# 2023 Thespakusatsu Gunma season

The 2023 season was Thespakusatsu Gunma's 28th season in existence and the club's fourth consecutive season in the second division of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Thespakusatsu Gunma will participate in this season's edition of the Emperor's Cup. This season was last name as Thespakusatsu Gunma for 2023 and rebranding to Thespa Gunma from 2024 season.

## Players
### First-team squad

As of 12 May 2023.
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 | Keiki Shimizu |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Hayate Shirowa |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Hiroto Hatao |
| 4 | MF | JPN | Yuki Kawakami |
| 5 | MF | JPN | Chie Edoojon Kawakami |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Tatsuya Uchida |
| 7 | FW | JPN | Riyo Kawamoto |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Yuzo Iwakami |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Shuto Kitagawa |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Ryo Sato |
| 13 | FW | JPN | Hayate Take (on loan from Blaublitz Akita) |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Tomoyuki Shiraishi |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Koki Kazama |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Atsuki Yamanaka |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Luna Iwamoto |
| 19 | DF | JPN | Kazuma Okamoto |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Yudai Nakata |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Masatoshi Kushibiki |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Yuriya Takahashi |
| 23 | FW | JPN | Shu Hiramatsu |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Shuichi Sakai |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Koji Okumura |
| 28 | FW | JPN | Motoki Nagakura |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Ryota Tagashira |
| 30 | FW | JPN | Toranosuke Onoseki |
| 33 | DF | JPN | Hajime Hosogai |
| 36 | DF | JPN | Daiki Nakashio |
| 38 | MF | JPN | Taiki Amagasa |
| 39 | FW | JPN | Akito Takagi |
| 41 | MF | JPN | Yui Tabei |
| 42 | GK | JPN | Ryo Ishii |
| 44 | GK | JPN | Koji Yamada |
| 50 | DF | JPN | Kenta Kikuchi |

### 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 |
| — | MF | JPN | Shumpei Fukahori (on loan at Ehime FC) |
| — | MF | JPN | Kazune Kubota (on loan at FC Gifu) |
| — | MF | JPN | Keita Toyama (on loan at Tiamo Hirakata) |

## Transfers

Transfers in :
| Join on | Pos. | Player | Moving from | Transfer type |
| 12 May | DF | Ryota Tagashira | Toyo University | Loan transfer; DSP |
| Pre-season | GK | Ryo Ishii | Urawa Red Diamonds | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Daiki Nakashio | Yokohama FC | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Shuichi Sakai | Roasso Kumamoto | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Kenta Kikuchi | Senshu University | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Chie Edoojon Kawakami | Tokushima Vortis | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Yudai Nakata | Tiamo Hirakata | Loan return |
| Pre-season | FW | Ryo Sato | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Luna Iwamoto | Kanto Gakuin University | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Toranosuke Onoseki | Takasaki UHW HS | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Hayate Take | Blaublitz Akita | Loan transfer |
Transfers out :
| Leave on | Pos. | Player | Moving to | Transfer type |
| Pre-season | GK | Genta Ito | Vissel Kobe | Loan expiration |
| Pre-season | DF | Masaya Kojima | Zweigen Kanazawa | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | So Hirao | MIO Biwako Shiga | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Hayato Abe | Tiamo Hirakata | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Yuya Takagi | Yokohama FC | Loan expiration |
| Pre-season | DF | Yuta Fujii | – | Contract expiration |
| Pre-season | MF | Junya Kato | Zweigen Kanazawa | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Toshiya Tanaka | Renofa Yamaguchi | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Yuto Nakayama | Criacao Shinjuku | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Shumpei Fukahori | Ehime FC | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Kazune Kubota | FC Gifu | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Kohei Shin | Nagano Parceiro | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Ryuichi Ichiki | Okinawa SV | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Kodai Watanabe | Vonds Ichihara | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Yuya Mitsunaga | Shinagawa CC | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Kunitomo Suzuki | Matsumoto Yamaga | Loan expiration |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| J2 League | 19 February 2023 | 12 November 2023 | Matchday 1 | | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 036.00 |
| Emperor's Cup | 7 June 2023 | 7 June 2023 | Second round | Second round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 29 | +0 | 034.62 |
Last updated: 9 July 2023 Source: Soccerway

### J2 League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Oita Trinita | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 62 |
| 10 | Fagiano Okayama | 42 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 58 |
| 11 | Thespakusatsu Gunma | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 57 |
| 12 | Fujieda MYFC | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 61 | 72 | −11 | 52 |
| 13 | Blaublitz Akita | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 51 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 June 2023. Source: Worldfootball

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | L |
| Position | 10 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 January 2023.