# 2023 Mito HollyHock season

The 2023 season was Mito HollyHock's 29th season in existence and the club's 23rd consecutive season in the second division of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Mito HollyHock participated in this season's edition of the Emperor's Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

As of 17 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 | Koji Homma |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Koki Gotoda |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Koshi Osaki |
| 4 | DF | PHI | Jefferson Tabinas |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Takumi Kusumoto |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Kenshin Takagishi |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Hidetoshi Takeda (on loan from Urawa Reds) |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Reo Yasunaga |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Mizuki Ando |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Ryosuke Maeda |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Yuki Kusano |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Motoki Ohara (on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima) |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Ren Inoue |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Ryo Niizato |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Koichi Murata |
| 20 | FW | JPN | Kaito Umeda |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | JPN | Nao Yamada |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Kazuma Nagai |
| 23 | FW | JPN | Shimon Teranuma |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Fumiya Unoki (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol) |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Hayate Matsuda |
| 28 | GK | JPN | Louis Yamaguchi |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Yota Tanabe |
| 30 | FW | JPN | Soki Tokuno |
| 33 | GK | JPN | Ryusei Haruna |
| 34 | MF | JPN | Fumiya Sugiura |
| 35 | GK | JPN | John Higashi (on loan from Nagoya Grampus) |
| 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 |
| 49 | FW | JPN | Yusei Uchida |

### 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 |
| — | DF | JPN | Keita Matsuda (on loan at FC Osaka) |
| — | MF | JPN | Shoma Otoizumi (on loan at Nagano Parceiro) |

## Transfers

Transfers in :
| Join on | Pos. | Player | Moving from | Transfer type |
| 16 May | GK | John Higashi | Nagoya Grampus | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | GK | Ryusei Haruna | Cerezo Osaka U18s | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Keita Matsuda | Toyo University | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Kazuma Nagai | Kyoto Sanga | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Yota Tanabe | Ococias Kyoto | Loan return |
| Pre-season | MF | Reo Yasunaga | Yokohama FC | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Ren Inoue | Toyo University | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Hidetoshi Takeda | Urawa Red Diamonds | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Motoki Ohara | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Yuki Kusano | FC Ryukyu | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Shimon Teranuma | Toin University of Yokohama | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Yusei Uchida | Mito HollyHock U18s | Promotion |
Transfers out :
| Leave on | Pos. | Player | Moving to | Transfer type |
| 17 Mar | DF | Keita Matsuda | FC Osaka | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | GK | Akihito Ozawa | Blaublitz Akita | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Yuto Mori | Kamatamare Sanuki | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Yoshitake Suzuki | Fagiano Okayama | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Leonard Brodersen | Teutonia Ottensen | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | SteviaEgbus Mikuni | FC Gifu | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Yutaka Soneda | Ehime FC | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Kaito Hirata | ReinMeer Aomori | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Shoma Otoizumi | Nagano Parceiro | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Naoki Tsubaki | Yokohama F. Marinos | Loan expiration |
| Pre-season | MF | Kodai Dohi | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Loan expiration |
| Pre-season | MF | Jun Kanakubo | – | Retirement |
| Pre-season | FW | Kosuke Kinoshita | Kyoto Sanga | Full transfer |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| J2 League | 19 February 2023 | 12 November 2023 | Matchday 1 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 36 | −14 | 030.00 |
| Emperor's Cup | 7 June 2023 | | Second round | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 033.33 |
Last updated: 11 June 2023 Source: Soccerway

### J2 League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 15 | Tokushima Vortis | 42 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 49 |
| 16 | Vegalta Sendai | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 48 |
| 17 | Mito HollyHock | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 49 | 66 | −17 | 47 |
| 18 | Iwaki FC | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 45 | 69 | −24 | 47 |
| 19 | Tochigi SC | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 44 |

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | L |
| Position | 10 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 17 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 January 2023.