Football Season Guide

J2 League
Japan
J2 League
2025
RB Omiya Ardija
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RB Omiya Ardija

In


Yuya Tsuboi (gk) Vissel Kobe – on loan; Gabriel (def) Yokohama FC; Shosaku Yasumitsu (def) Kataller Toyama; Keita Fukui (def) Tsukuba University; Kota Nakayama (mid) Toyo University; Teppei Yachida (mid) Kyoto Sanga; Caprini (att) Yokohama FC; Toya Izumi (att) Vissel Kobe – loan made permanent; Yuta Toyokawa (att) Kyoto Sanga; Kenyu Sugimoto (att) Jubilo Iwata – loan made permanent;

Out


Jakub Swierczok (r) (att) released; Fumiya Takayanagi (sp) (mid) Giravanz; Fumiya Takayanagi (sp) (mid) Gainare Tottori – on loan; Soya Takada (sp) (mid) Tokushima Vortis; Jin Izumisawa (sp) (att) Gifu; Seiya Nakano (sp) (att) Hachinohe – on loan; Tomoya Osawa (sp) (att) Zweigen Kanazawa – on loan; Manafu Wakabayashi (gk) Iwate Grulla – on loan; Shunya Suzuki (def) Kochi United – on loan; Masato Nuki (def) Aomori; Haruhi Taneda (mid) Thundering Herd; Rin Yamazaki (mid) Kagoshima United; Yusuke Shimizu (mid) Gainare Tottori – on loan; Seiya Nakano (att) Numazu – on loan; Tetsuya Chinen (def) Vegalta Sendai – end of loan; Yuta Ueda (def) Kyoto Sanga – end of loan;

Immediately after being relegated in 2023 Omiya bounced back and are returning to J2. Not just that but last season the team joined the powerful and rich family of Red Bull clubs. The rich new sponsor made sure Omiya will dominate in J3 all year. They had only 3 defeats in 38 rounds and easily won the division title, finished 12 points clear of the team in second place. Omiya had 7 different players with 5 or more goals. Nobody scored more than 10 though. Kenyu Sugimoto had that honour and his solid displays were enough to see him sealing a permanent move to the club this winter. The RB backing brought finances unrivalled by any other side in J2, possibly only Consadole Sapporo, and this helped Omiya to strength very well their squad this winter. Signing Brazilians Gabriel and Caprini from the promoted Yokohama FC immediately makes them key figures for Omiya. Caprini is expected to link-up with Arthur Silva and between them they could easily create 20+ goals for Omiya this season. Several other quality players were added to the ranks, including the likely new number one Yuya Tsuboi. With enldess financial abilities Omiya could even dream about back-to-back promotions. If the season starts well and come the summer the J3 champions are in the mix even stronger summer recruits can be expected.

Target


The goal is to secure a top 10 finish. Should be an achievable goal.