Tohoku derby

{{Short description|Matches played between association football clubs of Tohoku region, Japan}} thumb|150px|Tohoku Six Prefectures '''Tohoku derby''' (東北ダービー) refers to matches played between professional football clubs of Tohoku region, Japan. This area consists of six prefectures<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tohoku - Japan's Regional Strength |url=https://www.japan.go.jp/regions/tohoku.html |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=JapanGov |language=en}}</ref> and such clubs include Vanraure Hachinohe,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Orlowitz |first=Dan |date=2018-11-20 |title=J. League grants Vanraure Hachinohe entry as 55th club |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2018/11/20/soccer/j-league/j-league-grants-vanraure-hachinohe-entry-55th-club/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=The Japan Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Iwate Grulla Morioka,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jleague.jp/news/article/15315/|title=順延となっていた東北ダービーは2-0で岩手に軍配！敗れた福島は6試合ぶりに敗戦【サマリー：明治安田Ｊ３第13節】：Ｊリーグ.jp|website=Ｊリーグ.jp（日本プロサッカーリーグ）}}</ref> Vegalta Sendai,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hochi.news/articles/20230503-OHT1T51167.html|title=仙台ＶＳ秋田の東北ダービーは２―２痛み分け…後半ロスタイムに仙台ＤＦ菅田が決め追いつく|date=May 3, 2023|website=スポーツ報知}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vegalta Sendai |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/tag/vegalta-sendai/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=The Japan Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Blaublitz Akita,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blaublitz Akita |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/tag/blaublitz-akita/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=The Japan Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Montedio Yamagata,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Montedio Yamagata |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/tag/montedio-yamagata/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=The Japan Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Fukushima United FC, and Iwaki FC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.minyu-net.com/news/iwakifc/shiai/FM20230314-763858.php|title=いわきＦＣ、Ｊ２初勝利東北ダービー！仙台破る、勝ち点３獲得|website=福島民友新聞社}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Coskrey |first=Jason |date=2016-01-15 |title=Iwaki FC owners aiming for the stars with new club |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/01/15/soccer/j-league/iwaki-fc-owners-aiming-for-the-stars-with-new-club/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=The Japan Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Historically, the most significant are games which were played between Vegalta and Montedio ('''Michinoku derby'''),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jleague.co/news/montedio-open-dedicated-michinoku-derby-site/|title=Montedio open dedicated Michinoku Derby site | News|website=J.LEAGUE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MICHINOKU DERBY |url=https://twitter.com/sendai___21/status/573390595760128001 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref> the two most successful of Tohoku's football clubs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldsoccer.com/world-soccer-latest/derby-day-j-league-style-340676|title=Derby day, J. League style|first=World|last=Soccer|date=May 19, 2013}}</ref> The Blaublitz vs Montedio derby is called '''Ōu Honsen''' and played in the former Dewa Province.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blaublitz.jp/whatsnew/97980.html|title=東北日本海側の最強を決める戦い「奥羽本戦」開催のお知らせ | ブラウブリッツ秋田|website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ}}</ref> The '''Nambu derby''' is a football rivalry between Vanraure and Grulla, both teams are based in old Nambu domain territory.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-08 |title=【5/14(日)いわてグルージャ盛岡戦～南部ダービー～】ホーム戦情報（PLAYERS TICKET） {{!}} ヴァンラーレ八戸FCオフィシャルサイト |url=https://vanraure.net/archives/692364 |access-date=2023-05-11 |language=ja}}</ref> The '''Fukushima derby''' is the match in the Prefecture, between Fukushima United and Iwaki FC.<ref>{{Cite web |title=【アウェイ（福島ダービー）】8/20（土）2022明治安田生命J3リーグ第21節（VS いわきFC）の観戦情報について※8/13更新 |url=https://fufc.jp/news/11115/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=福島ユナイテッドFC 公式サイト｜FUKUSHIMA UNITED FC OFFICIAL WEBSITE |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=いわきFC |date=2022-07-31 |title=[いわきFC OfficialSite] 8/20(土) 福島ダービーいわきFC×福島ユナイテッドFCコラボ企画 |url=https://iwakifc.com/news/2022/0731_020703.php |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=いわきFC OfficialSite |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=いわきＦＣ快勝で首位堅持Ｊ３福島ダービー、福島Ｕは今季７敗目 |url=https://www.minyu-net.com/news/iwakifc/shiai/FM20220821-723876.php |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=福島民友新聞社 |language=ja}}</ref>

==Tohoku derby Akita vs Sendai== {{Infobox sports rivalry | name = Tohoku derby Akita vs Sendai | other names = Kurikoma derby | image = 200px200px | caption = Mascot Vegatta<ref>{{Cite web |title=クラブプロフィール |url=https://www.vegalta.co.jp/club/profile.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=ベガルタ仙台オフィシャルサイト |language=ja}}</ref> and Blaugon<ref>{{Cite web |title=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式マスコットが決定いたしました！ {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/whatsnew/4144.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> | team1 = TDK | team2 = Tohoku Electric Power | team3 = Blaublitz Akita | team1logo = TDK-Logo.svg | team2logo = Tōhoku-Denryoku-Logo.svg | team3logo = Blaublitz Akita letter logo (cropped).png | team4 = Vegalta Sendai | team4logo = Vegalta Sendai letter logo.jpg | city or region = {{flagicon|JPN}} Akita Prefecture {{flagicon|JPN}} Miyagi Prefecture | first contested = Tohoku Electric Power 3–0 TDK (1991) | teams involved = Blaublitz Akita Vegalta Sendai | most wins = Vegalta Sendai 12 | most player appearances = | top scorer = | mostrecent = Akita 0-0 Sendai J2 League (16 March 2024) | nextmeeting = 6 October 2024 | total = 18 | league = | series = Sendai: 12 Drawn: 5 Akita:1 | regularseason = | postseason = | largestvictory = Sendai 8–0 Akita 1994 Tohoku Soccer League | broadcasters = Akita Broadcasting System<ref>{{Cite web |last=ABS |date=13 March 2024 |title=ブラウブリッツ秋田×ベガルタ仙台 |url=https://twitter.com/ABS_PR_AKITA/status/1766297863976636479 |access-date=13 March 2024}}</ref> | stadiums = Yurtec Stadium Sendai Soyu Stadium | map_location = Japan Tohoku | map_label1 = '''Blaublitz Akita''' | map_label2 = '''TDK''' | map_label3 = '''Vegalta Sendai''' | map_label4 = '''Tohoku Electric Power''' | coordinates1 = {{coord|39.720833|140.095556|name='''Blaublitz Akita'''}} | coordinates2 = {{coord|39.26775|139.928306|name='''TDK'''}} | coordinates3 = {{coord|38.319167|140.881806|name='''Vegalta Sendai'''}} | coordinates4 = {{coord|38.343333|140.973139|name='''Tohoku Electric Power'''}} | map_label1_position = top | map_label2_position = left | map_label3_position = bottom | map_label4_position = top | map_caption = Location of the two teams' stadia in Tohoku Region }} {{Infobox football club |clubname =Home kit |pattern_name1 =Akita Home |pattern_la1= _Blaublitz Akita 2024 HOME FP |pattern_b1= _Blaublitz Akita 2024 HOME FP |pattern_ra1= _Blaublitz Akita 2024 HOME FP |pattern_sh1= _Blaublitz Akita 2024 HOME FP |pattern_so1= _Blaublitz Akita 2024 HOME FP |leftarm1= |body1= |rightarm1= |shorts1=0044FF |socks1=0044FF |pattern_name2 = Sendai Home |pattern_la2= _VEGALTA SENDAI 2024 HOME FP |pattern_b2= _VEGALTA SENDAI 2024 HOME FP |pattern_ra2= _VEGALTA SENDAI 2024 HOME FP |pattern_sh2= _VEGALTA SENDAI 2024 HOME FP |pattern_so2= _VEGALTA SENDAI 2024 HOME FP |leftarm2=FFFFFF |body2=FFFFFF |rightarm2=FFFFFF |shorts2=FFFFFF |socks2=FFEE00 }} The ''' Tohoku derby''' Akita vs Sendai, also referred to as the '''Kurikoma derby''', is a footballing rivalry played between Blaublitz Akita and Vegalta Sendai, both professional J.League teams from the cities in the Tohoku, Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=【仙台】「東北ダービー」ドローで勝ち点「１」昨季２戦負けなし東北勢に「3度目の正直」許さず - Ｊ２ : 日刊スポーツ |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/news/202305030001955.html |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=nikkansports.com |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=【ベガルタ仙台】秋田との東北ダービーは両チーム譲らぬ白熱の展開１万５０００人超のサポーター集結 |url=https://www.mmt-tv.co.jp/nnn/news105l1xpb2oe5eggxcrx.html |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=www.mmt-tv.co.jp |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ベガルタ仙台「終了ホイッスル目前」に追いつき秋田とドロー {{!}} tbcニュース│tbc東北放送 (1ページ) |url=https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/tbc/468616?display=1 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=newsdig.tbs.co.jp}}{{dead link|date=February 2024|bot=medic}}</ref> The latest meeting between the two sides took place on 3 May 2023, and ended in a draw<ref>{{Citation |title=【公式ハイライト】ベガルタ仙台 vs ブラウブリッツ秋田（2023明治安田生命J2リーグ第13節） |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtS7fK3_T-I |access-date=2023-05-17 |language=en}}</ref> attracting a crowd of 15,026.

===Historical Background=== The sports rivalry between Akita and Sendai likely originated from the Boshin Civil War and battles that lasted for months, which later expanded into football and basketball. On 4 July 1868, 12 Sendai feudal retainers in their lodgins were killed by impetuous young samurai from Akita and their heads were mounted for display on Kawabata's bridge in Kubota, Akita.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Asahi Shimbun |date=2018-06-21 |title=宮城）戊辰戦争、巻き込まれた先祖の墓無名足軽の悲劇：朝日新聞デジタル |url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASL6M6F0CL6MUNHB01J.html?iref=ogimage_rek |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=朝日新聞デジタル |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=大仙市 |date=2018-08-19 |title=仙台藩の視点から |url=https://www.city.daisen.lg.jp/docs/2020062600039/file_contents/siryou02.pdf |access-date=2023-05-19}}</ref> This incident caused the Akita War.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Turnbull |first=Stephen |title=Once We Were Warriors:The Re-awakening of the Samurai Tradition in the 1868 Boshin War's Akita-Shonai Campaign |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/aiugr/3/0/3_1/_pdf |access-date=2023-05-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-04 |title=秋田戦争で多大な被害を被った久保田藩～戊辰戦争で奥羽越列藩同盟を離脱し新政府側軍となった結果とは？ |url=https://www.mapple.net/articles/bk/17812/?pg=2 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=まっぷるトラベルガイド}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=チームふるさと |title=戊辰戦争 |url=https://sotsuken.core-akita.ac.jp/furusato/search/1_history/057_bosinnsennsou.html |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=sotsuken.core-akita.ac.jp |language=ja}}</ref> Sendai had been the largest municipality in the Ōshū,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sendai |first=仙台市役所 City of |title=仙台市ってどんなところ？ |url=https://www.city.sendai.jp/invest/profile/city.html |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=仙台市役所 City of Sendai |language=ja}}</ref> on the other hand, Akita had been the capital of Ushū<ref>{{Cite web| title=Reviving ancient exchanges | language=ja | url=https://www.city.akita.lg.jp/_res/projects/default_project/_page_/001/009/799/h27_a3_akimaro_yomigaerukodai.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420012933/https://www.city.akita.lg.jp/_res/projects/default_project/_page_/001/009/799/h27_a3_akimaro_yomigaerukodai.pdf | archive-date=2022-04-20}}</ref> with the Ōu's largest port of Tsuchizaki.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Takasaki |first=Masakazu |title=比楽湊・本吉湊（美川漁港）の「みなと文化」 |url=https://www.wave.or.jp/minatobunka/archives/report/039.pdf |access-date=2023-05-24}}</ref>

===Stadiums=== The game is usually hosted at Soyu Stadium and Yurtec Stadium Sendai. The two stadiums are approximately 170 km (106 miles) apart.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last= |title=ソユースタジアム · 日本、〒010-0974 秋田県秋田市八橋運動公園１−１０ |url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/%E3%82%BD%E3%83%A6%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0/@39.7215404,140.0936162,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x5f8fc2d0401e2467:0xb3e7034a91d2d116!8m2!3d39.7215404!4d140.0958049!16s/m/0h3lgl4?hl=ja |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=ソユースタジアム · 日本、〒010-0974 秋田県秋田市八橋運動公園１−１０ |language=ja-US}}</ref> Sendai is the largest city in the Ou region<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sendai |first=仙台市役所 City of |title=About Sendai City |url=https://www.city.sendai.jp/koryu/foreignlanguage/en/index.html |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=仙台市役所 City of Sendai |language=ja}}</ref> and the venues draw large home attendance. {|class="wikitable" !Team Name !Stadium !Capacity !Image |- !rowspan="3"style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita |Soyu Stadium |20,125 |none|200px |- |TDK Akita General Sports Center | | one|200px |- |Mizubayashi Athletic Field<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sakigake.jp/news/article/20210328AK0001/|title=旧ＪＳＬ戦ったＴＤＫのＯＢ、Ｊ２・ブラウブリッツに期待｜秋田魁新報電子版|website=秋田魁新報電子版|accessdate=2021-09-11}}</ref> |10,000<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.city.yurihonjo.lg.jp/yurihonjo-shc/sport/area/honjo/honjo_003.html|title=由利本荘市スポーツヘルスコミッション -大会・合宿は秋田県由利本荘市で！-|website=www.city.yurihonjo.lg.jp|accessdate=2021-09-11}}</ref> |none|200px |- !rowspan="3"style="color:#0000CD; background:#FFD700;" |Vegalta Sendai |Yurtec Stadium Sendai | 19,5265 |none|200px |- |Miyagi Soccer Field |10,000 |none|200px |- |Miyagi Athletic Stadium |30,000 |none|200px |- |}

===Past results=== Sendai overwhelmed the derby with 12 victories against Akita's 1 in the official meetings.

Statistics as of 3 May 2023 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Tournament ! style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Akita wins !! style="color:black; background:#FFFFCC;"|Draws !! style="color:#0000CD; background:#FFD700;"|Sendai wins !! Goal diff |- |- | Tohoku League | 0 || 2 || '''6''' || 9 - 30 |- | J2 League | 0 || 3 ||'''2''' || 3 - 6 |- | Emperor's Cup Preliminary | 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 - 5 |- | Zensha Preliminary | 0 || 0 || '''3 ''' || 2 - 14 |- | '''Total''' | 1 || 5 || '''12''' || 15 - 55 |}

====Tohoku Soccer League==== In 1980s TDK SC based in Nikaho, Akita joined the Japan Soccer League 2 and were relegated from the second tier.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sakigake.jp/news/article/20210328AK0001/|title = 旧Jsl戦ったTdkのOb、J2・ブラウブリッツに期待｜秋田魁新報電子版| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327220738/https://www.sakigake.jp/news/article/20210328AK0001/ | archive-date=2021-03-27 }}</ref> The derby was first contested in 1991 when Sendai club, Tohoku Electric Power, was promoted to Tohoku Soccer League. The two teams did not play each other in the league again until the 2022 J2 League season after Sendai's relegation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ベガルタ仙台はなぜ13季ぶり降格となったのか。その敗北は必然だった｜Jリーグ他｜集英社スポルティーバ公式サイト web Sportiva |url=https://sportiva.shueisha.co.jp/clm/football/jleague_other/2021/11/21/13/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=集英社のスポーツ総合雑誌スポルティーバ公式サイト web Sportiva |language=ja}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center; font-size:100%;" !Season!!Date!!colspan="2"|(Stage/)Week!!Location!!Home!!Score!!Away!!Attendance |- |rowspan="2"|1991||-||rowspan="8"|T||-||Miyagi Prefecture||style="color:white; background:#008A57;"|'''Tohoku Electric Power'''||style="color:white; background:#008A57;"|3 - 0||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|TDK||align=right|-<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.montedio.or.jp/archive_log/record_2_91.htm|title=モンテディオ山形オフィシャルウェブサイト|date=May 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525234538/http://www.montedio.or.jp/archive_log/record_2_91.htm|archive-date=2012-05-25|accessdate=2021-09-11}}</ref> |- ||-||-||Akita Prefecture||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|TDK||style="color:black; background:#FFFFCC;"|0 - 0||style="color:white; background:#008A57;"|Tohoku Electric Power||align=right|- |- |rowspan="2"|1992||-||-||Miyagi Prefecture||style="color:white; background:#008A57;"|'''Tohoku Electric Power '''||style="color:white; background:#008A57;"|4 - 1||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|TDK||align=right|-<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.montedio.or.jp/archive_log/record_2_92.htm|title=モンテディオ山形オフィシャルウェブサイト|date=May 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526002614/http://www.montedio.or.jp/archive_log/record_2_92.htm|archive-date=2012-05-26|accessdate=2021-09-11}}</ref> |- ||-||-||Akita Prefecture||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|TDK||style="color:white; background:#008A57;"|2 - 4||style="color:white; background:#008A57;"|''' Tohoku Electric Power'''||align=right|- |- |rowspan="2"|1993||-||-||Miyagi Prefecture||style="color:white; background:#008A57;"|'''Tohoku Electric Power'''||style="color:white; background:#008A57;"|5 - 3||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|TDK||align=right|-<ref>{{Cite web |title=●1993 第17回（平成5年度）東北社会人リーグ戦績表 |url=https://www.montedio.or.jp/archive_log/record_2_93.htm |date=2012-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526002003/https://www.montedio.or.jp/archive_log/record_2_93.htm |access-date=2023-05-01|archive-date=2012-05-26 }}</ref> |- ||-||-||Akita Prefecture||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|TDK||style="color:black; background:#FFFFCC;"|2 - 2||style="color:white; background:#008A57;"|Tohoku Electric Power||align=right|- |- |rowspan="2"|1994||31 July||-||Miyagi Prefecture||style="color:white; background:#008A57;"|'''Tohoku Electric Power'''||style="color:white; background:#008A57;"|8 - 0||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|TDK||align=right|-<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www1.odn.ne.jp/~kammy/soccer/den1994.html|title=東北電力サッカー部1994年試合結果記録|website=www1.odn.ne.jp|accessdate=2023-05-05}}</ref> |- || 4 June||-||Yuri District||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|TDK||style="color:white; background:#008A57;"|1 - 4||style="color:white; background:#008A57;"|'''Tohoku Electric Power'''||align=right|- |}

====Emperor's Cup Tohoku Preliminaries==== The derby was also played twice in the Emperor's Cup Tohoku Preliminaries. {| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center; font-size:100%;" !Season!!Date!!colspan="2"|(Stage/)Week!!Venue!!Home!!Score!!Away!!Attendance |- |1994||16 October|| ||Semi final||Gonohe Hibarino Park||style="color:white; background:#008a57;"|Tohoku Electric Power||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|0-1||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''TDK'''||align=right|<ref name="auto"/> |- |1995||11 November|| ||Semi final||Yuwa, Akita||style="color:white; background:#006ab6;"|TDK||style="color:white; background:#008a57;"|0-5||style="color:white; background:#008a57;"|'''Brummell Sendai'''||align=right|80<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vegadb.web.fc2.com/result/1995.html|title=1995年公式戦全成績|website=vegadb.web.fc2.com|accessdate=2023-05-05}}</ref> |- |}

====Zensha Tohoku Preliminaries==== {| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center; font-size:100%;" !Season!!Date!!colspan="2"|(Stage/)Week!!Venue!!Home!!Score!!Away!!Attendance |- |1991||10 August|| ||Quarter finals||Hachinohe||style="color:white; background:#008a57;"|'''Tohoku Electric Power'''||style="color:white; background:#008a57;"|5-2||style="color:white; background:#006ab6;"|TDK||align=right|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www1.odn.ne.jp/kammy/den1991.html|title=東北電力サッカー部1991年試合結果記録|website=www1.odn.ne.jp|accessdate=2023-05-05}}</ref> |- |1992||15 September|| ||Quarter finals||Yuwa||style="color:white; background:#006ab6;"|TDK||style="color:white; background:#008a57;"|0-3||style="color:white; background:#008a57;"|'''Tohoku Electric Power'''||align=right|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www1.odn.ne.jp/kammy/den1992.html|title=東北電力サッカー部1992年試合結果記録|website=www1.odn.ne.jp|accessdate=2023-05-05}}</ref> |- |1993||11 September|| ||Quarter finals||Tsuruoka||style="color:white; background:#008a57;"|'''Tohoku Electric Power'''||style="color:white; background:#008a57;"|6-0||style="color:white; background:#006ab6;"|TDK||align=right|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www1.odn.ne.jp/kammy/den1993.html|title=東北電力サッカー部1993年試合結果記録|website=www1.odn.ne.jp|accessdate=2023-05-05}}</ref> |- |}

====J2 League==== The clubs met again in the J2 League, after Sendai got relegated from J1 League, the top tier.<ref>{{Cite web |title=仙台降格決定「負けられない一戦」でも"魔の先制点"の呪縛逃れられず - Ｊ１ : 日刊スポーツ |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/news/202111210000275.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=nikkansports.com |language=ja}}</ref> The series occurs twice a year, with each team hosting one match. Both sides have met a total of 4 times which resulted in 2 victories for Sendai, 2 draws, and 0 victories for Akita in the second tier. {| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center; font-size:100%;" !Season!!Date!!colspan="2"|(Stage/)Week!!Venue!!Home!!Score!!Away!!Attendance |- |rowspan="2"|2022||1 May||rowspan="6"|J2||13||Yurtec Stadium Sendai||style="color:#0000CD; background:#FFD700;"|'''Vegalta Sendai'''||style="color:#0000CD; background:#FFD700;"|3 - 1||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita||align=right|9,612<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jleague.co/match/j2/2022050107/|title=Vegalta Sendai vs Blaublitz Akita | Matchweek 13, MEIJI YASUDA J2 LEAGUE 2022|website=J.LEAGUE}}</ref> |- |23 October||42||Soyu Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita||style="color:black; background:#FFFFCC;"|0 - 0 ||style="color:#0000CD; background:#FFD700;"|Vegalta Sendai||align=right|5,404 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jleague.co/match/j2/2022102301/|title=Blaublitz Akita vs Vegalta Sendai | Matchweek 42, MEIJI YASUDA J2 LEAGUE 2022|website=J.LEAGUE}}</ref> |- |- |rowspan="2"|2023||3 May||13||Yurtec Stadium Sendai||style="color:#0000CD; background:#FFD700;"|Vegalta Sendai||style="color:black; background:#FFFFCC;"|2 - 2||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita||align=right|15,026<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jleague.co/match/j2/2023050314/|title=Vegalta Sendai vs Blaublitz Akita | Matchweek 13, MEIJI YASUDA J2 LEAGUE 2023|website=J.LEAGUE}}</ref> |- |22 October||39||Soyu Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita||style="color:#0000CD; background:#FFD700;"|0 - 1 ||style="color:#0000CD; background:#FFD700;"|'''Vegalta Sendai'''||align=right| 4,178 |- |rowspan="2"|2024||16 March||4||Soyu Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita||style="color:black; background:#FFFFCC;"|0 - 0 ||style="color:#0000CD; background:#FFD700;"|Vegalta Sendai||align=right|6,256 |- |6 October||34||Yurtec Stadium Sendai||style="color:#0000CD; background:#FFD700;"|Vegalta Sendai|| ||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita||align=right| |- |}

====Friendlies==== {{football box collapsible |bg= |date = 11 September 2016 |time = 14:00 |round = |team1 = Vegalta Sendai |score = 2-0 |report = [https://blaublitz.jp/whatsnew/42880.html Report] [https://www.vegalta.co.jp/backnumber/2016/news/press_release/2016/09/post-4045.html report] |team2 = Blaublitz Akita |goals1 =Trainee{{goal|39}} Nishimura{{goal|78}} |goals2 = |stadium =Murasakiyama Field |location =Sendai, Miyagi |attendance = |referee = |result= }}

{{football box collapsible |bg= |date = 13 March 2023 |time = 13:00 |round = |team1 = Vegalta Sendai |score = 2-4 |report = [https://www.vegalta.co.jp/news-team/2023/03/post-126.html Report] [https://twitter.com/blaublitz_akita/status/1635174304995512323 Report] [https://www.vegalta.co.jp/news-team/2023/03/post-126.html Report] |team2 = Blaublitz Akita |goals1 = Kida{{goal|26}} Trainee{{goal|60}} |goals2 = Niwa{{goal|6}} Kajiya{{goal|10}} Yoshida{{goal|64}}{{goal|69}} |stadium =Iris Training Field |location =Sendai, Miyagi |attendance = |referee = |result= }}

===Players who have played for both clubs=== thumb|250px|right|Sendai fans *{{flagicon|JPN}} Koji Hachisuka (S: 2012–2023, A: 2024-) *{{flagicon|JPN}} Ryutaro Iio (S: 2019–2020, A: 2021-2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=DF 33 飯尾竜太朗 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/33-iio |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> *{{flagicon|JPN}} Shingo Kumabayashi (S: 2006–2007, A: 2013–2015)<ref>{{Cite web |title=熊林親吾氏ブラウブリッツ秋田U-18監督就任のお知らせ {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/whatsnew/38846.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> *{{flagicon|PHI}} Satoshi Otomo (S: 2000–2002, A: 2006)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-01 |title=一般社団法人アソビプラス |url=https://asobi-plus.jp/teachers/satoshi_otomo/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=一般社団法人アソビプラス}}</ref> *{{flagicon|JPN}} Toshio Shimakawa (S: 2009–2013, A: 2012–2015)<ref>{{Cite web |author=SAGAN DREAMS Co., Ltd |title=島川俊郎選手契約更新のお知らせ |url=https://www.sagan-tosu.net/news/p/5902/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=サガン鳥栖 [公式] オフィシャルサイト |language=ja}}</ref> *{{flagicon|JPN}} Ryota Takada (A: 2022–2023, S: 2024-)

==Tohoku derby Akita vs Iwate== {{Infobox sports rivalry | name = Kita-Tohoku derby Akita vs Iwate | other names = Ōshū Kassen Michinoku Mitsudomoe | image = 250px250px250px | caption = Oshu logo/Mitsudomoe logo/President Yutaka Akita of Iwate Grulla Morioka | team1 = Blaublitz Akita | team2 = Iwate Grulla Morioka | team1logo = Blaublitz Akita letter logo (cropped).png | team2logo = Iwate Grulla Morioka letter logo.jpg | team3logo = | team4logo = | city or region = {{flagicon|JPN}} Akita Prefecture {{flagicon|JPN}} Iwate Prefecture | first contested = TDK 1–2 Grulla Morioka (2005) | teams involved = Blaublitz Akita Iwate Grulla Morioka | most wins = Akita 15 | most player appearances = | top scorer = | mostrecent = Iwate 0 - 1 Akita J2League (13 August 2022) | nextmeeting = TBC | total = 22 | league = | series = Iwate: 5 Drawn: 2 Akita:15 | regularseason = | postseason = | largestvictory = Iwate 0–4 Akita 2020 J3 League iwate 0-4 Akita 2006 Tohoku Soccer League | broadcasters = NHK Akita Station NHK Iwate Station | stadiums = Iwagin Stadium Soyu Stadium | map_location = Japan Tohoku | map_label1 = '''Blaublitz Akita''' | map_label2 = '''Iwate Grulla Morioka''' | map_label3 = '''TDK ''' | map_label4 = | coordinates1 = {{coord|39.720833|140.095556|name='''Blaublitz Akita'''}} | coordinates2 = {{coord|39.647931|141.137508|name='''Iwate Grulla Morioka'''}} | coordinates3 = {{coord|39.26775|139.928306|name='''TDK'''}} | coordinates4 = | map_label1_position = left | map_label2_position = right | map_label3_position = left | map_label4_position = | map_caption = }} {{Infobox football club |clubname =Home kit |pattern_name1 = Akita Home |pattern_la1= _Blaublitz Akita 2022 HOME FP |pattern_b1= _Blaublitz Akita 2022 HOME FP |pattern_ra1= _Blaublitz Akita 2022 HOME FP |pattern_sh1= _Blaublitz Akita 2022 HOME FP |pattern_so1= _Blaublitz Akita 2022 HOME FP |leftarm1= |body1= |rightarm1= |shorts1=0044FF |socks1=0044FF |pattern_name2 = Iwate Home |pattern_la2= _Grulla Morioka 2022 HOME FP |pattern_b2= _Grulla Morioka 2022 HOME FP |pattern_ra2= _Grulla Morioka 2022 HOME FP |pattern_sh2= _Grulla Morioka 2022 HOME FP |pattern_so2= _Grulla Morioka 2022 HOME FP |leftarm2=fff |body2=fff |rightarm2=fff |shorts2=000000 |socks2=fff

}} The '''Tohoku derby''' Akita vs Iwate, also known as the '''Kita-Tohoku derby''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=【公式】岩手vs秋田の見どころ（明治安田生命Ｊ２リーグ：2022年8月13日）：Ｊリーグ.jp |url=https://www.jleague.jp/match/j2/2022/081306/preview/ |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=Ｊリーグ.jp（日本プロサッカーリーグ） |language=ja}}</ref> the '''Ōshū Kassen''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=【公式】秋田vs岩手の見どころ（明治安田生命Ｊ２リーグ：2022年4月3日）：Ｊリーグ.jp |url=https://www.jleague.jp/match/j2/2022/040301/preview/ |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=Ｊリーグ.jp（日本プロサッカーリーグ） |language=ja}}</ref> and '''Michinoku Mitsudomoe''',<ref name=":22"/> is a local derby contested between the Japanese J.League's two north-Tohoku-based clubs, Blaublitz Akita and Iwate Grulla Morioka.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NEWS |first=KYODO |title=Japanese pro football returns after 4-month suspension |url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/06/7ca36dfbcc3b-update1-japanese-pro-soccer-returns-after-4-month-suspension.html |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Kyodo News+}}</ref> It is also a confusing fact that the surname of Iwate's ex-manager and president is Akita.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Akita |first=Yutaka |date=2023-05-15 |title=秋田豊 |url=https://twitter.com/akita_yutaka |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Twitter |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-06 |title=Ｊ３首位の岩手で奮闘する秋田豊社長元日本代表ＤＦの裏話も聞ける「解説シート」が好評 |url=https://hochi.news/articles/20230406-OHT1T51102.html |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=スポーツ報知 |language=ja}}</ref> Derby spectators wore Yutaka-Akita-faced cardboard masks on 13 August 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=J.League |date=2022-08-17 |title=秋田豊監督が大量発生⁉️ |url=https://twitter.com/J_League/status/1559865123669282816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1559865123669282816%7Ctwgr%5E32340584c013f9a87be715b6af883b4be062f869%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https://www.soccerdigestweb.com/news/detail2/id=115394 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=Twitter |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=「ガチで怖すぎ」秋田豊が大量発生!? J２岩手、指揮官のお面配布によるホームスタジアムの"異様な光景"に反響！ {{!}} サッカーダイジェストWeb |url=https://www.soccerdigestweb.com/news/detail/id=115394 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=www.soccerdigestweb.com |language=ja}}</ref>

===Stadiums=== The game is usually hosted at Soyu Stadium and Iwagin Stadium. The two stadiums are roughly 90 km (56 miles) apart.<ref name=":1" /> New LED night lighting equipments were set to be installed at Iwasuta in 2020.<ref name="いわてグルージャ盛岡オフィシャルサイト">{{Cite web |title=いわてグルージャ盛岡オフィシャルサイト |url=https://grulla-morioka.jp/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=いわてグルージャ盛岡オフィシャルサイト |language=ja}}</ref> {|class="wikitable" !Team Name !Stadium !Capacity !Image |- !rowspan="4"style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita |Soyu Stadium |20,125 |none|200px |- |Akigin Stadium |4,992 |none|200px |- |TDK Akita General Sports Center | | |- |Nikaho Green Field |4,430 |none|200px |- !rowspan="1"style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;" |Iwate Grulla Morioka |Iwagin Stadium | 4,946 x 2 |none|200px |- |}

===Past results=== There have a been a total of 22 matches between both the teams with Akita and Morioka winning fifteen and five matches respectively and two games ended in a draw.

Statistics as of 12 May 2023 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Tournament !style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Akita wins !! style="color:black; background:#FFFFCC;"|Draws !! style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|Iwate wins !! Goal diff |- | Tohoku Soccer League | '''3''' || 0 ||1 || 10 - 5 |- | J3 League | '''10''' || 2 ||4 || 25 - 17 |- | J2 League | '''2''' || 0 ||0 || 4 - 1 |- | '''Total''' | '''15''' || 2 || 5 || 39 - 23 |}

====Tohoku Soccer League==== The derby was first contested in 2005 when Morioka club was promoted to Tohoku Soccer League 1st division. {| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center; font-size:100%;" !Season!!Date!!colspan="2"|(Stage/)Week!!Location!!Home!!Score!!Away!!Attendance |- |rowspan="2"|2005||1 May||rowspan="4"|T||1||TDK Akita General Sports Center||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|TDK||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|1 - 2||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|'''Grulla Morioka'''||align=right|-<ref>{{Cite web |title=日本サッカー情報Ｇｅｎのページ - 試合一覧 |url=http://soccergen.info/JLeague/J110AllGames.aspx?LEAGUE=0&SELMODE=0&YEAR=2005&MONTHNO=5 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=soccergen.info}}</ref> |- ||3 July||8||Morioka Minami Park Stadium||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|Grulla Morioka||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|1 - 2||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''TDK'''||align=right|-<ref>{{Cite web |title=日本サッカー情報Ｇｅｎのページ - 地域社会人サッカーリーグ |url=http://www.soccergen.info/JLeague/J361RgnLeague2.aspx?YEAR=2005&LEAGUE=820 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=www.soccergen.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=日本サッカー情報Ｇｅｎのページ - 試合一覧 |url=http://soccergen.info/JLeague/J110AllGames.aspx?LEAGUE=0&SELMODE=0&YEAR=2005&MONTHNO=7 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=soccergen.info}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2006||25 June||7||Morioka Minami Park Stadium||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|Grulla Morioka||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|2 - 3||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''TDK'''||align=right|-<ref>{{Cite web |title=日本サッカー情報Ｇｅｎのページ - 試合一覧 |url=http://soccergen.info/JLeague/J110AllGames.aspx?LEAGUE=0&SELMODE=0&YEAR=2006&MONTHNO=6 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=soccergen.info}}</ref> |- ||30 July||10||Nikaho Green Field||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''TDK'''||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|4 - 0||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|Grulla Morioka||align=right|2,300<ref>{{Cite web |title=日本サッカー情報Ｇｅｎのページ - 地域社会人サッカーリーグ |url=http://www.soccergen.info/JLeague/J361RgnLeague2.aspx?LEAGUE=820&YEAR=2006 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=www.soccergen.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=日本サッカー情報Ｇｅｎのページ - 試合一覧 |url=http://soccergen.info/JLeague/J110AllGames.aspx?LEAGUE=0&SELMODE=0&YEAR=2006&MONTHNO=7 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=soccergen.info}}</ref> |- |}

==== J3 League ==== The clubs met again in the newly formed J3 League in 2014.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |title=J3東北3チーム合同企画「MICHINOKU MITSUDOMOE」実施について {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/whatsnew/26479.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center; font-size:100%;" !Season!!Date!!colspan="2"|(Stage/)Week!!Venue!!Home!!Score!!Away!!Attendance |-

|rowspan="3"|2014||13 May||rowspan="16"|J3||6||Yabase Playing Field||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''|| style="color:white; background:#006AB6;" |2-1 ||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|Grulla Morioka||align=right|1,523<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第6節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS グルージャ盛岡 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/83187 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |1 June||14||Morioka Minami Park Stadium||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|'''Grulla Morioka'''|| style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|3-0||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"| Blaublitz Akita||align=right|1,430<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第14節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS グルージャ盛岡 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/82838 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |2 November||30||Akigin Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|1-3 ||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|'''Grulla Morioka'''||align=right|2,187<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第30節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS グルージャ盛岡 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/81877 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |rowspan="3"|2015||3 May||8||Akigin Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|1-0 ||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|Grulla Morioka||align=right|1,731<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第9節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS グルージャ盛岡 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/80955 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |16 August||26||Morioka Minami Park Stadium||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|Grulla Morioka|| style="color:black; background:#FFFFCC;"|0-0||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"| Blaublitz Akita||align=right|1,170<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第26節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS グルージャ盛岡 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/80044 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |23 September||30||Morioka Minami Park Stadium||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|Grulla Morioka|| style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|0-1||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"| '''Blaublitz Akita'''||align=right|1,127<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第30節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS グルージャ盛岡 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/79762 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2016||24 April||6||Iwagin Stadium||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|Grulla Morioka|| style="color:black; background:#FFFFCC;"|1-1||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"| Blaublitz Akita||align=right|1,076<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第6節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS グルージャ盛岡 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/78397 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |2 October||24||Akigin Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|2-0 ||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|Grulla Morioka||align=right|2,981<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第24節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS グルージャ盛岡 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/76909 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2017||2 April||4||Akigin Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|1-0 ||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|Grulla Morioka||align=right|2,100<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第4節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS グルージャ盛岡 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/72236 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |10 September||22||Iwagin Stadium||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|Grulla Morioka|| style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|1-3||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"| '''Blaublitz Akita'''||align=right|1,217<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第22節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS グルージャ盛岡 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/72160 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2018||8 April||6||Iwagin Stadium||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|'''Grulla Morioka'''|| style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|2-1||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"| Blaublitz Akita||align=right|955<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第6節グルージャ盛岡 VS ブラウブリッツ秋田 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/73939 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |2 September||21||Akigin Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|2-1 ||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|Grulla Morioka||align=right|2,114<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第21節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS グルージャ盛岡 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/73284 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2019||24 March||3||Iwagin Stadium||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|'''Iwate Grulla Morioka'''|| style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|3-1||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"| Blaublitz Akita||align=right|2,084<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第3節いわてグルージャ盛岡 VS ブラウブリッツ秋田 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/71845 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |27 July||18||Soyu Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|3-1 ||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|Iwate Grulla Morioka||align=right|1,289<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第18節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS いわてグルージャ盛岡 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/69108 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2020||27 June||1||Iwagin Stadium||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|Iwate Grulla Morioka|| style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|0-4||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|''' Blaublitz Akita'''||align=right|0<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第1節いわてグルージャ盛岡 VS ブラウブリッツ秋田 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/66850 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |3 October||19||Soyu Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|2-1 ||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|Iwate Grulla Morioka||align=right|977<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第19節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS いわてグルージャ盛岡 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/64571 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |}

==== J2 League ==== The most recent meeting saw Akita win 1–0 in August 2022 at the Iwagin Stadium. The two teams are currently separated due to Iwate's relegation from the J2 League at the end of the 2022 season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=日本放送協会 |title=いわてグルージャ盛岡来シーズンＪ３に降格決まる｜NHK 岩手県のニュース |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/morioka/20221026/6040015885.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026084112/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/morioka/20221026/6040015885.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=NHK NEWS WEB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=グルージャ盛岡、J3降格圏決まる秋田豊監督は今季で退任 |url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20221017/k00/00m/050/150000c |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=毎日新聞 |language=ja}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center; font-size:100%;" !Season!!Date!!colspan="2"|(Stage/)Week!!Venue!!Home!!Score!!Away!!Attendance |-

|rowspan="2"|2022||3 April||rowspan="2"|J2||8||Soyu Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|3-1 ||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|Iwate Grulla Morioka||align=right|1,903<ref>{{Cite web |title=J2 第8節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS いわてグルージャ盛岡 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/95366 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |13 August||31||Iwagin Stadium||style="color:#C7000E; background:#FFF;"|Iwate Grulla Morioka|| style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|0-1||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"| '''Blaublitz Akita'''||align=right|1,542<ref>{{Cite web |title=J2 第31節いわてグルージャ盛岡 VS ブラウブリッツ秋田 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/95427 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |}

==== Friendlies ==== They have competed more than 4 practice games together. {{footballbox collapsible |date =10 November 2010 |time = |round = |team1 = Blaublitz Akita |score = 1–1 |report = [http://blog.livedoor.jp/unger0117/archives/8810548.html Report] |team2 = Grulla Morioka |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium =TDK Akita General Sports Center |location =Nikaho, Akita |attendance = |referee = |result=d }} {{football box collapsible |bg= |date = 4 June 2016 |time = 11:00 |round = |team1 = Blaublitz Akita |score =2–2 |report = [http://blaublitz.jp/whatsnew/41060.html Report] [https://blaublitz.jp/whatsnew/41060.html Report] [https://grulla-morioka.jp/tab02_team/%E3%80%90%E3%83%81%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%80%916%E6%9C%884%E6%97%A5%E3%80%80%E3%83%88%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%E7%B5%90%E6%9E%9C/ Report] |team2 =Grulla Morioka |goals1 =Tanaka{{goal|}} Hatanaka{{goal|}} |goals2 =Taniguchi{{goal|}} Morita{{goal|}} |stadium = TDK Akita General Sports Center |location =Nikaho, Akita |attendance = |referee = |result=d }} {{football box collapsible |bg= |date = 25 March 2019 |time = |round = |team1 = Blaublitz Akita |score = 0-1 |report = [https://twitter.com/grulla_staff/status/1110098966400524290 Report] |team2 = Iwate Grulla Morioka |goals1 = |goals2 =Kushida{{goal|}} |stadium =Akita Prefecture Football Centre |location =Katagami, Akita |attendance = |referee = |result= }} {{football box collapsible |bg= |date = 3 September 2023 |time = 11:00 |round = |team1 = Blaublitz Akita |score = 3–0 |report = [https://blaublitz.jp/whatsnew/116335.html Report] [https://twitter.com/blaublitz_akita/status/1698229588927881723 Report] |team2 = Iwate Grulla Morioka |goals1 = Kajiya {{goal}} Own goal {{goal}} R. Saito {{goal}} |goals2 = |stadium = Katagami Soccer Ground |location = Katagami, Akita |attendance = |referee = |result= }}

===Players who have played for both clubs=== *{{flagicon|JPN}} Shuhei Fukai (A:2016-2018, I: 2019)<ref>{{Cite web |title=深井脩平 |url=https://web.gekisaka.jp/player/?32092-19923-jp |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=ゲキサカ |language=ja}}</ref> *{{flagicon|JPN}} Takumu Fujinuma (I:2018, A: 2019)<ref>{{Cite web |title=藤沼拓夢 |url=https://web.gekisaka.jp/player/?37345-37345-jp |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=ゲキサカ |language=ja}}</ref> *{{flagicon|JPN}} Futoshi Harada (I:2005, A: 2006) *{{flagicon|JPN}} Daiki Kogure (A: 2022-2023, I: 2024-) *{{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroki Kotani (I: 2018, 2020, A: 2019)<ref>{{Cite web |title=小谷光毅 |url=https://web.gekisaka.jp/player/?25428-12705-jp |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=ゲキサカ |language=ja}}</ref> *{{flagicon|JPN}} Taro Sugahara (I: 2007–2008, 2014, A: 2009–2010, 2013)<ref>{{Cite web |title=菅原太郎氏ブラウブリッツ秋田強化担当就任のお知らせ {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/whatsnew/96384.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> *{{flagicon|JPN}} Masashi Wada (A:2019, I: 2021-)<ref name="いわてグルージャ盛岡オフィシャルサイト"/> {{Iwate Grulla Morioka}}

==Tohoku derby Akita vs Iwaki== {{Infobox sports rivalry | name = Tohoku derby Akita vs Iwaki | other names = | image = 250px | caption = Iwaki's mascot Hama<ref>{{Cite web |title=いわきFC OfficialSite |url=https://iwakifc.com/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=いわきFC OfficialSite |language=ja}}</ref> | team1 = Blaublitz Akita | team2 = Iwaki FC | team1logo = Blaublitz Akita letter logo (cropped).png | team2logo = Iwaki Fc Letters.png | team3logo = | team4logo = | city or region = {{flagicon|JPN}} Akita Prefecture {{flagicon|JPN}} Fukushima Prefecture | first contested = Iwaki FC 0–1 Blaublitz Akita (2023) | teams involved = Blaublitz Akita Iwaki FC | most wins = Akita 1 | most player appearances = | top scorer = | mostrecent = Akita 1-1 Iwaki J2League (2 July 2023) | nextmeeting = 30 March 2024 | total = 2 | league = | series = Iwaki: 0 Drawn: 1 Akita:1 | regularseason = | postseason = | largestvictory = Akita 1–0 Iwaki 2023 J2 League | broadcasters = NHK Fukushima Station & Akita Station | stadiums = Hawaiians Stadium Iwaki Soyu Stadium | map_location = Japan Tohoku | map_label1 = '''Blaublitz Akita''' | map_label2 = '''Iwaki FC''' | map_label3 = | map_label4 = | coordinates1 = {{coord|39.720833|140.095556|name='''Blaublitz Akita'''}} | coordinates2 = {{coord|37.017306|140.864361|name='''Iwaki FC'''}} | coordinates3 = | coordinates4 = | map_label1_position = left | map_label2_position = right | map_label3_position = | map_label4_position = | map_caption = }} {{Infobox football club |clubname =Home kit |pattern_name1 = Akita Home |pattern_la1= _Blaublitz Akita 2023 HOME FP |pattern_b1= _Blaublitz Akita 2023 HOME FP |pattern_ra1= _Blaublitz Akita 2023 HOME FP |pattern_sh1= _Blaublitz Akita 2023 HOME FP |pattern_so1= _Blaublitz Akita 2023 HOME FP |leftarm1= |body1= |rightarm1= |shorts1=0044FF |socks1=0044FF |pattern_name2 = Iwaki Home |pattern_la2= _Iwaki FC 2023 HOME FP |pattern_b2= _Iwaki FC 2024 HOME FP |pattern_ra2= _Iwaki FC 2023 HOME FP |pattern_sh2= _Iwaki FC 2023 HOME FP |pattern_so2= _Iwaki FC 2023 HOME FP |leftarm2=D3042C |body2=D3042C |rightarm2=D3042C |shorts2=D3042C |socks2=D3042C

}} Football matches between Blaublitz Akita and Iwaki FC are described as the '''Tohoku derby''' Akita vs Iwaki. It is a match between two cities located in Northeast region. This rivalry is also known as '''Iwaki derby''', stretching back to Iwaki, Akita (Yurihonjo) and Iwaki, Fukushima's historical Iwaki clan connection.<ref>{{Cite web |title=いわき市（福島県）｜由利本荘市公式ウェブサイト |url=https://www.city.yurihonjo.lg.jp/1001506/1001550/1001581/1001681/1001832/1004734.html |website=www.city.yurihonjo.lg.jp |access-date=2023-05-12 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=kazu1206k |title=第29回いわきおどり、平七夕まつり |url=https://skazuyoshi.exblog.jp/13083280/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=風のたよりー佐藤かずよし |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=City of Iwaki |title=親子都市由利本荘市を知ろう |url=https://www.city.iwaki.lg.jp/www/contents/1471938706472/files/iwaki20160910.pdf |access-date=2023-05-22}}</ref> Iwaki's Riku Saga was raised in Katagami, Akita<ref>{{Cite web |title=仙台大新主将に日本一戦士の嵯峨理久「先頭立って」 - サッカー : 日刊スポーツ |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/news/201903190000553.html |website=nikkansports.com |access-date=2023-05-01 |language=ja}}</ref><ref name="saga">[https://qoly.jp/2021/01/04/saga-riku-gib-1 青森山田出身！仙台大の嵯峨理久が、“先輩”松尾佑介と“親友”高橋壱晟から受けた「アドバイス」] - qoly、2021年1月4日（2022年1月1日閲覧）</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ｊ２いわき攻守の柱・ＤＦ嵯峨理久「チャレンジャーの気持ちで」・・・Ｊ２東北４チーム紹介「昇格ＫＥＹＭＡＮ」 |url=https://hochi.news/articles/20230216-OHT1T51049.html |website=スポーツ報知 |date=2023-02-16 |access-date=2023-05-10 |language=ja}}</ref> and Yukihito Kajiya of Blaublitz played for Iwaki Astron FC in his youth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sgrum.com/web/aafc/information/single.html?seq=3574|title=OB梶谷政仁選手 J1サガン鳥栖入団内定‼️｜新着情報｜埼玉県上尾市にあるサッカークラブです。|website=sgrum.com|accessdate=2023-01-30}}</ref>

===Venues=== The game is usually hosted at Soyu Stadium and Hawaiians Stadium Iwaki. The two stadiums are approximately 312 km (194 miles) apart.<ref name=":1" /> Greenfield was renovated to meet J.League stadium standard in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=いわきグリーンフィールド改修整備事業について｜いわき市役所 |url=https://www.city.iwaki.lg.jp/www/contents/1670809561730/index.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=いわき市役所 |language=ja}}</ref> New spectator seats, new night lighting towers, large video equipment, doping inspection room and press seats were installed and total renewal costs were JPY 1.7 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-02 |title=J2開幕へ、天然芝・観客席準備OK いわきグリーンフィールド |url=https://www.minyu-net.com/news/iwakifc/news/FM20230202-755804.php |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=福島民友新聞社 |language=ja}}</ref> {|class="wikitable" ! !Stadium !Capacity !Image |- !rowspan="1"style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita |Soyu Stadium |20,125 |none|200px |- !rowspan="1"style="color:white; background:#C01730;" |Iwaki FC |Hawaiians Stadium Iwaki | 5,600 |none|200px |- |}

===Past results=== Statistics as of 2 July 2023 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Tournament !style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Akita wins !! style="color:black; background:#FFFFCC;"|Draws !! style="color:white; background:#C01730;"|Iwaki wins !! Goal diff |- | J2 League | 1 || 1 ||0 || 2 - 1 |- | Emperor's Cup |0 || 0 ||0 || 0 - 0 |- | '''Total''' | 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 - 1 |}

==== J2 League ==== The derby was first played on 14 May 2023<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-16 |title=いわきFC、10敗目秋田と競り合い互角...痛恨PK献上、Ｊ２ |url=https://www.minyu-net.com/news/iwakifc/shiai/FM20230516-777527.php |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=福島民友新聞社 |language=ja}}</ref> when Iwaki club was promoted to J2 League. The match was televised by NHK throughout two prefectures utilizing the On-set virtual production.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=5/14(日)はJ２いわきFC戦中継！ {{!}} NHK |url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/fukushima/lreport/article/001/18/ |website=NHK福島放送局 |access-date=2023-05-12 |language=ja |last=日本放送協会}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ｊリーグ30周年記念マッチ「#いわきFC」🆚 「ブラウブリッツ秋田」熱戦をテレビで生中継🎉 [総合] 5/14（日）午後1:05～ (福島県、秋田県内向け) |url=https://twitter.com/nhk_fukushima/status/1655150480434012160 |website=Twitter |access-date=2023-05-10 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=技術職員がスタジオセット⚽のCGを調整中… こだわりは頭上の動く電光掲示板😉 |url=https://twitter.com/nhk_fukushima/status/1656501887892434944 |website=Twitter |access-date=2023-05-11 |language=ja}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center; font-size:100%;" !Season!!Date!!colspan="2"|(Stage/)Week!!Venue!!Home!!Score!!Away!!Attendance |-

|rowspan="2"|2023||14 May||rowspan="4"|J2||14||Iwaki Greenfield Stadium||style="color:white; background:#C01730;"|Iwaki FC||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|0-1 ||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita||align=right|2,458 |- |2 July||23||Soyu Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita||style="color:black; background:#FFFFCC;"|1-1 ||style="color:white; background:#C01730;"| Iwaki FC||align=right|2,181 |- |rowspan="2"|2024||30 March||7||Soyu Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita|| ||style="color:white; background:#C01730;"| Iwaki FC||align=right| |- |4 August||25||Hawaiians Stadium Iwaki||style="color:white; background:#C01730;"| Iwaki FC|| ||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita||align=right| |- |} ====Emperor's Cup ==== {| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center; font-size:100%;" !Season!!Date!!colspan="2"|(Stage/)Week!!Venue!!Home!!Score!!Away!!Attendance |- |2024||12 June|| ||2nd round||Soyu Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita|| ||style="color:white; background:#C01730;"| Iwaki FC||align=right| |- |} ==== Friendlies ==== They have competed more than 4 practice games together.{{footballbox collapsible |bg= |date =2016-05-04 |time = |round = |team1 =Blaublitz Akita |score = 3-0 |report =[https://blaublitz.jp/whatsnew/40540.html Report] [https://twitter.com/tk0105/status/726999091608064000 Report] [https://twitter.com/kuuma_san/status/727860834056052736 Report] |team2 = Iwaki FC |goals1 = Maeyama{{goal|}} Hatanaka{{goal|}} Tanaka{{goal|}} |goals2 = |stadium =Akigin Stadium |location =Akita, Akita |attendance = |referee = |result= }} {{footballbox collapsible |bg= |date =2017-03-05 |time = |round = |team1 =Blaublitz Akita |score = 1-1 |report =[https://blaublitz.jp/whatsnew/46812.html Report] [https://twitter.com/urawareds1982/status/838199444503851010 Report] |team2 = Iwaki FC |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium =Nikaho Green Field |location =Nikaho, Akita |attendance = |referee = |result=d }} {{footballbox collapsible |bg= |date =2018-03-03 |time = |round = |team1 =Blaublitz Akita |score = 1-2 |report =[http://blaublitz.jp/whatsnew/52036.html Report] [https://twitter.com/yamaminmama/status/969542587139829763 Report] |team2 = Iwaki FC |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium =TDK Akita General Sports Center |location =Nikaho, Akita |attendance = |referee = |result= }} {{footballbox collapsible |bg= |date =2019-01-26 |time = |round = |team1 = Iwaki FC |score = 0-4 |report =[https://blaublitz.jp/whatsnew/55180.html Report] [https://twitter.com/carplove1979/status/1089047224699432960 Report] |team2 = Blaublitz Akita |goals1 = |goals2 =Wada{{goal|}} Kotani{{goal|}} Hayashi{{goal|}} Hori{{goal|}} |stadium = J-Village Stadium |location =Hirono, Fukushima |attendance = |referee = |result= }}

===Players who have played for both clubs=== thumb|right|250px|Iwaki FC practice *{{flagicon|JPN}}{{flagicon|COD}} Kyowaan Hoshi (I: 2022, A: 2023-)<ref>{{Cite web |title=DF 39 星キョーワァン {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/39-hoshi |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref>

==Tohoku derby Akita vs Fukushima== {{Infobox sports rivalry | name = Tohoku derby Akita vs Fukushima | other names = Michinoku Mitsudomoe | image = 250px | caption = Mascot Hinosuke Fukushima<ref>{{Cite web |title=公式マスコット｜福島ユナイテッドＦＣ公式サイト |url=http://fufc.jp/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=福島ユナイテッドＦＣ公式サイト}}</ref> and Blaugon at Toho Stadium | team1 = Blaublitz Akita | team2 = Fukushima United FC | team1logo = Blaublitz Akita letter logo (cropped).png | team2logo = Fukushima United letter logo.png | team3logo = | team4logo = | city or region = {{flagicon|JPN}} Akita Prefecture {{flagicon|JPN}} Fukushima Prefecture | first contested = Fukushima United FC 2 – 3 Blaublitz Akita (2013) | teams involved = Blaublitz Akita Fukushima United FC | most wins = Blaublitz Akita 11 | most player appearances = | top scorer = | mostrecent = Fukushima U 0 - 2 Akita J3 League (26 September 2020) | nextmeeting = TBC | total = 19 | league = | series = Fukushima U: 5 Draws: 3 Akita:11 | regularseason = | postseason = | largestvictory = Fukushima U 0– 3 Akita Emperor's Cup 2015 | broadcasters = | stadiums = Toho Stadium Soyu Stadium | map_location = Japan Tohoku | map_label1 = '''Blaublitz Akita''' | map_label2 = '''Fukushima United FC''' | map_label3 = '''Nikaho-based Blaublitz''' | map_label4 = | coordinates1 = {{coord|39.720833|140.095556|name='''Blaublitz Akita'''}} | coordinates2 = {{coord|37.723292|140.361286|name='''Fukushima United FC'''}} | coordinates3 = {{coord|39.26775|139.928306|name='''Nikaho-based Blaublitz'''}} | coordinates4 = | map_label1_position = left | map_label2_position = bottom | map_label3_position = left | map_label4_position = | map_caption = }} {{Infobox football club |clubname = Home kit |pattern_name1 = Akita Home |pattern_la1 = _Blaublitz Akita 2020 HOME FP |pattern_b1 = _Blaublitz Akita 2020 HOME FP |pattern_ra1 = _Blaublitz Akita 2020 HOME FP |pattern_sh1 = _Blaublitz Akita 2019 HOME FP |pattern_so1 = _Blaublitz Akita 2020 HOME FP |leftarm1 = |body1 = |rightarm1 = |shorts1 = 0044FF |socks1 = 0044FF |pattern_name2 = Fukushima U Home |pattern_la2 = _Fukushima United FC 2020 HOME FP |pattern_b2 = _Fukushima United FC 2020 HOME FP |pattern_ra2 = _Fukushima United FC 2020 HOME FP |pattern_sh2 = _Fukushima United FC 2020 HOME FP |pattern_so2 = _Fukushima United FC 2018 HOME FP |leftarm2 = |body2 = |rightarm2 = |shorts2 = |socks2 = }}

'''Tohoku derby''' Akita vs Fukushima, also referred to as the '''Michinoku Mitsudomoe<ref name=":22"/>''', is an inter-Tohoku soccer rivalry between Blaublitz Akita and Fukushima United FC.<ref>{{Citation |title=【公式】プレビュー：福島ユナイテッドＦＣvsブラウブリッツ秋田明治安田生命Ｊ３リーグ第8節 2017/5/14 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHKNEHVfx4E |access-date=2023-05-16 |language=en}}</ref> Akita was promoted to J2 League and the matches were discontinued in 2020. Keita Saito,<ref>{{Cite web |title=福島斎藤プロ初ハットトリックで勝利同年代燃えた - Ｊ３ : 日刊スポーツ |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/news/1563884.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=nikkansports.com |language=ja}}</ref> Hayate Take<ref>{{Cite web |title=武颯選手福島ユナイテッドFCより完全移籍加入のお知らせ |url=https://www.kataller.co.jp/all/press-release/takein/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=カターレ富山公式ウェブサイト |language=ja}}</ref> and Hiroto Morooka<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-12 |title=１４日・東北ダービーJ２秋田ｖｓいわきで国士大元コンビ対決！…Jリーグ開幕３０周年企画 |url=https://hochi.news/articles/20230512-OHT1T51040.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=スポーツ報知 |language=ja}}</ref> suited up for both sides.

===Attendance records=== The record for a Blaublitz home match is 10,607, set on 25 March 2018, when the Fukushima United defeated Akita 1–0 with a goal by Nildo<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fukushima United FC |date=2018-03-25 |title=【#J3リーグ第4節 vs.ブラウブリッツ秋田】 |url=https://twitter.com/fufc_staff/status/977830393423343616 |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Twitter |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=2018明治安田生命J3リーグ第4節秋田さきがけPresents ブラウブリッツ秋田 vs 福島ユナイテッドFC |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9F-S15yRyE |access-date=2023-05-23 |language=en}}</ref> at Yabase Athletic Stadium.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hara |first=Hiromi |date=2018-03-25 |title=秋田 vs福島秋田のホーム開幕戦 |url=https://twitter.com/iijikantai/status/977811335005130753 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=サッカーブラウブリッツ秋田2018シーズンホーム開幕戦！ |url=https://www.aplywood.co.jp/topic/180329/index.html |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=www.aplywood.co.jp}}</ref>

===Venues=== The game is usually hosted at Soyu Stadium and Toho Stadium. The two stadiums are roughly 223 km (135 miles) apart.<ref name=":1" /> Toho is the largest athletic stadium in the prefecture and four 54-meter-tall LED-bulb light steel towers are installed to Tousuta in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-29 |title=新照明と芝お披露目福島・とうスタ：福島民友ニュース：福島民友新聞社みんゆうNet |url=https://www.minyu-net.com/news/news/FM20220329-694279.php |access-date=2023-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329013332/https://www.minyu-net.com/news/news/FM20220329-694279.php |archive-date=2022-03-29 }}</ref> {|class="wikitable" !Team Name !Stadium !Capacity !Image |- |- !rowspan="3"style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita |Soyu Stadium |20,125 |none|200px |- |Akigin Stadium |4,992 |none|200px |- |Nikaho Green Field |4,430 | |- !rowspan="3"style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;" |Fukushima United FC |Toho Stadium | 21,000 |none|200px |- |J-Village Stadium |5,413 |none|200px |- |Shinobugaoka Stadium |16,400 |none|200px |- |}

===Past results=== There have a been a total of 19 matches between both the teams with Akita and Fukushima winning eleven and five matches respectively and three games ended in a draw.

Statistics as of 12 May 2023 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Tournament ! style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Akita wins !! style="color:black; background:#FFFFCC;"|Draws !! style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|Fukushima U wins !! Goal diff |- | JFL | '''2''' || 0 ||0 || 4 - 2 |- | J3 League | '''8''' || 3 ||5 || 22 - 15 |- | Emperor's Cup | '''1''' || 0 ||0 || 3 - 0 |- | '''Total''' | '''11''' || 3 || 5 || 29 - 17 |}

==== JFL ==== The two clubs faced each other for the first time in 2013 when Fukushima City club was promoted to Japan Football League. {| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center; font-size:100%;" !Season!!Date!!colspan="2"|(Stage/)Week!!Location!!Home!!Score!!Away!!Attendance |- |rowspan="2"|2013||26 May||rowspan="2"|JFL||13||Shinobugaoka Stadium||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|Fukushima United FC||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|2 - 3||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''||align=right|990<ref>{{Cite web |title=JFL 第13節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS 福島ユナイテッドFC {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/82324 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |3 August||23||Nikaho Green Field||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|1 - 0||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|Fukushima United FC||align=right|1,103<ref>{{Cite web |title=JFL 第23節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS 福島ユナイテッドFC {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/82304 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |}

==== J3 League ==== {| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center; font-size:100%;" !Season!!Date!!colspan="2"|(Stage/)Week!!Location!!Home!!Score!!Away!!Attendance |- |rowspan="3"|2014||23 March||rowspan="16"|J3||2||Yabase Playing Field||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita||style="color:black; background:#FFFFCC;"|2 - 2||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|Fukushima United FC||align=right|1,807<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第3節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS 福島ユナイテッドFC {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/83345 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |8 June||15||Yabase Playing Field||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|0 - 1||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|'''Fukushima United FC'''||align=right|1,173<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第15節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS 福島ユナイテッドFC {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/82757 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |5 October||27||Toho Stadium||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|'''Fukushima United FC'''|| style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|2 - 0||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita||align=right|987<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第27節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS 福島ユナイテッドFC {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/82030 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |rowspan="3"|2015||18 April||6||Toho Stadium||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|Fukushima United FC||style="color:black; background:#FFFFCC;"|1 - 1||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita||align=right|913<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第6節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS 福島ユナイテッドFC {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/81215 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |14 June||16||Akigin Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|2 - 3||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|'''Fukushima United FC'''||align=right|1,561<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第16節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS 福島ユナイテッドFC {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/80665 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |25 October||27||Toho Stadium||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|Fukushima United FC|| style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|1 - 2||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''||align=right|1,214<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第35節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS 福島ユナイテッドFC {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/79406 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2016||13 March||1||Toho Stadium||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|Fukushima United FC||style="color:black; background:#FFFFCC;"|1 - 1||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita||align=right|2,136<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第1節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS 福島ユナイテッドFC {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/78720 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |24 September||23||Akigin Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|2 - 1||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|Fukushima United FC||align=right|2,000<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第23節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS 福島ユナイテッドFC {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/77028 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2017||14 May||8||Toho Stadium||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|Fukushima United FC||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|0 - 2||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''||align=right|1,494<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第8節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS 福島ユナイテッドFC {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/72227 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |19 November||23||Akigin Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|2 - 1||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|Fukushima United FC||align=right|2,075<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第32節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS 福島ユナイテッドFC {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/72135 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2018||25 March||4||Yabase Athletic Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|0 - 1||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|'''Fukushima United FC'''||align=right|10,607<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第4節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS 福島ユナイテッドFC {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/74058 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |25 October||33||Toho Stadium||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|Fukushima United FC|| style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|0 - 2||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''||align=right|2,416<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第33節福島ユナイテッドFC VS ブラウブリッツ秋田 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/72427 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2019||2 June||10||Soyu Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|0 - 2||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|'''Fukushima United FC'''||align=right|955<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第10節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS 福島ユナイテッドFC {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/70211 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |19 October||27||J-Village Stadium||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|Fukushima United FC|| style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|1 - 2||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''||align=right|436<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第27節福島ユナイテッドFC VS ブラウブリッツ秋田 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/68093 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2020||4 July||2||Soyu Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|2 - 0||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|Fukushima United FC||align=right|0<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第2節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS 福島ユナイテッドFC {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/66760 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |26 September||27||Toho Stadium||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|Fukushima United FC|| style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|0 - 2||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''||align=right|644<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第18節福島ユナイテッドFC VS ブラウブリッツ秋田 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/64815 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |}

====Emperor's Cup==== The derby was also played once in the Emperor's Cup. Akita ripped apart Fukushima to win 3–0 in the match, Shimakawa, Hirai and Makiuchi all scored.<ref>{{Cite web |title=【公式】秋田vs福島の試合結果・データ（天皇杯：2015年8月30日）：Ｊリーグ.jp |url=https://www.jleague.jp/match/emperor/2015/083007/live/ |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Ｊリーグ.jp（日本プロサッカーリーグ） |language=ja}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center; font-size:100%;" !Season!!Date!!colspan="2"|(Stage/)Week!!Venue!!Home!!Score!!Away!!Attendance |- |2015||30 August|| ||1st rd||Akigin Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006ab6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''||style="color:white; background:#006ab6;"|3-0||style="color:#FDD000; background:#E60012;"|Fukushima United FC | 468<ref>{{Cite web |title=第95回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会 |url=http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2015 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=JFA｜公益財団法人日本サッカー協会 |language=ja}}</ref> |}

===Friendlies=== They have competed more than 6 practice games together. {{footballbox collapsible |bg= |date =2008-03-01 |time = |round = |team1 = Fukushima United FC |score = 1–2 |report = |team2 = TDK |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = J-Village Stadium |location =Hirono, Fukushima |attendance = |referee = |result= }} {{footballbox collapsible |date =2010-02-28 |time = |round = |team1 = Fukushima United FC |score = 2–4 |report = |team2 = Blaublitz Akita |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium =J-Village Stadium |location =Hirono, Fukushima |attendance = |referee = |result= }} {{footballbox collapsible |date =2010-11-04 |time = |round = |team1 = Blaublitz Akita |score = 1–2 |report = [https://web.gekisaka.jp/news/soccer/detail/?75932-66327-fl Report] |team2 = Fukushima United FC |goals1 = |goals2 = Kobayashi{{goal|}} Kim{{goal|}} |stadium =TDK Akita General Sports Center |location =Nikaho, Akita |attendance = |referee = |result= }} {{footballbox collapsible |bg=ffffff |date =2011-03-01 |time = |round = |team1 = Fukushima United FC |score = 1–2 |report = [http://blaublitz.jp/whatsnew/3967.html Report] |team2 = Blaublitz Akita |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = J-Village Stadium |location =Hirono, Fukushima |attendance = |referee = |result= }} {{footballbox collapsible |bg=ffffff |date =2012-03-04 |time = |round = |team1 = Blaublitz Akita |score = 4–1 |report = [http://blaublitz.jp/whatsnew/13316.html Report] |team2 = Fukushima United FC |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium =Nikaho Green Field |location = Nikaho, Akita |attendance = |referee = |result= }} {{footballbox collapsible |bg=ffffff |date =2015-02-26 |time = 13:00 |round = |team1 = Fukushima United FC |score = 1–2 |report = [http://blaublitz.jp/whatsnew/32645.html Report] |team2 =Blaublitz Akita |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium =Tokinosumika Sports Centre |location =Gotemba, Shizuoka |attendance = |referee = |result= }}

===Players who have played for both clubs=== *{{flagicon|JPN}} Shoma Kamata (A: 2020, F: 2021)<ref>{{Cite web |title=鎌田翔雅選手現役引退のお知らせ |url=https://www.kataller.co.jp/pickup/kamata2023/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=カターレ富山公式ウェブサイト |language=ja}}</ref> *{{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroto Morooka (F: 2019–2022, A: 2023-)<ref>{{Cite web |title=MF 6 諸岡裕人 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/6-morooka |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> *{{flagicon|JPN}} Keita Saito (F: 2015, A: 2020-)<ref>{{Cite web |title=FW 29 齋藤恵太 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/29-saitou |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> *{{flagicon|JPN}} Hayate Take (F: 2018–2019, A: 2021-)<ref>{{Cite web |title=武颯選手カターレ富山より完全移籍のお知らせ {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/whatsnew/69850.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> *{{flagicon|JPN}} Yuji Wakasa (F: 2018–2019, A: 2020–2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=輪笠祐士選手完全移籍加入のお知らせ {{!}} ファジアーノ岡山 FAGIANO OKAYAMA |url=http://www.fagiano-okayama.com/news/p1473057740.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=ファジアーノ岡山［Fagiano OKAYAMA］公式サイト |language=ja}}</ref> *{{flagicon|JPN}} Yu Yanagihara (A: 2006, F: 2008–2010, 2011–2013)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fukushima United FC |title=福島ユナイテッド |url=https://japantopleague.jp/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/legacy_files/article/doc/1004/koori_ffc.pdf |access-date=2023-05-22}}</ref> {{Fukushima United FC}}

==Tohoku derby Akita vs Hachinohe== {{Infobox sports rivalry | name = Tohoku derby Akita vs Hachinohe | other names = Kita-Tohoku derby | image = 250px | caption = Tiga mask, a head of a cheering group | team1 = Blaublitz Akita | team2 = Vanraure Hachinohe | team1logo = Blaublitz Akita letter logo (cropped).png | team2logo = Vanraure-green.png | team3logo = | team4logo = | city or region = {{flagicon|JPN}} Akita Prefecture {{flagicon|JPN}} Aomori Prefecture | first contested = Vanraure Hachinohe 1–2 Blaublitz Akita (2019) | teams involved = Blaublitz Akita Vanraure Hachinohe | most wins = Akita 4, Hachinohe1 | most player appearances = | top scorer = | mostrecent = Akita 2-1 Hachinohe J3League (31 October 2020) | nextmeeting = | total = 5 | league = | series = Hachinohe: 1 Drawn: 0 Akita:4 | regularseason = | postseason = | largestvictory = Hachinohe 0-2 Akita, 11 July 2020 Akita 2-0 Hachinohe, 27 August 2016 | broadcasters = | stadiums = Prifoods Stadium Soyu Stadium | map_location = Japan Tohoku | map_label1 = '''Blaublitz Akita''' | map_label2 = '''Vanraure Hachinohe''' | map_label3 = | map_label4 = | coordinates1 = {{coord|39.720833|140.095556|name='''Blaublitz Akita'''}} | coordinates2 = {{coord|40.590472|141.456111|name='''Vanraure Hachinohe'''}} | coordinates3 = | coordinates4 = | map_label1_position = left | map_label2_position = right | map_label3_position = | map_label4_position = | map_caption = }} {{Infobox football club |clubname =Home kit |pattern_name1 = Akita Home |pattern_la1= _Blaublitz Akita 2020 HOME FP |pattern_b1= _Blaublitz Akita 2020 HOME FP |pattern_ra1= _Blaublitz Akita 2020 HOME FP |pattern_sh1= _Blaublitz Akita 2020 HOME FP |pattern_so1= _Blaublitz Akita 2020 HOME FP |leftarm1= |body1= |rightarm1= |shorts1=0044FF |socks1=0044FF |pattern_name2 = Hachinohe Home |pattern_la2= _Vanraure Hachinohe 2020 HOME FP |pattern_b2= _Vanraure Hachinohe 2020 HOME FP |pattern_ra2= _Vanraure Hachinohe 2020 HOME FP |pattern_sh2= _Vanraure Hachinohe 2020 HOME FP |pattern_so2= _Vanraure Hachinohe 2020 HOME FP |leftarm2=006600 |body2=006600 |rightarm2=006600 |shorts2=006600 |socks2=006600 }} Football matches between Blaublitz Akita and Vanraure Hachinohe are described as the '''Tohoku derby''' Akita vs Hachinohe. It is a match between two cities located in Northern Tohoku region. This rivalry is also known as '''Kita-Tohoku derby'''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-17 |title=【ホームゲーム情報第1弾】 2019明治安田生命J3リーグ第14節（ホーム戦） vs ブラウブリッツ秋田 {{!}} ヴァンラーレ八戸FCオフィシャルサイト |url=https://vanraure.net/archives/629671 |access-date=2023-05-27 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=佐藤梨香（八戸担当）のスタジアムナビ｜ Js LINK |url=https://www.jslink.jp/stadium/list/?entry=5036 |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Js LINK - Japan Sports LINK}}</ref>

===Venues=== The game is usually hosted at Soyu Stadium and Prifoods Stadium. The two stadiums are approximately 151 km (94 miles) apart. {|class="wikitable" ! !Stadium !Capacity !Image |- !rowspan="1"style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita |Soyu Stadium |20,125 |none|200px |- !rowspan="1"style="color:white; background: #14A83B;" |Vanraure Hachinohe |Prifoods Stadium | 5,200 |none|200px |- |}

===Past results=== Statistics as of 12 May 2023 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Tournament !style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Akita wins !! style="color:black; background:#FFFFCC;"|Draws !! style="color:white; background:#14A83B;"|Hachinohe wins !! Goal diff |- | J3 League | 3 || 0 ||1 || 6 - 3 |- | Emperor's Cup | 1 || 0 ||0 || 2 - 0 |- | '''Total''' | 4 || 0 || 1 || 8 - 3 |}

==== J3 League ==== The derby was first played on 30 June 2019 when Hachinohe club was promoted to J3 League. {| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center; font-size:100%;" !Season!!Date!!colspan="2"|(Stage/)Week!!Venue!!Home!!Score!!Away!!Attendance |-

|rowspan="2"|2019||30 June||rowspan="4"|J3||14||Daihatsu Stadium||style="color:white; background:#14A83B;"|Vanraure Hachinohe||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|1-2 ||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''||align=right|1,833<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第14節ヴァンラーレ八戸 VS ブラウブリッツ秋田 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/69796 |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |27 October||28||Soyu Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|Blaublitz Akita||style="color:white; background:#14A83B;"|0-1 ||style="color:white; background:#14A83B;"| '''Vanraure Hachinohe'''||align=right|1,414<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第28節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS ヴァンラーレ八戸 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/67932 |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2020||11 July||3||Prifoods Stadium||style="color:white; background:#14A83B;"|Vanraure Hachinohe||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|0-2 ||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''||align=right|444<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第3節ヴァンラーレ八戸 VS ブラウブリッツ秋田 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=http://blaublitz.jp/game_management/66676 |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |31 October||24||Soyu Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|2-1 ||style="color:white; background:#14A83B;"| Vanraure Hachinohe||align=right|1,081<ref>{{Cite web |title=J3 第24節ブラウブリッツ秋田 VS ヴァンラーレ八戸 {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/game_management/63992 |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田公式ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> |- |}

====Emperor's Cup ==== The derby was also played once in the Emperor's Cup. {| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center; font-size:100%;" !Season!!Date!!colspan="2"|(Stage/)Week!!Venue!!Home!!Score!!Away!!Attendance |- |2016||27 August|| ||1st rd||Akigin Stadium||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|'''Blaublitz Akita'''||style="color:white; background:#006AB6;"|2-0||style="color:white; background:#14A83B;"|Vanraure Hachinohe||align=right|603<ref>{{Cite web |last=日本サッカー協会 |title=第96回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会１回戦【31】 |url=http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2016/schedule_result/pdf/m31.pdf |access-date=2023-05-27}}</ref> |- |}

==== Friendlies ==== They have competed more than 2 practice games together. {{football box collapsible |bg=ffffff |date =8 February 2015 |time = 11:00 |round = |team1 = Vanraure Hachinohe |score = 0–0 |report = [http://blaublitz.jp/whatsnew/32392.html Report] |team2 =Blaublitz Akita |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium =Adidas Sports Park |location =Sendai, Miyagi |attendance = |referee = |result=d }} {{football box collapsible |bg= |date =19 August 2018 |time = |round = |team1 = Blaublitz Akita |score = 3–1 |report = [http://blaublitz.jp/whatsnew/53636.html Report] |team2 =Vanraure Hachinohe |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium =TDK Akita General Sports Center |location = Nikaho, Akita |attendance = |referee = |result= }}

===Players who have played for both clubs=== *{{flagicon|JPN}}Mizuki Aiba (A: 2020–2021, H: 2023) *{{flagicon|JPN}}Shuhei Fukai (A: 2016–2018, H: 2020) *{{flagicon|JPN}}Keita Hidaka (A: 2016–2018, H: 2019) *{{flagicon|JPN}}Shintaro Kato (A: 2022, H: 2023-) *{{flagicon|JPN}}Daiki Koike (A: 2019–2020, H: 2022) *{{flagicon|JPN}}Masashi Kokubun (H: 2018–2020, 2022- A: 2021) *{{flagicon|JPN}}Naoyuki Yamada (A: 2013–2021, H: 2022-)

===References=== {{Reflist}}

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