Blaublitz Akita


Blaublitz Akita are a Japanese association football team based in Akita, Akita. 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. Due to the club's former ownership by TDK, most of players were the employees of TDK's Akita factory.

History

The club 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.
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.
The club 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.

Current squad

As of 28 June 2020.

Honours

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[JSL Cup] Record

Seasons

NameNationTenure
Kazuaki Sato?–?
Norio Sasaki?–1998
Tsutomu Komatsu1999–2007
Hisao Sasaki2008–2009
Hirotoshi Yokoyama2010–2011
Yuji Yokoyama2012
George Yonashiro / 2013–2014
Shuichi Mase2015–2016
Koichi Sugiyama2017 – July 2018
Shuichi MaseJuly 2018 – 2019
Ken Yoshida2020-

Support

Blaublitz Akita's main active supporters' group is called the Blue tasu Akita.

Stadium and facilities

The official team mascot is a 8-year-old Ryūjin, named :ja:ブラウゴン|Blaugon and wears #00.

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