# Artista Asama

Artista Asama (アルティスタ浅間, Arutisuta Asama) is a football (soccer) club based in Tōmi, located in Nagano Prefecture in Japan. They play in the Hokushinetsu Football League, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues.

## History

The club was founded in 1982 and currently has been managed by a non-profit organization, Artista Dream Project, which took the helm of the club in March 2010. In addition to the top team, Artista features a satellite team (Artista Grande), a junior youth team (Artista JYFC) and a junior team (Artista JFC). From the 2018 season, the club has adopted the new name as "Artista Asama" after the local peak which overlooks the cities of Ueda, Tomi and Saku. In the 2020 season, they appeared in the 2020 Emperor's Cup, being it their first appearance in the competition. They lost their first and only match of the tournament by 3–0 to Niigata University of Health and Welfare.

## League & cup record

| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Emperor's Cup |
| Season | Division | Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Emperor's Cup |
| Artista Tomi ||||||||||||
| 2009 | Nagano Prefectural League (Div. 1) | 1st | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 10 | 34 | 23 | Did not qualify |
| 2010 | Hokushin'etsu Football League (Div. 2) | 1st | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 15 | 29 | 33 | Did not qualify |
| 2011 | Hokushin'etsu Football League (Div. 1) | 2nd | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 21 | 32 | Did not qualify |
| 2012 | Hokushin'etsu Football League (Div. 1) | 4th | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 19 | Did not qualify |
| 2013 | Hokushin'etsu Football League (Div. 1) | 3rd | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 9 | 34 | 31 | Did not qualify |
| 2014 | Hokushin'etsu Football League (Div. 1) | 3rd | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 20 | 19 | 28 | Did not qualify |
| 2015 | Hokushin'etsu Football League (Div. 1) | 3rd | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 10 | 31 | 32 | Did not qualify |
| 2016 | Hokushin'etsu Football League (Div. 1) | 1st | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 4 | 49 | 37 | Did not qualify |
| 2017 | Hokushin'etsu Football League (Div. 1) | 2nd | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 8 | 46 | 34 | Did not qualify |
| Artista Asama ||||||||||||
| 2018 | Hokushin'etsu Football League (Div. 1) | 2nd | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 11 | 39 | 34 | Did not qualify |
| 2019 | Hokushin'etsu Football League (Div. 1) | 2nd | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 7 | 41 | 37 | Did not qualify |
| 2020 † | Hokushin'etsu Football League (Div. 1) | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 2nd round |
| 2021 | Hokushin'etsu Football League (Div. 1) | 2nd | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 14 | 27 | 35 | Did not qualify |
| 2022 | Hokushin'etsu Football League (Div. 1) | 1st | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 24 | 31 | Did not qualify |
| 2023 | Hokushin'etsu Football League (Div. 1) | 5th | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 21 | Did not qualify |
| 2024 | Hokushin'etsu Football League (Div. 1) | 4th | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 15 | 18 | 26 | Did not qualify |
| 2025 | Hokushin'etsu Football League (Div. 1) | TBA | 14 | | | | | | | |

### 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
* † Number of games played reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic

## Honours

Artista Asama honours :
| Honour | No. | Years |
| Nagano Prefectural Football League 2nd Division | 1 | 2008 |
| Nagano Prefectural Football League 1st Division | 1 | 2009 |
| Hokushinetsu Football League 2nd Division | 1 | 2010 |
| Hokushinetsu Football League 1st Division | 1 | 2016, 2022 |
| Nagano Prefecture Soccer Championship | 1 | 2020 |

## Current squad

Updated to 23 August 2023.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Riku Soma |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Eito Matsudo |
| 5 | MF | JPN | Minoru Moriya |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Ren Miyashita |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Masaya Tojo |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Hiroya Yamashita |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Seiya Kiyatake |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Itsuki Takagai |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Daiki Kimura |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Kanta Obuchi |
| 16 | DF | JPN | Kai Ichikura |
| 17 | FW | JPN | Kentaro Uehara |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Yuta Nishida |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Kenta Fujimori |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Toui Yamakose |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Hayato Usuba |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Subaru Toriumi |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Mutsuki Shimizu |
| 26 | FW | JPN | Kazuki Kobayashi |
| 27 | FW | JPN | Daiki Okada |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Ryusei Onozeki |
| 32 | DF | JPN | Yusuke Hino |
| 34 | MF | JPN | Yuki Okamoto |