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| Full name | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | ||
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| Nickname | Tegevajaro | ||
| Founded | 1965; 61 years ago (1965) | ||
| Stadium | Ichigo Miyazaki Shintomi Football Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Chairman | Kazuhiro Yanagida | ||
| Manager | Yuji Okuma | ||
| League | J2 League | ||
| 2025 | J3 League, 4th of 20 (promoted via play-offs) | ||
| Website | tegevajaro | ||
Tegevajaro Miyazaki (テゲバジャーロ宮崎,Tegebājaro Miyazaki) is a Japanesefootball club based inMiyazaki, the capital city ofMiyazaki Prefecture. They set to play in theJ2 League from 2026–27, Japanese second tier of professional football after promotion fromJ3 in 2025.
Born in 1965 asKadokawa Club, the club have twice changed their name; first they becameAndiamo Kadokawa 1965 in 2004 and thenMSU (Miyazaki Sportsmen United) FC in 2007.[1][2] The current name came only in January 2015:Tegevajaro is a mix formed bytege, the Miyazaki dialect pronunciation of the wordsugoi ("cool, amazing") and the Spanish wordsvaca andpájaro (which mean "cow" and "bird").[3][4] In the logo, you can also visualize theMiyazaki-jingū.
Tegevajaro Miyazaki aspired to join theJ. League; they first aimed for theJ3 League in2017 season, but their first target was to reach theJapan Football League.Nobuhiro Ishizaki was chosen in 2017 to coach the club, while formerJ1 League playersYasuhito Morishima andKeiji 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]
On 14 December 2025, Tegevajaro Miyazaki secure promotion toJ2 League for the first time in their history from next season after defeatFC Osaka 4–0 inAxis Bird Stadium,Tottori via promotion play-off due to finished 4th place and ended five years in third tier.[7]
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | J. League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Shakaijin Cup | |||||||||||||
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| 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 | 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 League | 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 | 15th | 38 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 47 | -4 | 43 | 1,165 | 1st round | 3rd round | ||||
| 2025 | 4th | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 61 | 45 | 16 | 67 | 2,413 | 1st round | Did not qualify | ||||
| 2026 | J2 League | 2 | 10 | TBD | 18 | N/A | ||||||||||
| 2026–27 | 20 | TBD | 38 | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||
Key
| 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 |
| J3 League Promotion Play-off winner | 1 | 2025 |
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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Home kit -1st | ||||
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          2018 - 2020 |      2021 |    2022 |   2023 |  2024 |
 2025 - | ||||
| Away kit - 2nd | ||||
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     2018 - 2020 |      2021 |    2022 |   2023 |      2024 |
 2025 - | ||||
| 3rd - Special | ||
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 2025 3rd | ||
