Mito HollyHock

Mito HollyHock (水戸ホーリーホック, Mito Hōrīhokku) is a Japanese professional football (soccer) club, currently playing in the J2 League, the Japanese second tier of professional football. The team's hometown is located in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture.

Mito HollyHock
水戸ホーリーホック
Full nameFootball Club Mito HollyHock Ibaraki
Nickname(s)HollyHock, FC Mito, Mitochan
Founded1994
StadiumK's denki Stadium Mito
Mito, Ibaraki
Capacity12,000
ChairmanKunio Numata
ManagerYoshimi Hamasaki
LeagueJ2 League
2022J2 League, 13rd of 22
WebsiteClub website

Name origin

Its nickname "HollyHock" derives from the family crest of the Tokugawa clan who governed from Mito in the Edo period.

History

The club was founded in 1990 as Prima Aseno FC by the factory workers of Prima Ham (a food company) in Tsuchiura. It changed its name to Prima Ham FC Tsuchiura and gained promotion to the Japan Football League after finishing as runner-up in the 1996 Regional League play-off. It merged with FC Mito (founded in 1994) and re-branded itself as Mito HollyHock before the start of the 1997 season when Prima Ham decided to discontinue its financial support to the club.

Mito's application to play in the inaugural 1999 season of J. League Division 2 was initially turned down due to financial unstability, and low home attendance at their stadium. However, after finishing 3rd in the Japan Football League in 1999, and having an increasing stadium attendance, the club was invited into the J. League in 2000.

Mito HollyHock also fields teams in e-sports and in Ice Hockey[1] (Ibaraki Prefectural League).

League and cup record
Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
LeagueJ. League
Cup		Emperor's
Cup
SeasonDiv.TeamsPos.GPW (OTW / PKW)DL (OTL / PKL)FAGDPtsAttendance/G
1997 JFL1616th303 (1)-262469-4510Not eligible2nd round
1998 1614th307 (1)-223769-32233rd round
1999 93rd2413 (3)08 (0)483216458913rd round
2000 J2109th409 (6)419 (2)3761-24432,0211st round3rd round
2001 1211th445 (3)426 (6)4193-52251,5591st round3rd round
2002 1210th44117264573-28402,739Not eligible3rd round
2003 127th441511183741-4563,0853rd round
2004 129th44619193360-27373,7734th round
2005 1210th441313184157-16523,3344th round
2006 1310th48149254869-21513,0173rd round
2007 1312th48810303270-38342,4154th round
2008 1511th42138215270-18473,0444th round
2009 188th512110207079-9732,6732nd round
2010 1916th36814142945-16383,6083rd round
2011 2017th38119184049-9423,3494th round
2012 2213th421511164749-2563,9733rd round
2013 2215th421413155058-8554,6303rd round
2014 2215th4212141646460504,7343rd round
2015 2219th421016164047-7464,8164th round
2016 2213th421018144549-4485,3652nd round
2017 2214th421412164548-3544,9312nd round
2018 2210th421691748462574,9383rd round
2019 227th42191310563719706,0873rd round
2020 † 229th4216101668626582,018Did not qualify
2021 † 2210th4216111559509592,6962nd round
2022 2213th421412164746-1543,1402nd round
2023 22TBA423rd round
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; GP = 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 & 2021 seasons attendances reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Source: J.League Data Site

Current squad

As of 31 August 2023.[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Koji Homma
2 DF Japan JPN Koki Gotoda
3 DF Japan JPN Koshi Osaki
4 DF Philippines PHI Jefferson Tabinas
5 DF Japan JPN Takumi Kusumoto
6 MF Japan JPN Kenshin Takagishi
7 MF Japan JPN Hidetoshi Takeda (on loan from Urawa Reds)
9 FW Japan JPN Mizuki Ando
10 MF Japan JPN Ryosuke Maeda
11 FW Japan JPN Yuki Kusano
13 DF Japan JPN Shumpei Naruse (on loan from Nagoya Grampus)
14 MF Japan JPN Motoki Ohara (on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
16 MF Japan JPN Ren Inoue
17 MF Japan JPN Ryo Niizato
19 MF Japan JPN Koichi Murata
20 FW Japan JPN Kaito Umeda
21 DF Japan JPN Nao Yamada
22 DF Japan JPN Kazuma Nagai
23 FW Japan JPN Shimon Teranuma
24 DF Japan JPN Keita Matsuda
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF Japan JPN Fumiya Unoki (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol)
27 FW Japan JPN Keita Buwanika (on loan from JEF United Chiba)
28 GK Japan JPN Louis Yamaguchi
29 DF Japan JPN Yota Tanabe
30 FW Japan JPN Soki Tokuno DSP
31 FW Japan JPN Takatora Einaga (on loan from Kawasaki Frontale)
32 MF Japan JPN Asuma Ikari DSP
33 GK Japan JPN Ryusei Haruna
34 MF Japan JPN Fumiya Sugiura
39 MF Japan JPN Kaiyo Yanagimachi
40 DF Japan JPN Takaya Kuroishi
41 GK Japan JPN Kaiho Nakayama
42 DF Japan JPN Hayata Ishii DSP
43 GK Japan JPN Ryo Sakuma Type 2
44 DF Japan JPN Yuto Horiguchi Type 2
46 MF Japan JPN Haruto Yoshinari Type 2
47 MF Japan JPN Takuma Yoshii Type 2
48 DF Japan JPN Hijiri Taguchi Type 2
49 FW Japan JPN Yusei Uchida
50 FW Japan JPN Seiichiro Kubo DSP

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF Japan JPN Reo Yasunaga (on loan at Matsumoto Yamaga)
26 DF Japan JPN Hayate Matsuda (on loan at Germany Hannover 96)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Japan JPN Shoma Otoizumi (on loan at Nagano Parceiro)

Club officials

For the 2023 season.[3]

PositionName
Manager Japan Yoshimi Hamasaki
Assistant manager Japan Yoshitaka Yasuda
Japan Yuji Iida
Japan Toshimasa Toba
Japan Kazuki Kamizono
Japan Takuro Nishimura
Japan Daisuke Tomita
Japan Takuro Nishimura
First-team coach Japan Naoki Mori
Analyst & First-team coach Japan Ryosuke Sato
Coach Japan Daisuke Mori
Goalkeeper coach Japan Takahiro Kono
Japan Yuta Sumi
South Korea Pyeon Tae-hwi
Chief trainer and S&C coach Japan Tatsuya Doi
Trainer Japan Takahiro Yamada
Japan Toru Yaguchi
Conditioner and trainer Japan Yuki Nakamura
Competent Japan Hiromitsu Nonaka

Managerial history
ManagerNationalityTenure
StartFinish
Gert Engels Germany1 July 199030 January 1993
Yuji Nakano Japan1 January 199231 December 1997
Toshiya Miura Japan1 February 199831 January 1999
Branko Babić Serbia1 January 200031 December 2000
Hiroshi Kobayashi Japan1 February 200116. July 2001
Masaaki Kanno Japan17 July 200131 January 2003
Hideki Maeda Japan1 January 200331 December 2007
Takashi Kiyama Japan1 February 200831 January 2011
Tetsuji Hashiratani Japan1 February 20117 June 2015
Takayuki Nishigaya Japan27 June 201531 January 2018
Shigetoshi Hasebe Japan1 February 201831 January 2020
Tadahiro Akiba Japan1 February 202031 January 2023
Yoshimi Hamasaki[4] Japan1 February 2023–

Kit evolution
Home Jersey
2000 - 2002
2003 - 2004
2005
2006 - 2007
2008 - 2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021 -
2022
2023 -
Away Jersey
2000 - 2002
2003 - 2005
2006 - 2007
2008 - 2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 -

Images from the former home stadium
  • Home side goal seat section
    Home side goal seat section
  • Home side A seat section, with supporters
    Home side A seat section, with supporters
  • Mito vs. Sapporo, 18 November 2006
    Mito vs. Sapporo, 18 November 2006

References
  1. "水戸ホーリーホックアイスホッケー部".
  2. "トップチーム選手名鑑". 水戸ホーリーホック公式サイト. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. "2023シーズントップチームスタッフ体制のお知らせ". mito-hollyhock.net. Mito HollyHock. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  4. "濱崎芳己ヘッドコーチ 監督就任のお知らせ". mito-hollyhock.net (in Japanese). Mito HollyHock. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
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