# 2022 Mito HollyHock season

The 2022 Mito HollyHock season was the 25th straight season since being introduced in 1998 to a national-level league, the Japan Football League. It was also the 23rd consecutive season that Mito HollyHock has played in the J2 League.

## Squad

As of 26 August 2022. '
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 | Koji Homma |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Koki Gotoda |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Koshi Osaki |
| 4 | DF | PHI | Jefferson Tabinas |
| 5 | MF | JPN | Reo Yasunaga (on loan from Yokohama FC) |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Yutaka Soneda |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Yuto Mori |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Mizuki Ando |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Jun Kanakubo |
| 11 | MF | JPN | Kazuma Takai |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Takumi Kusumoto |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Naoki Tsubaki (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 15 | FW | JPN | Kosuke Kinoshita |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Ryosuke Maeda |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Ryo Niizato |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Shoma Otoizumi |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Koichi Murata |
| 20 | FW | JPN | Kaito Umeda |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | JPN | Nao Yamada |
| 22 | MF | JPN | Kodai Dohi (on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima) |
| 23 | FW | JPN | Shimon Teranuma |
| 28 | GK | JPN | Louis Yamaguchi |
| 30 | MF | JPN | Kenshin Takagishi |
| 32 | GK | JPN | Akihito Ozawa |
| 34 | MF | JPN | Fumiya Sugiura |
| 37 | MF | JPN | Fumiya Unoki (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol) |
| 38 | FW | JPN | Shoji Toyama (on loan from Gamba Osaka) |
| 39 | MF | JPN | Kaiyo Yanagimachi |
| 40 | DF | JPN | Takaya Kuroishi |
| 41 | GK | JPN | Kaiho Nakayama |
| 43 | MF | JPN | Yoshitake Suzuki |
| 44 | MF | JPN | Ginji Tanaka $^{Type2}$ |
| 47 | DF | JPN | Hayate Matsuda |
| 48 | DF | GER | Leonard Brodersen |
| 49 | FW | JPN | Yusei Uchida $^{Type2}$ |

### Out on loan

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 |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Yota Tanabe (on loan at Ococias Kyoto) |
| 33 | DF | JPN | Stevia Egbus Mikuni (on loan at FC Gifu) |
| — | MF | JPN | Kaito Hirata (on loan at ReinMeer Aomori) |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 56 |
| 12 | Blaublitz Akita | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 56 |
| 13 | Mito HollyHock | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 54 |
| 14 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 56 | 69 | −13 | 52 |
| 15 | Machida Zelvia | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 51 |

## J2 League

The following shows all the matches they played in this year's J2 edition. Mito HollyHock results for 2022: (Japanese)
| Match | Date | Team | Score | Team | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | 09.03.2022 | Oita Trinita | 1–1 | Mito HollyHock | Showa Denko Dome Oita | 3,544 |
| 2 | 27.02.2022 | Mito HollyHock | 2–3 | Vegalta Sendai | K's denki Stadium | 4,673 |
| 3 | 06.03.2022 | Mito HollyHock | 0–1 | Blaublitz Akita | K's denki Stadium | 2,504 |
| 4 | 13.03.2022 | Yokohama FC | 3–2 | Mito HollyHock | NHK Spring Stadium | 3,823 |
| 5 | 19.03.2022 | FC Ryukyu | 1–2 | Mito HollyHock | Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium | 1,543 |
| 6 | 26.03.2022 | Mito HollyHock | 2–0 | Roasso Kumamoto | K's denki Stadium | 1,731 |
| 7 | 30.03.2022 | Mito HollyHock | 0–1 | Tochigi SC | K's denki Stadium | 2,198 |
| 8 | 03.04.2022 | Thespakusatsu Gunma | 2–1 | Mito HollyHock | Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma | 2,091 |
| 9 | 10.04.2022 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 1–1 | Mito HollyHock | Ishikawa Athletics Stadium | 2,216 |
| 10 | 17.04.2022 | Mito HollyHock | 1–1 | Tokushima Vortis | K's denki Stadium | 2,302 |
| 11 | 23.04.2022 | Mito HollyHock | 3–2 | Renofa Yamaguchi | K's denki Stadium | 1,975 |
| 12 | 27.04.2022 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 1–0 | Mito HollyHock | Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki | 2,866 |
| 13 | 30.04.2022 | Mito HollyHock | 2–1 | Ventforet Kofu | K's denki Stadium | 3,634 |
| 14 | 04.05.2022 | Fagiano Okayama | 2–1 | Mito HollyHock | City Light Stadium | 7,629 |
| 15 | 08.05.2022 | Mito HollyHock | 0–0 | Machida Zelvia | K's denki Stadium | 3,327 |
| 16 | 14.05.2022 | Tokyo Verdy | 0–2 | Mito HollyHock | Ajinomoto Stadium | 2,728 |
| 17 | 21.05.2022 | Mito HollyHock | 3–0 | Iwate Grulla Morioka | K's denki Stadium | 2,678 |
| 18 | 25.05.2022 | Mito HollyHock | 0–3 | Albirex Niigata | K's denki Stadium | 2,464 |
| 19 | 29.05.2022 | JEF United Chiba | 2–1 | Mito HollyHock | Fukuda Denshi Arena | 4,757 |
| 20 | 05.06.2022 | Omiya Ardija | 0–2 | Mito HollyHock | NACK5 Stadium Omiya | 5,521 |
| 21 | 12.06.2022 | Mito HollyHock | 1–0 | Montedio Yamagata | K's denki Stadium | 3,797 |
| 22 | 18.06.2022 | Roasso Kumamoto | 0-0 | Mito HollyHock | Egao Kenko Stadium | 2,724 |
| 23 | 25.06.2022 | Mito HollyHock | 1–1 | Fagiano Okayama | K's denki Stadium | 2,777 |
| 24 | 02.07.2022 | Mito HollyHock | 1–2 | Yokohama FC | K's denki Stadium | 3,989 |
| 25 | 06.07.2022 | Machida Zelvia | 2–3 | Mito HollyHock | Machida GION Stadium | 1,814 |
| 26 | 10.07.2022 | Thespakusatsu Gunma | 0-2 | Mito HollyHock | Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma | 1,625 |
| 27 | 16.07.2022 | Ventforet Kofu | 1–1 | Mito HollyHock | JIT Recycle Ink Stadium | 3,551 |
| 28 | 23.08.2022 | Mito HollyHock | 2–0 | Oita Trinita | K's denki Stadium | 2,111 |
| 29 | 30.07.2022 | Mito HollyHock | 1–0 | Omiya Ardija | K's denki Stadium | 3,396 |
| 30 | 07.08.2022 | Blaublitz Akita | 1–1 | Mito HollyHock | Soyu Stadium | 2,188 |
| 31 | 21.09.2022 | Mito HollyHock | 1-2 | Tokyo Verdy | K's denki Stadium | 1,812 |
| 32 | 20.08.2022 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 1–0 | Mito HollyHock | Ishin Me-Life Stadium | 3,663 |
| 33 | 27.08.2022 | Mito HollyHock | 0–0 | FC Ryukyu | K's denki Stadium | 3,126 |
| 34 | 03.09.2022 | Vegalta Sendai | 1–2 | Mito HollyHock | Yurtec Stadium Sendai | 7,139 |
| 35 | 10.09.2022 | Iwate Grulla Morioka | 1–0 | Mito HollyHock | Iwagin Stadium | 1,886 |
| 36 | 14.09.2022 | Mito HollyHock | 0–1 | V-Varen Nagasaki | K's denki Stadium | 2,160 |
| 37 | 18.09.2022 | Albirex Niigata | 2–0 | Mito HollyHock | Denka Big Swan Stadium | 18,439 |
| 38 | 25.09.2022 | Tokushima Vortis | 1–1 | Mito HollyHock | Pocarisweat Stadium | 4,932 |
| 39 | 02.10.2022 | Mito HollyHock | 0–1 | JEF United Chiba | K's denki Stadium | 5,476 |
| 40 | 09.10.2022 | Montedio Yamagata | 0–0 | Mito HollyHock | ND Soft Stadium Yamagata | 6,885 |
| 41 | 15.10.2022 | Tochigi SC | 2–3 | Mito HollyHock | Kanseki Stadium Tochigi | 12,490 |
| 42 | 22.10.2022 | Mito HollyHock | 2–1 | Thespakusatsu Gunma | K's denki Stadium | 6,296 |

## Emperor's Cup

As they were in 2022 a J2 League team, they were qualified to the Emperor's Cup automatically, and directly placed into the second round, with no need of going through qualification rounds. They faced another J2 League team in their first match and lost on extra-time.
| Match | Date | Team | Score | Team | Venue | Attendance | Notes |
| 2nd round | 01.06.2022 | Mito HollyHock | 1–2 | Renofa Yamaguchi | K's denki Stadium | 845 | Lost after extra time |