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Blaublitz Akita
Association football club
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.
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| Full name | Blaublitz Akita | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Blaublitz | ||
| Short name | BB, BBA, Blau | ||
| Founded | 1965; 59 years ago (1965) as TDK S.C. 2010; 14 years ago (2010) 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 | ||
| 2023 | J2 League, 13th of 22 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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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[1] 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,[2] after which they won the title again in the 2020 season, returning to the second tier for the first time in 34 years.
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 |
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| 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 | |||
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| 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 | TBA | 38 | TBC | |||||||||||
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- 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[3]
As of 1 March 2024.[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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More information Position, Name ...
| Position | Name |
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| 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 |
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More information Name, Nationality ...
| Name | Nationality | Tenure | |
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| Kazuaki Sato | Japan | 1988 | ?[5][6][7] |
| Norio Sasaki | Japan | ? | 31 January 1998 [8] |
| 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 |
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More information #, Name ...
| # | Name | Captaincy years |
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| - | Akira Sasaki[9] | JSL Era |
| 7 | Satoshi Sato[10] | |
| 17 | Moriyasu Saito[11] | |
| 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 |
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Hiroki Kotani Naoyuki Yamada |
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| 24 | Naoyuki Yamada | 2020 |
| 9 | Ryota Nakamura | 2021 |
| 23 | Shuto Inaba | 2022 |
| 33 | Ryutaro Iio | 2023 |
| 6 | Hiroto Morooka | 2024- |
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More information Home kits - 1st ...
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Award winners
The following players have won the awards while at TDK/Blaublitz:
- JFL Top Scorer
Masatoshi Matsuda (2011)
- JFL Best XI
- Masatoshi Matsuda (2010)
Top scorers by seasons
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Emperor's Cup Record (1984-2014)Aichi Gakuin University v TDK
TDK v Tokai University
PJM Futures v TDK
Volca Kagoshima v TDK
Omiya Ardija v TDK
Mito HollyHock v TDK
Juntendo University v TDK
Sagawa Printing v TDK
Alouette Kumamoto v TDK SC
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals v TDK SC
TDK SC v Tottori SC
TDK v Ehime FC
TDK v Japan Soccer College
Hosei University v TDK
Nirasaki Astros v TDK S.C.
Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima F.C. v TDK S.C.
Consadole Sapporo v TDK S.C.
FC Tokyo v TDK SC
TDK S.C. v Osaka Taiiku University
TDK SC v Sony Sendai
Yamagata University v Blaublitz Akita
Montedio Yamagata v Blaublitz Akita
Blaublitz Akita v Yamagata University School of Medicine
Montedio Yamagata v Blaublitz Akita
Blaublitz Akita v Heisei International University
Omiya Ardija v Blaublitz Akita
Blaublitz Akita v Renofa Yamaguchi FC
Vegalta Sendai v Blaublitz Akita
Blaublitz Akita v Saitama SC
JSL Cup RecordKawasaki Steel Mizushima v TDK
Seasons
SupportBlaublitz Akita's main active supporters' group is called the Blue tasu Akita.[20] Stadium and facilities
Former facilitiesTeam mascots
The official team mascot is a 8-year-old Ryūjin, named Blaugon and wears #00.[29] Songs and chants
Related clubs
TDK derby listTsuruoka TDK [ja] v TDK Akita
TDK Akita v Tsuruoka TDK [ja]
TDK Akita v Tsuruoka TDK [ja]
Tsuruoka TDK [ja] v TDK Akita
TDK Akita v Tsuruoka TDK [ja]
Tsuruoka TDK [ja] v TDK Akita
RivalriesŌu 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.[32] BroadcastersShirt sponsorship by TDK
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