shuta Nakabeppu (at Nobeoka Agata) 19 MF  JPN Ukyo Takase (at J-Lease FC) 31 MF  JPN Raiya Kinkawa (at AS Kariya)

No. Pos. Nation Player 36 DF  JPN Shoi Yoshinaga (at Shibuya City) 38 MF  JPN Daiki Kusunoki (at Tiamo Hirakata) — DF  JPN Keishi Fujimoto (at Veroskronos Tsuno) — DF  JPN Tomoyasu Yoshida (at Asuka FC) — FW  JPN Yosuke Ueno (at Okinawa SV)

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Yuji Okuma
Assistant coach	Tomoya Takehana
First-team coach	Kenichiro Meta
Goalkeeper coach	Daisuke Kamon
Physical coach	Hideaki Fujino
Chief trainer	Nobuo Sakakiyama
Trainer	Hayato Shigehisa
Physiotherapist	Koji Sugawara
Side manager	Yuta Haba

Managerial history

Manager	Nationality	Tenure
		Start	Finish
Nobuhiro Ishizaki	Japan	1 February 2017	21 Juny 2018
Keiji Kuraishi	Japan	22 June 2018	31 January 2021
Naruyuki Naitō	Japan	1 February 2021	31 January 2022
Yasushi Takasaki	Japan	1 February 2022	31 January 2023
Hiroshi Matsuda	Japan	1 February 2023	26 September 2023
Mitsuo Kato	Japan	27 September 2023	5 December 2023
Yuji Okuma	Japan	19 December 2023	Current

Kit evolution

Home kit -1st
2018 - 2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
2025 -

Away kit - 2nd
2018 - 2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
2025 -

3rd - Special
2025 3rd