Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth
北海道十勝スカイアース
Full nameHokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth
Founded1995 (1995)
GroundObihiro Forest Athletic Field
Obihiro, Hokkaido
Capacity8,400
ChairmanTakayuki Fujikawa
ManagerOsamu Yoshida
LeagueHokkaido Soccer League
20222nd of 8
WebsiteClub website

Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth (北海道十勝スカイアース, Hokkaidō Tokachi Sukaiāsu) is a football (soccer) club based in Obihiro, which is located in Hokkaido in Japan. They play in the Hokkaido Soccer League, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues.

History

Born in 1995 as Rude Boys, the club rapidly found promotions from Obihiro League to Prefectural Leagues. In 2006, a new name was established with Fair Sky FC, which was also promoted for the first time in the Hokkaido Soccer League.[1] The name of the club did not stay the same; it became the Tokachi Fairsky FC in 2014 and Tokachi FC in 2017.[2]

In 2005, the team won the Eastern Doto Block League and the Block League final tournament, which led to their promotion to the Hokkaido Soccer League. The following year, the club changed its name to Tokachi Fair Sky FC, which means “clear sky” in English and reflects the idea of “Tokachi sunny and fair, the sky that can be shared by the Tokachi football family”. In 2007, the name was changed to Tokachi Fair Sky Genesis under the sponsorship of “Genesis Co., Ltd.” but was relegated to the Doto Block League after finishing seventh in the Hokkaido League.

In 2008, they won the Eastern Doto Block League championship battling against Marseise FC until the final match and advanced to the Block League finals. However, they lost all three matches and finished in fourth place. In 2013, they participated in the All-Japan Adult Football Championship for the first time but lost to FC Korea in the first round. They also finished third in the Hokkaido Block League and did not return to the Hokkaido League.

In 2010, they changed their name back to Tokachi Fair Sky Genesis. They won the Doto Block League undefeated, finished first in the Block League Final Tournament, and returned to the Hokkaido Soccer League for the first time in four years.

In 2014, Genesis withdrew from its main sponsorship, so the club's name was changed back to Tokachi Fair Sky FC. In their first appearance at the 38th All Japan Regional Soccer League Final Tournament after winning their first Hokkaido League title, they were eliminated in the first round with three losses and no goals scored. They also represented Hokkaido at the fourth National Sports Festival. It was a historic moment for a Tokachi team to advance to a national sport.

In January 2016, Tokachi Fair Sky Hokkaido Sports Club was established as a general incorporated association, Tokachi Fair Sky Sports Club, which became the operating organization1. In 2017, the general incorporated association Tokachi Fair Sky Hokkaido Sports Club was dissolved, and the club's name was changed to Tokachi FC. In May, the company announced the signing of an operating agreement with Leaflass, the largest sports school for children in Japan. They announced that they will build a support system for the government and the region and promote an environment that meets the requirements for promotion to the JFL and entry of the J. League21. Former Verdy Kawasaki goalkeeper and Leaflass managing director Takayuki Fujikawa was appointed as the representative, and former Japan national team forward Shoji Shiro was appointed as the supervisor. In September, they represented Hokkaido at the 14th National Sports Festival and won the Hokkaido League championship for the second time in three years. In November, a new management organization, Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth Sports Co., Ltd., was established.

From 2018, the club's name was changed to Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth. In September, they won their second consecutive Hokkaido League title and participated in the All-Japan Regional Football Champions League 9 for the third time. They won for the first time in the history of the tournament but were eliminated in the first round in third place (two wins and three losses) in Group A. In November, representative Takayuki Fujikawa died of stomach cancer.

In 2019, Soichiro Kanazawa became the representative as a replacement for Fujikawa, who died in November of the previous year1, and supervisor Shoji Shiro became the general manager. They won their third consecutive Hokkaido League title and participated in the Regional Champions League for the fourth time but were eliminated in the first round after finishing fourth in Group B (losing all three matches).

In 2020, they won their fourth consecutive Hokkaido League title and participated in the Regional Champions League for the fourth consecutive year and fifth time overall. In the first round, they finished second in their group with two wins and a defeat and advanced to the final round for the first time, but in the final round they lost all three matches and finished in fourth place.

In 2021, after five games, the league was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. They participated in the regional Champions League because they were in first place at that time but were eliminated in the first round after finishing third in Group C (two draws and one defeat). In the Governor’s Cup All Roads Soccer Championship (Emperor’s Cup Hokkaido Qualifier) They beat Norblitz Hokkaido FC and participated in the Emperor’s Cup for the first time in the club’s history. In the first round they played J2 League Blaublitz Akita and won the match after a penalty shootout thus winning an Emperor’s Cup match for the first time. They lost to Jubilo Iwata in the next round and was eliminated from the tournament.

In 2022, they finished third in the Hokkaido League after losing one, drawing one and one loss to BTOP Thank Kuriyama and Norblitz Hokkaido FC, missing out on the regional CL for the first time in six years.

League record

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
SeasonLeaguePositionPWDLFAGDPts
2011 Hokkaido Soccer League 3rd1472523
2012 2nd141103 33
2013 2nd141022 32
2014 1st141211 37
2015 3rd141004 30
2016 2nd14932 30
2017 1st141022 32
2018 1st141301 39
2019 1st141220 38
2020 1st7700 21
2021 1st5500 15
2022 2nd141022 32
2023 TBA

Honours

Champions (5): 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Players

Current squad

As of 23 August 2023.[3]

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 Masahiro Uchino
2 DF Japan JPN Ryuhei Kudo
3 DF Japan JPN Tetsuto Yoshida
4 DF Japan JPN Yuki Uchiyama
5 DF Japan JPN Yuki Fukai
6 MF Japan JPN Yuya Nakamura
7 MF Japan JPN Shogo Nakahara
8 MF Japan JPN Toshiki Takagi
9 FW Japan JPN Ryosuke Yamashita
10 FW Japan JPN Yuto Matsuo
11 MF Japan JPN Koki Komatsu
13 DF Japan JPN Takumi Kawabe
14 MF Japan JPN Takuya Mizuno
15 MF Japan JPN Daiki Furukawa
16 MF Japan JPN Takumi Suhara
17 MF Japan JPN Yuta Kawamoto
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Japan JPN Kodai Ikeda
19 MF Japan JPN Rukia Sato
20 DF Japan JPN Koki Fujimura
21 GK Japan JPN Yuki Kaneko
22 DF Japan JPN Kodai Takenaka
23 MF Japan JPN Junya Goto
24 FW Japan JPN Kota Shimoda
25 FW Japan JPN Takahiko Nakayama
26 MF Japan JPN Naoto Kaizuka
27 MF Japan JPN Rui Aoki
28 MF Japan JPN Kota Watanabe
29 DF Japan JPN Haruku Kitsui
31 FW Japan JPN Soma Masaka
34 FW Japan JPN Tomoya Yokoyama
39 FW Japan JPN Junki Yokono
44 DF Japan JPN Yuto Nagasaka

Stadiums

References

  1. ↑ "とかちフェアスカイＦＣ、目標ＪＦＬ入り - 北海道ニュース : nikkansports.com". 8 March 2013. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "TOKACHI FAIRSKY F.C. OFFICIAL WEB SITE". 16 June 2014. Archived from the original on 16 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "チーム ｜ 北海道十勝スカイアース公式サイト". www.hokkaido-tokachi-skyearth.jp.
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