Tegevajaro Miyazaki

Tegevajaro Miyazaki
テゲバジャーロ宮崎
Full nameTegevajaro Miyazaki
Nickname(s)Tegevajaro
Founded1965 (1965)
StadiumIchigo Miyazaki Shintomi Football Stadium
Capacity5,000
ChairmanKazuhiro Yanagida
ManagerYuji Okuma
LeagueJ3 League
2024J3 League, 15th of 20
Websitetegevajaro.com

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.[1][2] 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").[3][4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

League & cup record

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
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
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 10 2nd 9 7 (0) 1 (1) 26 5 21 22 1st round
2017 11 1st 20 18 (1) 1 (0) 70 12 58 56 2nd round
2018 Japan Football
League
4 16 12th 30 9 5 16 43 60 -17 32 404 2nd round Not eligible
2019 5th 30 11 8 11 37 34 -3 41 908
2020 2nd 15 8 4 3 26 15 11 28 671 1st round
2021 J3 3 15 3rd 28 16 5 7 44 31 13 53 1,124 Did not qualify
2022 18 9th 34 12 10 12 45 47 -2 46 1,268
2023 20 19th 38 9 12 17 31 52 -21 39 1,552 2nd round
2024 20 15th 38 11 10 15 43 47 -4 43 1,165 1st round 3rd round
2025 20 TBA 38 1st round 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 5 July 2025.[7]

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
4 DF  JPN Fuga Sakurai (on loan from Zweigen Kanazawa)
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
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
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 FW  JPN Sera Watanabe
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
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
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
3 DF  JPN Kenji Dai (at Fukuyama City)
17 MF  JPN Shuta Nakabeppu (at Nobeoka Agata)
19 MF  JPN Ukyo Takase (at J-Lease FC)
31 MF  JPN Raiya Kinkawa (at AS Kariya)
36 DF  JPN Shoi Yoshinaga (at Shibuya City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
38 MF  JPN Daiki Kusunoki (at Tiamo Hirakata)
DF  JPN Keishi Fujimoto (at Veroskronos Tsuno)
DF  JPN Tomoyasu Yoshida (at Asuka FC)
FW  JPN Yosuke Ueno (at Okinawa SV)

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
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
2025 -
Away kit - 2nd
2018 - 2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025 -
3rd - Special
2025 3rd

References

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  2. ^ "【MSU F.C】:チーム名称変更!!!". blog.livedoor.jp. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  3. ^ "テゲバジャーロに改称 サッカー九州リーグのMsu : 地域版 : 読売新聞(Yomiuri Online)". www.yomiuri.co.jp. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  4. ^ "クラブプロフィール - テゲバジャーロ宮崎-オフィシャルサイト". www.tegevajaro.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  5. ^ "ユニホーム、エンブレム変更 テゲバ宮崎Jへ一新". 宮崎日日新聞社 Miyanichi E-Press. Archived from the original on 2017-09-25. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  6. ^ "2024シーズン 「J2クラブライセンス」交付のお知らせ". www.tegevajaro.com. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  7. ^ "メンバー情報 - テゲバジャーロ宮崎-オフィシャルサイト". www.tegevajaro.com.