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| Full name | Blaublitz Akita | ||
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| Nickname | 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 | ||
 Current season | |||
Blaublitz Akita (ブラウブリッツ秋田,Burauburittsu Akita) is a Japanese professionalassociation football team based inAkita, capital ofAkita Prefecture. The club currently play in theJ2 League, Japanese second tier of professional football league. Due to the club's former ownership byTDK and thus formerly known as theTDK S.C. (JaWiki), most of the players were employees of TDK's Akita factory.
The club based inNikaho, Akita, was founded in 1965. They were promoted to theTohoku Regional League in 1982. They played in theJapan Soccer League Division 2 in1985 and1986. They were the only club inTohoku region competing in the JSL.
In 2006, they won the Tohoku Regional League championship for the fifth straight year. They were automatically promoted to theJapan Football League after they won the National Regional League Playoffs.
The team has announced that it would separate from its parent company and join theJ. 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 andBlitz meanblue andlightning inGerman respectively.
In 2014 they entered theJ3 League after previously playing in theJapan Football League, the third tier of theJapanese association football league system until promotion to J2 in 2020.
The club moved toAkita City[2] and entered theJ3 League for the2014 season. The club finished 8th in each of its first two years in the professional competition. In the2017 season, their fourth, they won thetitle, 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 the2020 season, returning to the second tier for the first time in 34 years.
Their home stadium isSoyu Stadium, also known as "Yabase" (capacity 20,125 and the J.League's oldest serving stadium). The club practices at the adjacentAkita Sports Plus ASP Stadium andSpace Project Dream Field.
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | J. League Cup | Emperor's Cup | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Div. | Tier | Teams | Pos. | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Attendance/G | ||
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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 | |||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Honour | No. | Years |
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| Tohoku Soccer League | 11 | 1982,1983,1984,1988,1989,2000, 2002,2003,2004,2005 (shared withGrulla 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 |
As of 7 August 2025.[5]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| # | 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- |
| 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 - |
| 15 December 19841 | Aichi Gakuin University | 3–1 | TDK | |
| JST (UTC+9) |
| 19 December 19871 | TDK | 1–10 | Tokai University | |
| JST (UTC+9) |
| 9 December 19891 | PJM Futures | 5–0 | TDK | |
| JST (UTC+9) |
| 3 November 19961 | Volca Kagoshima | 3–1 | TDK | |
| JST (UTC+9) |
| 29 November 19981 | Omiya Ardija | 1–0 | TDK | |
| JST (UTC+9) |
| 28 November 19991 | Mito HollyHock | 5–1 | TDK | |
| JST (UTC+9) |
| 25 November 20001 | Juntendo University | 3–2 | TDK | |
| JST (UTC+9) |
| 25 November 20021 | Sagawa Printing | 1–0 | TDK | Kyoto Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium |
| JST (UTC+9) |
| 30 November 20031 | Alouette Kumamoto | 1–3 | TDK SC | Kumamoto Suizenji Stadium |
Aira 86' | Report | Morita 18',75',87' | Attendance: 536 |
| 7 December 20032 | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | 6–0 | TDK SC | Tokushima Naruto Stadium |
| 06' 44' 45' 62' 65' 84' | Report | Attendance: 655 |
| 2004-09-231 | 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] |
| 2005-09-171 | 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 |
| 2006-09-171 | TDK | 2–0 | Japan Soccer College | Yabase Athletic Field |
| 13:00 | Ozawa 10' Fujiwara 80' | Report | Attendance: 1,214 Referee: Yusuke Murata |
| 2006-09-232 | Hosei University | 2–0 | TDK | Yumenoshima Stadium |
| 13:00 | Inoue 61' Kosukegawa 71' | Report | Attendance: 449 Referee: Keiichi Sunagawa |
| 2007-09-161 | 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' |
| 2007-09-232 | Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima F.C. | 0–2 | TDK S.C. | Kagawa Sports Park,Takamatsu |
| 13:00 | Ikeda 35' Matsuda 42' |
| 2007-10-073 | Consadole Sapporo | 1–1 (9–10p) | TDK S.C. | Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium,Sapporo |
| 13:00 | Ishii 4' | Report | Matsugae 2' |
| 2008-09-131 | 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 |
| 2009-09-191 | TDK SC | 1–2 | Sony Sendai | Akita Athletics Stadium,Akita |
| 13:00 | Yokoyama 16' | Report | Machida 32' Konta 65' | Attendance: 392 Referee:Hiosaharu Kitamura |
| 2010-09-031 | 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 |
| 2010-09-052 | 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 |
| 2011-09-041 | 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 |
| 2011-10-082 | Montedio Yamagata | 2–0 | Blaublitz Akita | ND Soft Stadium Yamagata,Tendō |
| 13:00 | Shimomura 23' Hasegawa 38' | Report | Attendance: 2,425 Referee: Minoru Tojo |
| 2 September 20121 | Blaublitz Akita | 1–0 | Heisei International University | Akita Yabase Stadium,Akita |
| 13:00 | Taisuke Matsugae 62' | report | Attendance: 677 Referee: Taku Hase |
| 9 September 20122 | 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 September 20131 | 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 |
| 7 September 20132 | 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 |
| 5 July 20141 | Blaublitz Akita | 7–1 | Saitama SC | Akita |
| 19:00 | Stadium:Akita Yabase Athletic Field |
| 12 July 20142 | 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 |
| 28 June 19861 | Kawasaki Steel Mizushima | 2–0 | TDK | |
| JST (UTC+9) |
Blaublitz Akita's main activesupporters' group is called the Blue tasu Akita.[21]
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 Tokan Building houses the headquarters | |
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Sports |
| Founded | September 14, 2009; 16 years ago (2009-09-14) in Akita, Japan[28] |
| Headquarters | Tokan Building 1F, Sanno 3–1–7,, Japan |
| Revenue | JPY 435 million (2019)[29] |
| JPY −3 million (2019)[29] | |
| JPY 2 million (2019)[29] | |
| Total assets | JPY 99 million[29] |
| Headquarters | |
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The official team mascot is an 8-year-oldRyūjin, namedBlaugon and wears #00.[30]
| 1996-08-259 | Tsuruoka TDK [ja] | 0–4 | TDK Akita | Yamagata Prefecture |
| 1996-09-2912 | TDK Akita | 3–1 | Tsuruoka TDK [ja] | Akita Prefecture |
| 1997-08-248 | TDK Akita | 6–0 | Tsuruoka TDK [ja] | Akita Prefecture |
| 1997-10-1913 | Tsuruoka TDK [ja] | 0–2 | TDK Akita | Yamagata Prefecture |
| 1998-05-302 | TDK Akita | 4–0 | Tsuruoka TDK [ja] | Nikaho, Akita |
| Stadium:TDK General Sports Center |
| 1998-08-308 | Tsuruoka TDK [ja] | 2–5 | TDK Akita | Yamagata Prefecture |
TDK andNEC Yamagata first met in 1990 in oldTohoku regional football league. The two clubs have been based in formerDewa Province, and their rivalry is renamed asŌu Honsen (奥羽本戦) after theJapan RailwaysŌu Main Line (奥羽本線) in 2021.[33]
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