Kataller Toyama

Kataller Toyama
カターレ富山
Full nameKataller Toyama
Founded2007 (2007) as Kataller Toyama
StadiumToyama Stadium
Toyama, Toyama
Capacity25,251
ChairmanEiji Sakai
ManagerRyo Adachi
LeagueJ2 League
2024J3 League, 3rd of 20 (promoted via play-offs)
Websitekataller.co.jp

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. [1]

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.[2]

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).[1]

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

Current squad

As of 6 July 2025.[3]

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
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
23 DF  JPN Shumpei Nishiya
No. Pos. Nation Player
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
— DF  JPN Yuki Saneto

Club officials

Position Name
Manager Ryo Adachi
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 Managerial Record
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 [4]
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[5]
Michiharu Otagiri  Japan 19 September 2022 27 May 2025[6]
Ryō Adachi  Japan 27 May 2025 Current[7]

Kit and colours

Colours

Kataller Toyama's main colour is blue.

Kit evolution

References

  1. ^ a b "カターレ富山 プロフィール" [Kataller Toyama; Club profile] (in Japanese). J. League. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Three clubs admitted to J. League". Japan Times. 2 December 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  3. ^ "カターレ富山公式ウェブサイト". カターレ富山公式ウェブサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  4. ^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
  5. ^ "Coach Ishizaki's resignation". kataller.co.jp. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Coach Michiharu Odagiri Announces Inaugural Press Conference". kataller.co.jp. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  7. ^ "New manager announcement". www.kataller.co.jp. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
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