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Minebea Mitsumi FC

Japanese football club

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clubname	Minebea Mitsumi FC
ミネベアミツミFC
fullname	Minebea Mitsumi Football Club
founded	as Honda Lock SC
stadium	Miyazaki Ikime no Mori Ivy Stadium
Miyazaki
capacity	11,000
owner	MinebeaMitsumi, Inc.
manager	Yosuke Miyaji
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position
website	https://minebeamitsumi-fc.com/
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ミネベアミツミFC Miyazaki

Minebea Mitsumi FC, formerly Honda Lock SC are a Japanese football (soccer) club based in Miyazaki, the capital city of Miyazaki Prefecture. They play in the Japan Football League, Japanese 4th tier of league football. Their team colour is blue.

History

Former logo of Honda Lock SC

The club was founded in 1964 by the factory workers of Honda Lock Manufacturing Co., an affiliate company of Honda Motor. They were promoted to the Kyushu Regional League in 1997 and acquired official backing from the company in 1999. They won the Kyushu Regional League in 2004 and were accepted by the Japan Football League following the Regional League promotion series.

They spent two years in the JFL but were relegated to the Kyūshū Regional League for the 2007 season after they lost to F.C. Gifu in the promotion/relegation play-offs.

Honda Lock returned to the JFL in 2009 after placing third in the 2008 Regional League promotion series.

Honda Lock SC changed its name to Minebea Mitsumi FC ahead of 2023 season, with Japanese Multinational corporation and a major producer of machinery components and electronics devices MinebeaMitsumi, taking over the club. The deal was completed on 27 January 2023. Regarding Honda Lock SC, Honda Lock Co. Ltd. a shareholder and MinebeaMitsumi Co. Ltd. entered into a share transfer agreement for the acquisition of shares of Honda Lock became a subsidiary.

Changes in club name

Honda Lock SC : 1964–2022
Minebea Mitsumi FC : 2023–present

Stadiums

League & cup record

Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Promoted	Relegated

League	Emperor's
Cup	Season	Division	Tier	Teams	Pos.	P	W (PK)	D	L (PK)	F	A	GD	Pts	Attendance/G
As Honda Lock SC
2003	KSL	4	12	6th	22	8 (2)	-	9 (3)	40	44	-4	31		Did not qualify
2004	4	10	1st	18	14 (2)	-	1 (1)	52	16	36	47		3rd round
2005	JFL	3	16	15th	30	3	6	21	38	79	-41	15		4th round
2006	18	18th	34	5	7	22	39	86	-47	22		Did not qualify
2007	KSL	4	11	2nd	20	17	-	2 (1)	76	19	57	52		3rd round
2008	10	3rd	18	14 (2)	-	2	62	14	48	46		3rd round
2009	JFL	3	18	13th	34	9	13	12	34	38	-4	40		3rd round
2010	18	13th	34	10	12	12	36	39	-3	42		2nd round
2011	18	8th	33	12	11	10	47	45	2	52		2nd round
2012	17	16th	32	7	7	18	28	56	-28	28		Did not qualify
2013	18	18th	34	6	11	17	25	47	-22	29
2014	4	14	10th	26	7	6	13	31	52	-21	27		2nd round
2015	16	9th	30	11	7	12	31	37	-6	40		Did not qualify
2016	16	3rd	30	17	8	5	46	23	23	59		1st round
2017	16	8th	30	9	7	14	36	46	-10	34		Did not qualify
2018	16	14th	30	6	11	13	29	52	-23	29
2019	16	6th	30	10	11	9	41	39	2	41		2nd round
2020	16	12th	15	5	4	6	19	25	-6	19		Did not qualify
2021	17	16th	32	6	9	17	26	48	-22	27		2nd round
	2022	16	10th	30	10	6	14	33	33	0	36		2nd round
As Minebea Mitsumi FC
2023	JFL	4	15	12th	28	8	7	13	35	44	-9	31		Did not qualify
2024	16	16th	30	5	7	18	25	48	-23	22
2025	16	10	30	9	7	14	40	41	-1	34	513
2026–27	16	TBD	30									TBD

;Key

Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained
Attendance/G = Average league home attendance
Source: JFL

Honours

Honour	No.	Years	Notes	Kyushu Soccer League
1	2004	As Honda Lock SC

Current squad

As of 7 April 2024. – Do NOT add new players before their signing is officially announced by the club through their website, including medical and signing the contract. A transfer fee agreed doesn't mean the player will sign. – Do NOT remove players before their exit is officially announced by the club. – Do NOT add or change squad numbers until it is official on the Honda Lock SC website – Only add numberless players that are likely to become part of the first team – Pre-season numbers can be added temporarily with A REFERENCE – This is Wikipedia, not a football newspaper. Anything unconfirmed and unsourced will be removed on sight

Coaching Staff

Position	Name
Manager	JPN Yosuke Miyaji
Assistant Managers	JPN Tsuneyuki Ueda
JPN Kenichi Nakayama
JPN Naoya Oyama

Managerial history

Manager	Tenure	Start
Hisashi Hiroike	1 February 2009	31 January 2011
Ryuichi Ikeda	1 February 2011	12 September 2011
Norita Ochiai	13 September 2011	22 September 2011
Kazunori Jo	23 September 2011	31 January 2013
Masashi Kawashima	1 January 2013	31 December 2013
Ittetsu Idogawa	1 February 2014	31 January 2016
Kenji Taniguchi	1 February 2016	31 January 2019
Shinya Shirakawa	1 February 2019	10 June 2020
Yōsuke Miyaji	11 June 2020	Current

References

Info: Wikipedia Source

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