# 2024 Blaublitz Akita season

The 2024 Blaublitz Akita season was the club's 59th season in history and the fourth season in a row in the J2 League. As well as the domestic league, they competed in the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup.

## Squad
### Season squad

| Squad no. | Name | Date of birth (age at start of season) |
| Goalkeepers ||||
| 1 | Genki Yamada | (1996-12-16)16 December 1996 (aged 27) |
| 23 | Soki Yatagai | (1998-06-11)11 June 1998 (aged 25) |
| 31 | Kentaro Kakoi | (1991-04-23)23 April 1991 (aged 32) |
| 41 | Kosuke Inose | (2000-12-25)25 December 2000 (aged 23) |
| 47 | Tomoki Horiuchi $^{Type2}$ | (2006-12-17)17 December 2006 (aged 17) |
| Defenders ||||
| 2 | Ryohei Okazaki | (1992-04-25)25 April 1992 (aged 31) |
| 3 | Tatsushi Koyanagi | (1990-02-07)7 February 1990 (aged 34) |
| 4 | Koji Hachisuka | (1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 33) |
| 5 | Takashi Kawano | (1996-06-17)17 June 1996 (aged 27) |
| 13 | Ryuji Saito | (1993-03-12)12 March 1993 (aged 30) |
| 16 | Kota Muramatsu | (1997-08-22)22 August 1997 (aged 26) |
| 27 | Keita Yoshioka | (1997-10-05)5 October 1997 (aged 26) |
| 39 | Kyowaan Hoshi | (1997-06-25)25 June 1997 (aged 26) |
| 88 | Kenichi Kaga | (1983-09-30)30 September 1983 (aged 40) |
| Midfielders ||||
| 6 | Hiroto Morooka (c) | (1997-01-04)4 January 1997 (aged 27) |
| 7 | Takuma Mizutani | (1996-04-24)24 April 1996 (aged 27) |
| 9 | Ryota Nakamura | (1991-01-28)28 January 1991 (aged 33) |
| 14 | Ryuhei Oishi | (1997-01-21)21 January 1997 (aged 27) |
| 20 | Hiroki Kurimoto | (1990-06-16)16 June 1990 (aged 33) |
| 25 | Tomofumi Fujiyama | (1994-04-23)23 April 1994 (aged 29) |
| 45 | Hinase Suzuki | (2004-12-22)22 December 2004 (aged 19) |
| 80 | Kazuya Onohara | (1996-04-16)16 April 1996 (aged 27) |
| Forwards ||||
| 8 | Junki Hata | (1994-04-14)14 April 1994 (aged 29) |
| 10 | Ren Komatsu | (1998-09-10)10 September 1998 (aged 25) |
| 11 | Yukihito Kajiya | (2000-03-09)9 March 2000 (aged 23) |
| 15 | Shion Niwa | (1994-06-18)18 June 1994 (aged 29) |
| 17 | Koya Handa | (1998-09-27)27 September 1998 (aged 25) |
| 18 | Ibuki Yoshida | (1997-11-01)1 November 1997 (aged 26) |
| 29 | Daiki Sato | (1999-04-23)23 April 1999 (aged 24) |
| 40 | Shota Aoki | (1990-08-11)11 August 1990 (aged 33) |
| 42 | Ken Tshizanga Matsumoto | (2002-03-14)14 March 2002 (aged 21) |
Last updated: 1 March 2024. Source: Blaublitz Akita website

## Transfers
### Arrivals

| Date | Position | Player | From | Type |
| 4 August 2023 | FW | Ken Tshizanga Matsumoto | Komazawa University | Full |
| 20 December 2023 | FW | Yukihito Kajiya | Sagan Tosu | Full |
| 21 December 2023 | FW | Shion Niwa | Zweigen Kanazawa | Full |
| 21 December 2023 | FW | Ren Komatsu | Matsumoto Yamaga | Full |
| 22 December 2023 | DF | Kota Muramatsu | V-Varen Nagasaki | Full |
| 22 December 2023 | FW | Koya Handa | Verspah Oita | Loan return |
| 25 December 2023 | DF | Keita Yoshioka | Montedio Yamagata | Loan |
| 26 December 2023 | MF | Hiroki Kurimoto | Omiya Ardija | Full |
| 28 December 2023 | GK | Soki Yatagai | AC Nagano Parceiro | Full |
| 29 December 2023 | DF | Ryohei Okazaki | Tochigi SC | Full |
| 30 December 2023 | DF | Koji Hachisuka | Vegalta Sendai | Full |
| 4 January 2024 | MF | Kazuya Onohara | Zweigen Kanazawa | Loan |
| 8 January 2024 | FW | Daiki Sato | FC Machida Zelvia | Loan |
| 14 January 2024 | GK | Kosuke Inose | SC Sagamihara | Loan |
| 29 February 2024 | MF | Ryuhei Oishi | Zweigen Kanazawa | Full |

### Departures

| Date | Position | Player | To | Type |
| 10 November 2023 | MF | Hiroto Tanaka | | Retired |
| 13 November 2023 | MF | Yosuke Mikami | | Released |
| 22 November 2023 | MF | Masaki Okino | | Released |
| 15 December 2023 | DF | Ryutaro Iio | V-Varen Nagasaki | Full |
| 17 December 2023 | MF | Daiki Kogure | Iwate Grulla Morioka | Full |
| 19 December 2023 | DF | Kaito Abe | Fagiano Okayama | Loan return |
| 19 December 2023 | DF | Ryota Takada | Vegalta Sendai | Full |
| 19 December 2023 | DF | Yuji Fujita | FC Osaka | Full |
| 20 December 2023 | MF | Keita Saito | Fagiano Okayama | Full |
| 26 December 2023 | MF | Naoki Inoue | Kataller Toyama | Full |
| 27 December 2023 | GK | Akihito Ozawa | FC Imabari | Loan |
| 31 December 2023 | FW | Hayate Take | FC Osaka | Full |
| 6 January 2024 | GK | Yuki Yasuda | Fernhill | Full |
| 9 January 2024 | DF | Yuzuru Yoshimura | Nara Club | Full |
| 15 February 2024 | MF | Yōsuke Mikami | | Retired |
| 17 March 2024 | MF | Mouhamadou War | Los Angeles Force | Full |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 25 February 2024 | | Matchday 1 | | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 035.29 |
| Emperor's Cup | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| J.League Cup | 6 March 2024 | 22 May 2024 | Round 1 | Round 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 040.00 |
Last updated: 26 May 2024 Source: Competitions

### J2 League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Tokushima Vortis | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 55 |
| 9 | Iwaki FC | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 54 |
| 10 | Blaublitz Akita | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 54 |
| 11 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 53 |
| 12 | Roasso Kumamoto | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 53 | 62 | −9 | 46 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 April 2024. Source: Worldfootball

#### Results by round

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

#### Matches

The full league fixtures were released on 23 January 2024.