# Vanraure Hachinohe

Vanraure Hachinohe (ヴァンラーレ八戸, Vanrāre Hachinohe) is a football club based in Hachinohe, a city in the southeastern part of Aomori Prefecture in Japan. They currently play in the J3 League, the Japanese third tier of professional football.

## Name origin

The name Vanraure comes from the combination of two Italian words: derivante, meaning "origin"; and australe, meaning "southern". It thus refers to the origin of the club in the southern area of Hachinohe, in the former village of Nangō.

## History

The club was founded in 2006 as a merger of two football clubs; Hachinohe Industry SC (八戸工業サッカークラブ) and Nango FC (南郷FC) and joined Tōhoku League Division 2 North. Since 2008 the club's aim was to become a professional club and join J.League. In 2011, because of Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the two blocks of Tōhoku Division 2 temporarily merge into a single group, with no promotion, and Vanraure won the merged Division 2 title for the first time. In 2012 they were back to Division 2 North and they were only able to finish in second place to Ganju Iwate but won the promotion playoff against Cobaltore Onagawa, who were also promoted because Fukushima United gained promotion to JFL.
With the introduction of J3 League for 2014, the club applied for J. League Associate Membership in June 2013 and got the approval in September 2013. But because of the stadium not met the requirements yet, their J3 license has been postponed until next evaluation in 2014 and only can get promotion to J3 until 2015.
Because of vacancies left by some clubs that made up the J3 League, JFL had to select other clubs besides the 2013 Regional League promotion series winners who have submitted an application. Vanraure was selected as one of four clubs by application to get promotion and competed in JFL for the first time in 2014. In July 2015, Vanraure won the Apertura Championship but lost to Clausura champion Sony Sendai FC on penalties in the two-leg championship stage after a tie on aggregate.
After a couple of attempts, Vanraure finally got promoted to J3 League in 2018; they achieved 3rd place behind Honda FC and FC Osaka, a sufficient result to unlock a professional spot for 2019.
Vanraure Hachinohe acquired a J2 license on 2021, was approved promotion to the J2 once the club finishes the season in a promotion zone.

## League and cup record

| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | J. League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Shakaijin Cup |
| Season | Division | Tier | Teams | Pos. | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Attendance/G | J. League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Shakaijin Cup |
| 2006 | Tōhoku League (Div. 2 North) | 5 | 8 | 5th | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 19 | | Not eligible | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2007 | Tōhoku League (Div. 2 North) | 5 | 8 | 6th | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 17 | | Not eligible | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2008 | Tōhoku League (Div. 2 North) | 5 | 8 | 4th | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 23 | | Not eligible | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2009 | Tōhoku League (Div. 2 North) | 5 | 8 | 3rd | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 25 | 18 | 26 | | Not eligible | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2010 | Tōhoku League (Div. 2 North) | 5 | 8 | 2nd | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 10 | 42 | 36 | | Not eligible | 1st round | Did not qualify |
| 2011 | Tōhoku League (Div. 2) | 5 | 6 | 1st | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 60 | 30 | | Not eligible | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2012 | Tōhoku League (Div. 2 North) | 5 | 8 | 2nd | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 8 | 66 | 37 | | Not eligible | 1st round | 1st round |
| 2013 | Tōhoku League (Div. 1) | 4 | 10 | 2nd | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 8 | 59 | 49 | | Not eligible | 2nd round | 2nd round |
| 2014 | JFL | 4 | 14 | 9th | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 30 | 763 | Not eligible | 2nd round | Not eligible |
| 2015 | JFL | 4 | 16 | 2nd | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 15 | 59 | 974 | Not eligible | 1st round | Not eligible |
| 2016 | JFL | 4 | 16 | 7th | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 27 | 7 | 46 | 1,754 | Not eligible | 1st round | Not eligible |
| 2017 | JFL | 4 | 16 | 5th | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 51 | 2,106 | Not eligible | 3rd round | Not eligible |
| 2018 | JFL | 4 | 16 | 3rd | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 43 | 21 | 22 | 56 | 2,208 | Not eligible | Did not qualify | Not eligible |
| 2019 | J3 | 3 | 18 | 10th | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 49 | 42 | 7 | 49 | 1,760 | Not eligible | 3rd round | Not eligible |
| 2020 † | J3 | 3 | 18 | 15th | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 33 | 666 | Not eligible | Did not qualify | Not eligible |
| 2021 † | J3 | 3 | 15 | 13th | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 29 | 1,137 | Not eligible | 3rd round | Not eligible |
| 2022 | J3 | 3 | 18 | 10th | 34 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 43 | 1,503 | Not eligible | 1st round | Not eligible |
| 2023 | J3 | 3 | 20 | 7th | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 49 | 47 | 2 | 56 | 1,890 | Not eligible | 1st round | Not eligible |
| 2024 | J3 | 3 | 20 | 11th | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 44 | 42 | 2 | 52 | 1,728 | 2nd round | 2nd round | Not eligible |
| 2025 | J3 | 3 | 20 | TBD | 38 | | | | | | | | | TBD | TBD | Not eligible |

### 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 & 2021 seasons attendances reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
* Note: The 2011 season changed temporarily because of Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, clubs in the affected area could not play, therefore the Division 2 North & Division 2 South merged into one group and the clubs only played once each. No promotion to Division 1 in that season.
* Source: J.League Data Site

## Honours

Vanraure Hachinohe Honours :
| Honour | No. | Years |
| Japan Football League Apertura Champions | 1 | 2015 |
| Tōhoku League Division 2 | 1 | 2011 |

## Current squad

As of 9 August 2024.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Masahiro Iida (on loan from Tokyo Verdy) |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Tomoki Fujisaki |
| 5 | MF | JPN | Daisuke Inazumi |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Aoi Sato |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Riku Yamauchi |
| 9 | MF | JPN | Kazuma Nagata |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Shochi Niiyama |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Kai Sasaki |
| 13 | GK | JPN | Shogo Onishi |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Koki Maezawa |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Sena Oyama |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Mizuki Kaburagi (on loan from Iwaki FC) |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Naoya Senoo |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Shoma Otoizumi |
| 19 | DF | JPN | Shintaro Kato (on loan from Blaublitz Akita) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | JPN | Kodai Minoda (on loan from Shonan Bellmare) |
| 24 | MF | JPN | Naoyuki Yamada |
| 25 | GK | JPN | Yusuke Taniguchi |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Masashi Kokubun |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Daiki Yagishita |
| 31 | MF | JPN | Rui Sakamoto |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Keita Nakano (on loan from Tokushima Vortis) |
| 37 | MF | JPN | Yuto Shimizu (on loan from Yokohama FC) |
| 38 | MF | JPN | Yosuke Kamigata |
| 39 | DF | JPN | Teppei Chikaishi |
| 45 | DF | JPN | Soya Yumoto |
| 48 | MF | JPN | Yuki Aida |
| 50 | GK | JPN | Ryoga Sakurada $^{Type2}$ |
| 61 | MF | JPN | Naoto Ando |

## Club officials

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Nobuhiro Ishizaki |
| Assistant manager | Yuki Takahashi |
| First-team coach | Atsushi Terui |
| Goalkeeper coach | Hiroki Nakamura |
| Physical coach | Takuya Narita |
| Trainer | Masaki Muraoka |
| Competent | Taisei Soga |

## Managerial history

| Manager | Nationality | Tenure | Tenure |
| Manager | Nationality | Start | Finish |
| Matsuichi Yamada | Japan | 1 February 2010 | 31 January 2015 |
| Kazuhito Mochizuki | Japan | 1 February 2015 | 31 January 2017 |
| Tetsuji Hashiratani | Japan | 1 February 2017 | 31 January 2018 |
| Masahiro Kuzuno | Japan | 1 February 2018 | 31 January 2019 |
| Atsuto Ōishi | Japan | 1 February 2019 | 31 January 2020 |
| Masafumi Nakaguchi | Japan | 1 February 2020 | 31 January 2021 |
| Masahiro Kuzuno | Japan | 1 February 2021 | 13 June 2022 |
| Ryo Shigaki | Japan | 14 June 2022 | 31 January 2023 |
| Nobuhiro Ishizaki | Japan | 1 February 2023 | current |

## Kit evolution

Home kit – 1st :
| 2011–2014 | 2015–2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 - |
Away kit – 2nd :
| 2011–2014 | 2015–2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 - |