2023 Mito HollyHock season

Mito HollyHock
2023 season
Chairman	Kunio Numata
Manager	Yoshimi Hamasaki
Stadium	K's denki Stadium Mito
J2 League	17th
Emperor's Cup	Second round
	← 2022 2024 →
	All statistics correct as of 18 May 2023.

The 2023 season is Mito HollyHock's 29th season in existence and the club's 23rd consecutive season in the second division of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Mito HollyHock will participate in this season's edition of the Emperor's Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 17 May 2023.^[1]

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	JPN	Koji Homma
2	DF	JPN	Koki Gotoda
3	DF	JPN	Koshi Osaki
4	DF	PHI	Jefferson Tabinas
5	DF	JPN	Takumi Kusumoto
6	MF	JPN	Kenshin Takagishi
7	MF	JPN	Hidetoshi Takeda (on loan from Urawa Reds)
8	MF	JPN	Reo Yasunaga
9	FW	JPN	Mizuki Ando
10	MF	JPN	Ryosuke Maeda
11	FW	JPN	Yuki Kusano
14	MF	JPN	Motoki Ohara (on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
16	MF	JPN	Ren Inoue
17	MF	JPN	Ryo Niizato
19	MF	JPN	Koichi Murata
20	FW	JPN	Kaito Umeda


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	JPN	Nao Yamada
22	DF	JPN	Kazuma Nagai
23	FW	JPN	Shimon Teranuma
25	MF	JPN	Fumiya Unoki (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol)
26	DF	JPN	Hayate Matsuda
28	GK	JPN	Louis Yamaguchi
29	DF	JPN	Yota Tanabe
30	FW	JPN	Soki Tokuno ^DSP
33	GK	JPN	Ryusei Haruna
34	MF	JPN	Fumiya Sugiura
35	GK	JPN	John Higashi (on loan from Nagoya Grampus)
38	FW	JPN	Shoji Toyama (on loan from Gamba Osaka)
39	MF	JPN	Kaiyo Yanagimachi
40	DF	JPN	Takaya Kuroishi
41	GK	JPN	Kaiho Nakayama
49	FW	JPN	Yusei Uchida

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
—	DF	JPN	Keita Matsuda (on loan at FC Osaka)
—	MF	JPN	Shoma Otoizumi (on loan at Nagano Parceiro)

Transfers

Transfers in^[2]
Join on	Pos.	Player	Moving from	Transfer type
16 May	GK	John Higashi	Nagoya Grampus	Loan transfer
Pre-season	GK	Ryusei Haruna	Cerezo Osaka U18s	Free transfer
Pre-season	DF	Keita Matsuda	Toyo University	Free transfer
Pre-season	DF	Kazuma Nagai	Kyoto Sanga	Full transfer
Pre-season	DF	Yota Tanabe	Ococias Kyoto	Loan return
Pre-season	MF	Reo Yasunaga	Yokohama FC	Full transfer
Pre-season	MF	Ren Inoue	Toyo University	Free transfer
Pre-season	MF	Hidetoshi Takeda	Urawa Red Diamonds	Loan transfer
Pre-season	MF	Motoki Ohara	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Loan transfer
Pre-season	FW	Yuki Kusano	FC Ryukyu	Full transfer
Pre-season	FW	Shimon Teranuma	Toin University of Yokohama	Free transfer
Pre-season	FW	Yusei Uchida	Mito HollyHock U18s	Promotion

Transfers out
Leave on	Pos.	Player	Moving to	Transfer type
17 Mar	DF	Keita Matsuda	FC Osaka	Loan transfer
Pre-season	GK	Akihito Ozawa	Blaublitz Akita	Free transfer
Pre-season	DF	Yuto Mori	Kamatamare Sanuki	Full transfer
Pre-season	DF	Yoshitake Suzuki	Fagiano Okayama	Full transfer
Pre-season	DF	Leonard Brodersen	Teutonia Ottensen	Free transfer
Pre-season	DF	SteviaEgbus Mikuni	FC Gifu	Free transfer
Pre-season	MF	Yutaka Soneda	Ehime FC	Full transfer
Pre-season	MF	Kaito Hirata	ReinMeer Aomori	Free transfer
Pre-season	MF	Shoma Otoizumi	Nagano Parceiro	Loan transfer
Pre-season	MF	Naoki Tsubaki	Yokohama F. Marinos	Loan expiration
Pre-season	MF	Kodai Dohi	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Loan expiration
Pre-season	MF	Jun Kanakubo	–	Retirement
Pre-season	FW	Kosuke Kinoshita	Kyoto Sanga	Full transfer

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
J2 League	19 February 2023	12 November 2023	Matchday 1	20	6	5	9	22	36	−14	030.00
Emperor's Cup	7 June 2023		Second round	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Total				21	7	5	9	23	36	−13	033.33

Last updated: 11 June 2023
Source: Soccerway

J2 League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Tokushima Vortis	42	10	19	13	43	53	−10	49
16	Vegalta Sendai	42	12	12	18	48	61	−13	48
17	Mito HollyHock	42	11	14	17	49	66	−17	47
18	Iwaki FC	42	12	11	19	45	69	−24	47
19	Tochigi SC	42	10	14	18	39	47	−8	44

Source: Meiji Yasuda J2 League, J.League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goal scored; 7) Fair-play points.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	4	5	7	16	30	−14	17	1	3	4	10	20	−10	3	2	3	6	10	−4

Last updated: 11 June 2023.
Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	L
Position	10	12	13	18	20	21	17	18	16	18	15	16	18	15	16	17

Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 2023. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 January 2023.^[3]

18 February 2023 1	Shimizu S-Pulse	0–0	Mito HollyHock	Shimizu
12:00	Ibayashi 38'	Report	Murata 55'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 14,324 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

26 February 2023 2	Mito HollyHock	2–2	Iwaki FC	Mito
13:00	Umeda 54' Teranuma 68'	Report	Miyamoto 37' Tanimura 59' Arita 74'	Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito Attendance: 5,028 Referee: Yuzo Sutani

5 March 2023 3	Mito HollyHock	1–1	Fagiano Okayama	Mito
13:00	Tabinas 8' Takeda 50'	Report	Kimura 42'	Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito Attendance: 3,104 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takeyama

12 March 2023 4	Machida Zelvia	3–0	Mito HollyHock	Machida
12:00	Erik 14' Takae 56' Takahashi 64' Araki 76'	Report	Ando 26'	Stadium: Machida GION Stadium Attendance: 3,882 Referee: Koei Koya

19 March 2023 5	Blaublitz Akita	1–1	Mito HollyHock	Akita
12:00	Mizutani 33' Morooka 45'	Report	Yamada 6' Unoki 14' Umeda 76' Teranuma 90+2'	Stadium: Soyu Stadium Attendance: 2,955 Referee: Keisuke Nobori

26 March 2023 6	Mito HollyHock	2–4	Ventforet Kofu	Mito
14:00	Ohara 32' Teranuma 77'	Report	Matsumoto 31' 39' Mitsuhira 48' Utaka 49', 90+1' Inoue 58' Miyazaki 90+4'	Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito Attendance: 2,475 Referee: Dai Matsumoto

2 April 2023 7	Montedio Yamagata	0–1	Mito HollyHock	Tendō
13:00	Kokubu 34' Yamada 47'	Report	Matsuda 36' Takeda 86'	Stadium: ND Soft Stadium Yamagata Attendance: 6,916 Referee: Keigo Sendachi

8 April 2023 8	Mito HollyHock	1–5	Júbilo Iwata	Mito
16:00	Tabinas 27' Teranuma 70' Matsuda 90+2'	Report	Dudu Pacheco 8', 16' Uehara 35' Matsubara 58' Goto 59' Ogawa 84'	Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito Attendance: 4,002 Referee: Atsushi Kamimura

12 April 2023 9	Tokushima Vortis	0–2	Mito HollyHock	Naruto
19:00	Watari 14'	Report	Toyama 33', 59' Takeda 69' Kusumoto 72'	Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium Attendance: 3,304 Referee: Reo Tanaka

16 April 2023 10	Mito HollyHock	1–4	Fujieda MYFC	Mito
15:00	Osaki 73'	Report	Watanabe 15' Mizuno 43' Ogasawara 67' Yamura 78'	Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito Attendance: 2,433 Referee: Tomokazu Sato

23 April 2023 11	Oita Trinita	0–1	Mito HollyHock	Oita
14:00		Report	Maeda 45+2' Sugiura 55' Yamaguchi 83'	Stadium: Resonac Dome Oita Attendance: 8,273 Referee: Yosuke Kubota

29 April 2023 12	Mito HollyHock	0–2	Tokyo Verdy	Mito
17:00	Yamada 6'	Report	Engels 4' Tsunashima 18' Miyahara 45+1' Fukazawa 79' Vásquez 83' Hayashi 90+4'	Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito Attendance: 3,656 Referee: Koji Takasaki

3 May 2023 13	V-Varen Nagasaki	4–0	Mito HollyHock	Isahaya
14:00	Kushibiki 39' Kato 45' Clayson 66' Cristiano da Silva 78'	Report		Stadium: Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki Attendance: 12,413 Referee: Hirokazu Otsubo

7 May 2023 14	Mito HollyHock	1–0	Vegalta Sendai	Mito
15:00	Kusano 50'	Report	Akiyama 60'	Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito Attendance: 2,886 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

13 May 2023 15	Mito HollyHock	2–2	Tochigi SC	Mito
17:00	Ohara 59' Kusano 81'	Report	Yano 14' Fukumori 67' 14' Okazaki 82' Miyazaki 90+2'	Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito Attendance: 3,350 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

17 May 2023 16	Thespakusatsu Gunma	2–1	Mito HollyHock	Maebashi
19:00	Hiramatsu 64' Kawakami 75'	Report	Umeda 6'	Stadium: Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma Attendance: 2,090 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

21 May 2023 17	Mito HollyHock	0–3	Roasso Kumamoto	Mito
15:00		Report	Ishikawa 7', 54' Kamimura 76'	Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito Attendance: 2,995 Referee: Keisuke Nobori

28 May 2023 18	Mito HollyHock	0–1	Renofa Yamaguchi	Mito
15:00		Report	Tanaka 61' (pen.)	Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito Attendance: 2,988 Referee: Reo Tanaka

3 June 2023 19	Omiya Ardija	v	Mito HollyHock	Saitama
14:00		Report		Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya

11 June 2023 20	Mito HollyHock	v	JEF United Chiba	Mito
16:00		Report		Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito

17 June 2023 21	Zweigen Kanazawa	v	Mito HollyHock	Kanazawa
18:00		Report		Stadium: Ishikawa Kanazawa Stadium

24 June 2023 22	Mito HollyHock	v	Machida Zelvia	Mito
18:00		Report		Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito

Emperor's Cup

7 June 2023 Second round	Mito HollyHock	1–0	Renofa Yamaguchi	Mito
19:00	Toyama 88'	Report Report		Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito Attendance: 902 Referee: Takuto Okabe

References

^ "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.
^ "NEWS". Mito HollyHock (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
^ FromOne co., Ltd. "【日程一覧】2023明治安田生命J2リーグ". サッカーキング.

External links

Official website

[1] "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.

[2] "NEWS". Mito HollyHock (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 December 2022.

[3] FromOne co., Ltd. "【日程一覧】2023明治安田生命J2リーグ". サッカーキング.

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