Mito HollyHock
Squad
- Koji Homma1999current
- Taiki Tsuruno2009current
- Yuki Shimada2009current
- Hironobu Ono2010current
- Shota Otsuka2010current
Takashi Kasahara2011current- Tsukasa Ozawa2011current
- Junya Hosokawa2012current
- Kohei Mishima2012current
- Kohei Uchida2012current
- Kosei Ishigami2012current
- Yuki Yamamura2012current
- Keisuke Funatani2014current
- Akihiro Hyodo2016current
Nguyễn Công Phượng2016current- Sho Sato2016current
- Hayate Matsuda2021current
- Ryosuke Maeda2022current
- Soki Tokuno2022current
- Keita Matsuda2023current
- Ren Inoue2023current
- Asuma Ikari2024current
- Kiichi Yamazaki2024current
- Sora Okita2024current
- Keisuke Tada2025current
- Kenta Itakura2025current
- Kotatsu Kawakami2025current
- Travis Takahashi2025current
Koki Ando2026current- Arata Watanabecurrent
- Chihiro Matobacurrent
Daiki Miyacurrent- Edson Bruno Hilariocurrent
- Eiji Shiraicurrent
- Hayata Ishiicurrent
- Hayata Yamamotocurrent
- Hiroshi Haizukacurrent
- Hiroshi Ninomiyacurrent
- Hiroyuki Maecurrent
Jakub Słowikcurrent- Jun Sunagacurrent
- Kai Matsuzakicurrent
- Kaito Hiratacurrent
- Kazuhiro Kawasumicurrent
- Kazuhiro Satocurrent
- Kenta Matsuyamacurrent
- Koichi Muratacurrent
- Konosuke Nishikawacurrent
- Kosuke Maruyamacurrent
- Kota Minamicurrent
- Kota Yamadacurrent
- Lee Kangcurrent
- Marcus Vinicius Almeida de Matoscurrent
- Masaaki Uekicurrent
- Mitsutada Ikedacurrent
- Ryo Hasegawacurrent
Ryotaro Itocurrent- Satoshi Yashirocurrent
- Seiichi Makitacurrent
- Shingo Kondocurrent
- Shota Fujiocurrent
- Shota Saitocurrent
Shuhei Matsubaracurrent- Taiki Tamukaicurrent
- Taisei Kadoguchicurrent
- Takaaki Kinoshitacurrent
- Takaki Sogacurrent
- Takashi Imotocurrent
- Takumi Tsukuicurrent
- Takuya Miyamotocurrent
- Yoshifumi Kanakubocurrent
- Yoshiyuki Morisakicurrent
- Yosuke Nakagawacurrent
- Yosuke Yuzawacurrent
- Yuichi Hiranocurrent
- Yuto Hiratsukacurrent
- Yuya Asanocurrent
- Nobuhisa Isono1995–2000
- Makoto Yamazaki1996–1997
- Jun Mizuno1997–2000
- Teppei Isaka1997–1998
- Ippei Watanabe1998–1998
- Masashi Miyamura1998–1998
- Toshimasa Toba1998–2003
- Yoshio Kitajima1998–2005
- Yoshiya Takemura1998–1999
- Yoshiyuki Takemoto1998–1998
- Hirohito Nakamura1999–2001
- Shigeo Onoue1999–2000
Takashi Kiyama1999–2002- Takehiro Otani1999–2001
- Taku Watanabe1999–2000
- Cleber Alexandre Gomes2000–2000
- Daisuke Sudo2000–2001
- Daisuke Tomita2000–2003
- Fumiaki Nakamura2000–2000
- João Paulo2000–2000
- Kazuaki Kamizono2000–2003
- Keiju Karashima2000–2001
- Kenichi Sugano2000–2001
- Kenji Kitahara2000–2000
- Leandro Perez2000–2000
- Michael Yano2000–2000
- Norio Murata2000–2000
- Nozomu Kanaguchi2000–2002
- Shugo Nishikawa2000–2000
- Sota Kasahara2000–2001
- Takashi Sambonsuge2000–2000
- Tomoaki Sano2000–2000
- Yasuhiro Yamamura2000–2000
- Yohei Takasu2000–2001
- Yoshio Kitagawa2000–2003
- An Sun-jin2001–2002
- Hwang Hak-sun2001–2003
- Keita Isozaki2001–2004
- Ken Ishikawa2001–2002
- Makoto Takeya2001–2001
- Masaaki Koido2001–2001
- Masahiro Ohashi2001–2001
- Masaki Ogawa2001–2003
- Masanori Kizawa2001–2004
- Masato Yamasaki2001–2003
- Nobuyasu Ikeda2001–2002
- Sin Byung-ho2001–2001
- Takayoshi Ono2001–2003
- Toshiki Koike2001–2001
- Yoichi Mori2001–2001
- Yu Kawamura2001–2001
- Hiroyuki Takeda2002–2007
- Kenji Hada2002–2006
- Kentaro Yoshida2002–2004
- Ryoji Yamanaka2002–2003
- Shohei Yamamoto2002–2003
- Taijiro Kurita2002–2005
- Tomotaka Fukagawa2002–2002
- Tsuyoshi Kaneko2002–2005
- Daisuke Kimori2003–2004
- Francisco Fernández2003–2003
- Frank Lobos2003–2003
- Go Kaburaki2003–2004
- Kazuki Sawada2003–2003
Marcus Tulio Tanaka2003–2003- Naoki Mori2003–2005
- Shogo Sakurai2003–2004
- Takafumi Yoshimoto2003–2007
- Toshiki Koike2003–2003
- Atsushi Matsuura2004–2004
- Kazuhiko Shingyoji2004–2008
- Kazushi Isoyama2004–2005
- Kinoto Saito2004–2006
- Kosuke Suda2004–2005
- Marcos Bonifacio da Rocha2004–2006
- Masashi Owada2004–2010
- Rikiya Kawamae2004–2004
- Shingo Morita2004–2005
- Shinobu Ito2004–2005
- Shohei Ogura2004–2007
- Shunta Nagai2004–2005
- Takamichi Seki2004–2005
- Toshihiro Yahata2004–2004
- Tsuyoshi Tanikawa2004–2004
- Yasutaka Kobayashi2004–2004
- Yuichi Shibakoya2004–2004
- Yuya Iwadate2004–2007
- Derlis Florentín2005–2005
- Hiroshi Kichise2005–2005
- José Fábio Santos de Oliveira2005–2005
- Kim Ki-su2005–2007
- Kota Fukatsu2005–2005
- Manabu Watanabe2005–2006
- Masateru Akita2005–2006
- Shogo Nakai2005–2005
- Takafumi Kanazawa2005–2005
- Tomohisa Yoshida2005–2005
- Yoshinobu Harada2005–2010
- Yu Tokisaki2005–2006
- Anderson Andrade Antunes2006–2006
Daishi Hiramatsu2006–2008- Jungo Kono2006–2006
- Keisuke Mori2006–2006
- Kim Dong-chan2006–2007
- Kohei Nishino2006–2008
- Shogo Shiozawa2006–2008
- Shuta Takahashi2006–2006
- Takashi Kuramoto2006–2008
- Takeshi Kuwahara2006–2006
- Takuya Shiihara2006–2008
- Yoshikazu Suzuki2006–2008
- Yuki Okamoto2006–2006
- Yusuke Gondo2006–2006
- André Luiz de Souza Silva2007–2008
- Edinaldo Batista dos Santos2007–2007
- Hideyuki Nakamura2007–2010
- Hiroki Kato2007–2007
- Hiromasa Kanazawa2007–2009
- Jun Muramatsu2007–2009
- Jun Shimanuki2007–2008
- Kazuhiro Suzuki2007–2009
- Keisuke Endo2007–2011
- Kenichi Mori2007–2010
Shinya Hatta2007–2007- Takaaki Suzuki2007–2007
Hironori Ishikawa2008–2008- Keisuke Hoshino2008–2010
- Kento Hori2008–2009
- Kento Tsurumaki2008–2008
- Masahiro Takahashi2008–2008
- Mitsuru Mansho2008–2009
- Naoto Ishikawa2008–2009
Park Jong-jin2008–2008
Park Joo-ho2008–2008- Shinichi Shuto2008–2009
Takafumi Akahoshi2008–2008- Takuro Kikuoka2008–2009
- Tomoyuki Arata2008–2009
- Yoichi Akiba2008–2008
Yu Kobayashi2008–2008- Yuki Ozawa2008–2009
- Hiroki Kato2009–2013
- Hiroyuki Takasaki2009–2009
- Kim Tae-yeon2009–2009
Kohei Shimoda2009–2010- Kohei Yamamoto2009–2009
- Kota Morimura2009–2010
- Kota Yoshihara2009–2013
- Shunichi Nakajima2009–2009
- Sunao Hozaki2009–2011
- Junki Koike2010–2011
- Kenta Nishioka2010–2014
- Kento Shiratani2010–2010
- Masahiro Ohashi2010–2010
- Masato Katayama2010–2010
- Satoshi Nakayama2010–2010
- Satoshi Tokiwa2010–2011
- Sho Murata2010–2012
- Yuji Fujikawa2010–2010
- Yuji Sakuda2010–2010
- Frank Romero2011–2012
- Jumpei Obata2011–2011
Kei Omoto2011–2014- Kenji Dai2011–2012
- Masaya Suzuki2011–2011
- Sai Kanakubo2011–2012
Sho Kamimura2011–2011- Takayuki Suzuki2011–2014
- Tatsuya Okamoto2011–2012
Tsukasa Shiotani2011–2012- Yuji Iida2011–2013
- Yuki Okada2011–2013
- Daisuke Ichikawa2012–2012
- Kenta Hoshihara2012–2012
- Kim Yong-gi2012–2013
- Koji Hashimoto2012–2013
- Naoki Wako2012–2013
- Yohei Sakai2012–2012
- Yuto Suzuki2012–2015
- Daisuke Tomita2013–2014
- Fumiya Kogure2013–2013
- Gakuto Kondo2013–2013
- Hiroaki Namba2013–2013
- Keisuke Funatani2013–2013
Ryo Shinzato2013–2015- Kenji Baba2014–2014
- Kenji Koyano2014–2015
- Kim Song-gi2014–2015
- Makito Yoshida2014–2014
- Osmar Francisco2014–2014
- Takahiro Nakazato2014–2014
Yudai Tanaka2014–2015- Hayato Ikegaya2015–2016
- Ken Iwao2015–2015
- Kenji Baba2015–2015
- Ko Shimura2015–2015
- Makito Yoshida2015–2015
- Musashi Suzuki2015–2015
- Park Kwang-il2015–2015
- Frank Romero2016–2016
- Hiroki Bandai2016–2017
- Musashi Suzuki2016–2016
Daizen Maeda2017–2017
Keita Saito2017–2019- Ryohei Hayashi2017–2017
- Boniface Nduka2018–2020
Koki Ogawa2019–2019- Takaki Fukumitsu2019–2019
- Akira Ando2020–2020
- Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi2020–2021
- Takaya Inui2020–2020
- Naoki Tsubaki2022–2022
- John Higashi2023–2023
- Tatsuya Tabira2024–2024
Mito HollyHock is a professional football club based in Mito, Japan.
The club competes in the J1 League, Japan's top football division.
Mito HollyHock clinched the 2025 J2 League title, marking their first major trophy in history.
Biography
Formation and Early Years
Mito HollyHock, a professional football club based in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, was established in 1990 as Prima Aseno Football Club by factory workers from Prima Ham, a food company. The club initially competed in local leagues and underwent a name change to Prima Ham Tsuchiura after gaining promotion to the Japan Football League in 1996, following a strong performance as runner-up in the Regional League play-off. In 1997, the club merged with FC Mito, which had been founded in 1994, and rebranded itself as Mito HollyHock when Prima Ham ceased its financial support.
Rise to Prominence
Mito HollyHock faced challenges in their early years, including a rejection from the inaugural 1999 J. League Division 2 season due to financial instability and low attendance. However, the club's fortunes changed when they finished third in the Japan Football League in 1999, leading to their invitation to join the J. League in 2000. Throughout their time in the J2 League, Mito HollyHock consistently performed in the mid-table, achieving their highest placements of 7th in both 2003 and 2019.
Recent Achievements
The club reached a significant milestone in 2025 by clinching the J2 League title, marking their first major trophy in history. This achievement not only showcased their determination but also secured their promotion to the J1 League for the first time, culminating in a decisive 2-0 victory against Oita Trinita on the final matchday of the season. Mito HollyHock's journey reflects their resilience and growth within Japanese football, establishing them as a competitive force in the J1 League.
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Career & Clubs
The club was founded in 1990 as Prima Aseno Football Club by the factory workers of Prima Ham (a food company) in Tsuchiura. It changed its name to Prima Ham 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 instability, 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. During their time in the J2 League, the club finished through the mid-table, with their highest placement being 7th in 2003 and 2019.
First ever piece of silverware and promotion to the top flight
Mito ended the 2025 J2 League season with high determination and flying colours after managing to win the league which is also the club first major honours in their history. Despite tying with league runners-up V-Varen Nagasaki with 70 points total, Mito won the league winning one game more than V-Varen Nagasaki. Mito were then promoted to the J1 League for the first time, after securing a 2−0 victory against Oita Trinita on the final gameweek of the season and also ending…
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Identifiers & aliases
Mito HollyHock is a Japanese professional association football club located in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture. The club currently competes in the J1 League after clinching the 2025 J2 League title.
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