# Kataller Toyama

Kataller Toyama (カターレ富山, Katāre Toyama) is a football club based in Toyama, Capital of Toyama Prefecture. The club currently play in J2 League after promotion from J3 in 2024, Japanese second tier of professional football.

## History

The idea of a merged club had been discussed by the Toyama Prefectural Football Association as early as 2005, but discussions had come to nothing at the time.
On 10 September 2007, YKK (owner of YKK AP SC) and Hokuriku Electric Power Company (owner of ALO's Hokuriku), agreed with merging their clubs to aim promotion to the J.League in response of eager request by the TPFA. According to Tulip TV, local broadcasting company, over twenty companies informally promised to invest in the new club. In the media briefing, the governor of Toyama Prefecture also participated.
TPFA has founded an organisation named "Civic Football Club Team of Toyama Prefecture (富山県民サッカークラブチーム)" with two major economic organisation and representatives of Hokuriku Electric Power Company and YKK. The Japan Football League confirmed that the merged club would compete in the JFL from the 2008 season.
They applied for J.League Associate Membership in January 2008, then their application was accepted at the board meeting of J.League on 19 February 2008. On 23 November 2008, they secured qualification for promotion to the J2 League and on 1 December 2008, promotion was made official by J.League.
In 2014, after a six-year stint at the J2, Kataller Toyama was relegated to the J3 ahead of the 2015 season after a J2 bottom-place finish.
On 7 December 2024, Kataller Toyama secure promotion to J2 League after draw 2-2 against Matsumoto Yamaga and ended 10 years in third tier.

## Name and crest

The word "kataller" is a portmanteau of the phrase katare (勝たれ) which in Toyama dialect means "to win", and the French aller, "to go". The phrase is also intended to be a pun of Italian cantare, "to sing", and of native Japanese katare (語れ), "to talk" (written with a different kanji character).
The crest is shaped in the form of a tulip, the official Toyama Prefecture flower.

## League & 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 |
| Season | Div. | Tier | Teams | Pos. | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Attendance/G | J. League Cup | Emperor's Cup |
| 2008 | JFL | 3 | 18 | 3rd | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 61 | 36 | 25 | 62 | 4,306 | Not eligible | 2nd round |
| 2009 | J2 | 2 | 18 | 13th | 51 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 48 | 58 | -10 | 61 | 3,740 | Not eligible | 3rd round |
| 2010 | J2 | 2 | 19 | 18th | 36 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 39 | 71 | -32 | 28 | 4,463 | Not eligible | 2nd round |
| 2011 | J2 | 2 | 20 | 16th | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 53 | -17 | 43 | 3,275 | Not eligible | 3rd round |
| 2012 | J2 | 2 | 22 | 19th | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 38 | 59 | -21 | 38 | 3,324 | Not eligible | 2nd round |
| 2013 | J2 | 2 | 22 | 18th | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 45 | 59 | -14 | 44 | 4,474 | Not eligible | 2nd round |
| 2014 | J2 | 2 | 22 | 22nd | 42 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 74 | -46 | 23 | 4,266 | Not eligible | 3rd round |
| 2015 | J3 | 3 | 13 | 5th | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 52 | 2,820 | Not eligible | Did not qualify |
| 2016 | J3 | 3 | 16 | 6th | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 49 | 3,608 | Not eligible | 2nd round |
| 2017 | J3 | 3 | 17 | 8th | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 47 | 3,159 | Not eligible | 2nd round |
| 2018 | J3 | 3 | 17 | 11th | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 41 | 50 | -9 | 41 | 2,670 | Not eligible | 2nd round |
| 2019 | J3 | 3 | 18 | 4th | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 54 | 31 | 23 | 58 | 2,737 | Not eligible | 3rd round |
| 2020 † | J3 | 3 | 18 | 9th | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 52 | 43 | 9 | 50 | 1,216 | Not eligible | Did not qualify |
| 2021 | J3 | 3 | 15 | 4th | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 34 | 6 | 46 | 2,780 | Not eligible | 2nd round |
| 2022 | J3 | 3 | 18 | 6th | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 55 | 48 | 7 | 60 | 2,872 | Not eligible | 2nd round |
| 2023 | J3 | 3 | 20 | 3rd | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 59 | 48 | 11 | 62 | 3,444 | Not eligible | 3rd round |
| 2024 | J3 | 3 | 20 | 3rd | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 54 | 38 | 12 | 64 | 4,092 | Playoff round | 2nd round |
| 2025 | J2 | 2 | 20 | TBD | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | |

### 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: J.League Data Site

## Honours

Kataller Toyama honours :
| Honour | No. | Years |
| Toyama Prefectural Football Championship Emperor's Cup Toyama Prefectural Qualifiers | 9 | 2008, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| J3 League Promotion play-off winner | 1 | 2024 |

## Current squad

As of 10 March 2025.
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 | Tomoki Tagawa (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Arata Yoshida (on loan from Shonan Bellmare) |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Kyosuke Kamiyama |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Junya Imase |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Shunta Sera |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Yoji Sasaki |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Daichi Matsuoka |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Shosei Usui |
| 10 | FW | JPN | Riki Matsuda |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Sota Fukazawa |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Juzo Ura (on loan from Vissel Kobe) |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Gabriel Henrique |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Hiroya Sueki |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Naoki Inoue |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Takumi Ito |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Musashi Oyama |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Takuo Okubo (on loan from Iwate Grulla Morioka) |
| 22 | MF | JPN | Nobuyuki Shiina |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | JPN | Shumpei Nishiya |
| 24 | MF | JPN | Yosuke Kawai |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Ayumu Kameda |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Atsushi Nabeta |
| 27 | FW | JPN | Tsubasa Yoshihira |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Sho Fuseya (on loan from Machida Zelvia) |
| 31 | GK | KOR | Koh Bong-jo (on loan from Sagan Tosu) |
| 32 | MF | JPN | Shun Mizoguchi |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Yoshiki Takahashi |
| 34 | MF | JPN | Genta Takenaka |
| 39 | FW | JPN | Manato Furukawa (on loan from Tokyo Verdy) |
| 40 | DF | JPN | Yutaka Takeuchi |
| 41 | DF | JPN | Shuichi Sakai |
| 42 | GK | JPN | Toshiki Hirao |
| 46 | DF | JPN | Yuki Kawakami |
| 48 | MF | JPN | Keita Ueda |
| 58 | FW | JPN | Hayate Take |
| 88 | DF | JPN | Takumi Hama |

## Club officials

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Michiharu Otagiri |
| Assistant manager | Yasuo Manaka |
| Goalkeeper coach | Hiroaki Iidaka |
| Physical coach | Takahiro Kiuchi |
| Technical staff | Yuito Nakao |
| Interpreter | Irala Gabriel Kitamura |
| Chief trainer | Kazuyuki Yamamoto |
| Trainer | Kei Shinohara |
| Competent | Ryohei Taniguchi |
| Side affairs | Takaharu Shirasaki |

## Managerial history

| Manager | Nationality | Tenure | Tenure | Managerial Record | Managerial Record | Managerial Record | Managerial Record | Managerial Record |
| Manager | Nationality | Start | Finish | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Hiroshi Sowa | Japan | 1 February 2008 | 29 September 2010 | 78 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 026.92 |
| Takayoshi Amma | Japan | 29 September 2010 | 31 December 2014 | 173 | 38 | 42 | 93 | 021.97 |
| Yasuyuki Kishino | Japan | 1 February 2015 | 27 August 2015 |
| Shigeo Sawairi | Japan | 28 August 2015 | 30 November 2015 |
| Yasutoshi Miura | Japan | 1 February 2016 | 31 January 2017 |
| Tetsurō Uki | Japan | 1 February 2017 | 9 May 2018 |
| Ryō Adachi | Japan | 9 May 2018 | 31 January 2021 |
| Nobuhiro Ishizaki | Japan | 1 February 2021 | 19 September 2022 |
| Michiharu Otagiri | Japan | 19 September 2022 | present |

## Kit and colours
### Colours

Kataller Toyama's main colour is blue.

### Kit evolution

Home kit - 1st :
| 2008-2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 - |
Away kit - 2nd :
| 2008-2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 - |