Blaublitz Akita

Blaublitz Akita (ブラウブリッツ秋田) 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.

History
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 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, after which they won the title again in the 2020 season, returning to the second tier for the first time in 34 years.


 * See historical emblems

Stadium
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.

League and cup record

 * 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

Current squad
As of 18 July 2024.

List of captains
{|class="wikitable" ! # !!Name !!Captaincy years 24 Naoyuki Yamada
 * align="right"|-
 * Akira Sasaki
 * align="center"|JSL Era
 * align="right"|7
 * Satoshi Sato
 * align="center"|
 * align="right"|17
 * Moriyasu Saito
 * align="center"|
 * align="right"|4
 * Masatoshi Ozawa
 * align="center"|2007–2009
 * align="right"|18
 * Satoshi Yokoyama
 * align="center"|2010
 * align="right"|2
 * Hiroyuki Kobayashi
 * align="center"|2011
 * align="right"|10
 * Masatoshi Matsuda
 * align="center"|2012-2013
 * align="right"|10
 * Shingo Kumabayashi
 * align="center"|2014
 * align="right"|4
 * Toshio Shimakawa
 * align="center"|2015
 * align="right"|24
 * Naoyuki Yamada
 * align="center"|2016-2018
 * align="right"|39
 * align="center"|2014
 * align="right"|4
 * Toshio Shimakawa
 * align="center"|2015
 * align="right"|24
 * Naoyuki Yamada
 * align="center"|2016-2018
 * align="right"|39
 * align="center"|2016-2018
 * align="right"|39
 * align="right"|39
 * Hiroki Kotani
 * align="center"|2019
 * align="right"|24
 * Naoyuki Yamada
 * align="center"|2020
 * align="right"|9
 * Ryota Nakamura
 * align="center"|2021
 * align="right"|23
 * Shuto Inaba
 * align="center"|2022
 * align="right"|33
 * Ryutaro Iio
 * align="center"|2023
 * align="right"|6
 * Hiroto Morooka
 * align="center"|2024-
 * align="center"|2023
 * align="right"|6
 * Hiroto Morooka
 * align="center"|2024-
 * align="center"|2024-

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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Seasons

 * 2003 TDK SC season
 * 2004 TDK SC season
 * 2005 TDK SC season
 * 2006 TDK SC season
 * 2007 TDK SC season
 * 2008 TDK SC season
 * 2009 TDK SC season
 * 2010 Blaublitz Akita season
 * 2011 Blaublitz Akita season
 * 2012 Blaublitz Akita season
 * 2013 Blaublitz Akita season
 * 2014 Blaublitz Akita season
 * 2015 Blaublitz Akita season
 * 2016 Blaublitz Akita season
 * 2017 Blaublitz Akita season
 * 2018 Blaublitz Akita season
 * 2019 Blaublitz Akita season
 * 2020 Blaublitz Akita season
 * 2021 Blaublitz Akita season
 * 2022 Blaublitz Akita season
 * 2023 Blaublitz Akita season

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

Stadium and facilities

 * Soyu Stadium
 * Akigin Stadium
 * Akita Prefectural Central Park
 * JA Kyosai Tsuchizaki Indoor Practice Facility (39.75172°N, 140.06292°W)
 * Akita Prefecture Football Centre (39.85928°N, 140.00892°W)
 * Versity Weight Room (39.73386°N, 140.098°W)
 * Nipro Hachiko Dome
 * Dormitory
 * Green Thumb no Mori

Former facilities

 * Nikaho Green Field
 * Nishime Country Park Soccer Field
 * TDK Akita General Sports Center (39.26775°N, 139.92831°W)
 * Mizubayashi Athletic Field (39.37847°N, 140.03131°W)
 * Oga Athletic Stadium (39.91058°N, 139.85211°W)

Team mascots
The official team mascot is a 8-year-old Ryūjin, named Blaugon and wears #00.

Songs and chants

 * Akita Prefectural Anthem - song
 * We are Akita -    song, Rakan edition composed by Berabow
 * Akita Olé - song, champ edition

Related clubs

 * TDK Shinwakai (Tohoku Soccer League Division 2 North) – Based in Nikaho, Akita.
 * Tsuruoka TDK

Ōu Honsen (Dewa derby)
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.
 * Tohoku derby
 * Battle of Ōshū

Broadcasters

 * 🇯🇵 Yuji Hirota
 * 🇮🇹 Francesco Bellissimo
 * 🇯🇵 Toshifumi Takeshima

Shirt sponsorship by TDK

 * 🇳🇱 AFC Ajax (1982–91)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Crystal Palace F.C. (1993–99)