# Tegevajaro Miyazaki

Tegevajaro Miyazaki (テゲバジャーロ宮崎, Tegebājaro Miyazaki) is a Japanese football club based in Miyazaki, the capital city of Miyazaki Prefecture. They currently play in the J3 League, Japanese third tier of professional football.

## History

Born in 1965 as Kadokawa Club, the club have twice changed their name; first they became Andiamo Kadokawa 1965 in 2004 and then MSU (Miyazaki Sportsmen United) FC in 2007. The current name came only in January 2015: Tegevajaro is a mix formed by tege, the Miyazaki dialect pronunciation of the word sugoi ("cool, amazing") and the Spanish words vaca and pájaro (which mean "cow" and "bird"). In the logo, you can also visualize the Miyazaki-jingū.
Tegevajaro Miyazaki aspired to join the J. League; they first aimed for the J3 League in 2017 season, but their first target was to reach the Japan Football League. Nobuhiro Ishizaki was chosen in 2017 to coach the club, while former J1 League players Yasuhito Morishima and Keiji Takachi signed for the team.
In the 2020 season, Tegevajaro finished in second position and were promoted to J3 for the first time in the club's history for the 2021 season.
On 24 October 2023, Tegevajaro Miyazaki announcement officially granted J2 License after approval of Club Licensing Board.

## 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 | Shakaijin Cup |
| Season | Division | Tier | Teams | Position | P | W (PK) | D | L (PK) | F | A | GD | Pts | Attendance/G | J. League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Shakaijin Cup |
| MSU (Miyazaki Sportsmen United) FC |||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Kyushu Soccer League | 5 | 10 | 7th | 18 | 3 (3) | | 10 (2) | 23 | 54 | -31 | 17 | | Not eligible | Did not qualify | – |
| Tegevajaro Miyazaki |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Kyushu Soccer League | 5 | 10 | 2nd | 18 | 11 (4) | | 3 (0) | 47 | 13 | 34 | 41 | | Not eligible | Did not qualify | 1st round |
| 2016 | Kyushu Soccer League | 5 | 10 | 2nd | 9 | 7 (0) | | 1 (1) | 26 | 5 | 21 | 22 | | Not eligible | Did not qualify | 1st round |
| 2017 | Kyushu Soccer League | 5 | 11 | 1st | 20 | 18 (1) | | 1 (0) | 70 | 12 | 58 | 56 | | Not eligible | Did not qualify | 2nd round |
| 2018 | Japan Football League | 4 | 16 | 12th | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 43 | 60 | -17 | 32 | 404 | Not eligible | 2nd round | Not eligible |
| 2019 | Japan Football League | 4 | 16 | 5th | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 34 | -3 | 41 | 908 | Not eligible | – | Not eligible |
| 2020 | Japan Football League | 4 | 16 | 2nd | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 28 | 671 | Not eligible | 1st round | Not eligible |
| 2021 | J3 | 3 | 15 | 3rd | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 31 | 13 | 53 | 1,124 | Not eligible | Did not qualify | Not eligible |
| 2022 | J3 | 3 | 18 | 9th | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 45 | 47 | -2 | 46 | 1,268 | Not eligible | Did not qualify | Not eligible |
| 2023 | J3 | 3 | 20 | 19th | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 31 | 52 | -21 | 39 | 1,552 | Not eligible | 2nd round | Not eligible |
| 2024 | J3 | 3 | 20 | 15th | 38 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 47 | -4 | 43 | 1,165 | 1st round | 3rd round | Not eligible |
| 2025 | J3 | 3 | 20 | TBA | 38 | | | | | | | | | TBD | TBD |
Key
* Tier = Level in Japanese football pyramid;
* P = Games played; W = Games won; W(PK) = Games Won by penalty kicks; D = Games drawn; L(PK) = Games Lost by penalty kicks; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained
* Attendance/G = Average league home attendance
* Source: J.League Data Site

## Honours

Tegevajaro Miyazaki Honours :
| Honour | No. | Years |
| Miyazaki Prefecture Division 3 | 1 | 2004 |
| Miyazaki Prefecture Division 1 | 3 | 2008, 2009, 2013 |
| Kyushu Soccer League | 1 | 2017 |
| Miyazaki Prefectural Football Championship (Emperor's Cup Miyazaki Prefectural Qualifiers) | 4 | 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024 |

## Current squad

    As of 12 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 |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Ikiru Aoyama |
| 5 | MF | JPN | Takuto Kato |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Kenta Okuma |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Naoya Uozato |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Shogo Rikiyasu |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Ren Inoue |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Keigo Hashimoto |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Keita Nakano |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Seiya Satsukida |
| 15 | DF | JPN | Kaito Nagatomo |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Shu Yoshizawa |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Ukyo Takase |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Mahiro Ano |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Rai Shimizu |
| 23 | DF | KOR | Kim Geon-yeon |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Yuma Matsumoto |
| 25 | DF | JPN | Kota Yokokubo |
| 27 | FW | JPN | Sera Watanabe |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | DF | JPN | Hikaru Manabe |
| 32 | GK | KOR | Lee Chung-won |
| 33 | DF | JPN | Kengo Kuroki |
| 34 | MF | JPN | Toshiki Kawai |
| 35 | DF | JPN | Genki Egawa |
| 36 | DF | JPN | Shoi Yoshinaga |
| 38 | MF | JPN | Daiki Kusunoki |
| 39 | DF | JPN | Yota Shimokawa |
| 40 | FW | JPN | Rikuto Ando |
| 41 | MF | JPN | Shunya Sakai |
| 42 | FW | JPN | Ken Tshizanga Matsumoto (on loan from Blaublitz Akita) |
| 43 | DF | JPN | Rei Morita |
| 45 | DF | JPN | Seitaro Tanaka |
| 47 | MF | JPN | Koji Okumura |
| 48 | FW | JPN | Jin Kihara |
| 50 | MF | JPN | Kojiro Yasuda |
| 51 | GK | JPN | Ryusei Haruna (on loan from Mito HollyHock) |
| 55 | GK | JPN | Kokoro Aoki |

### 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 | Keishi Fujimoto (at Veroskronos Tsuno) |
| — | DF | JPN | Tomoyasu Yoshida (at Asuka FC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | JPN | Yosuke Ueno (at Okinawa SV) |

## 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 |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Kenji Dai (at Fukuyama City) |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Ryoma Eguchi (at Maruyasu Okazaki) |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Shuta Nakabeppu (at Nobeoka Agata) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | MF | JPN | Raiya Kinkawa (at AS Kariya) |
| 39 | MF | JPN | Haruki Shinjo (at FC Kariya) |
| — | MF | JPN | Yuta Shimozawa (at FC Osaka) |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Yuji Okuma |
| Assistant coach | Tomoya Takehana |
| First-team coach | Kenichiro Meta |
| Goalkeeper coach | Daisuke Kamon |
| Physical coach | Hideaki Fujino |
| Chief trainer | Nobuo Sakakiyama |
| Trainer | Hayato Shigehisa |
| Physiotherapist | Koji Sugawara |
| Side manager | Yuta Haba |

## Managerial history

| Manager | Nationality | Tenure | Tenure |
| Manager | Nationality | Start | Finish |
| Nobuhiro Ishizaki | Japan | 1 February 2017 | 21 Juny 2018 |
| Keiji Kuraishi | Japan | 22 June 2018 | 31 January 2021 |
| Naruyuki Naitō | Japan | 1 February 2021 | 31 January 2022 |
| Yasushi Takasaki | Japan | 1 February 2022 | 31 January 2023 |
| Hiroshi Matsuda | Japan | 1 February 2023 | 26 September 2023 |
| Mitsuo Kato | Japan | 27 September 2023 | 5 December 2023 |
| Yuji Okuma | Japan | 19 December 2023 | Current |

## Kit evolution

Home kit -1st :
| 2018 - 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 - |
Away kit - 2nd :
| 2018 - 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 - |