2023 Roasso Kumamoto season

Roasso Kumamoto
2023 season
Chairman	Tomoyoshi Ikeya
Manager	Takeshi Oki
Stadium	Egao Kenko Stadium
J2 League	8th
Emperor's Cup	Third round
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022 2024 →
	All statistics correct as of 11 June 2023.

Last updated August 12, 2025

The 2023 season was Roasso Kumamoto's 54th season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Roasso Kumamoto participated in this season's edition of the Emperor's Cup.

Players

Current squad

As of 6 January 2023.^[1]^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Ryuga Tashiro
2	MF	JPN	Kohei Kuroki
3	MF	JPN	Ryotaro Onishi
4	MF	JPN	Itto Fujita
5	DF	JPN	Kaito Abe
6	DF	JPN	Makoto Okazaki
7	MF	JPN	Keisuke Tanabe
8	MF	JPN	Shuhei Kamimura
9	MF	JPN	Yuki Omoto
10	MF	JPN	Shun Ito
11	FW	JPN	Shohei Aihara
13	GK	JPN	Takuya Masuda
14	MF	JPN	Yuhi Takemoto
15	MF	JPN	Shohei Mishima
16	MF	JPN	Rimu Matsuoka


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	JPN	Rei Hirakawa (captain)
18	FW	JPN	Daiki Ishikawa
19	MF	JPN	Takuya Shimamura
20	FW	JPN	Shun Osaki
21	MF	JPN	Ayumu Toyoda
22	DF	JPN	Yuya Aizawa
23	GK	JPN	Yuya Sato
24	DF	JPN	Takuro Ezaki
25	MF	JPN	Tsubasa Togo
26	DF	JPN	Kaito Miyazaki
27	MF	JPN	Yuto Taniyama
28	FW	JPN	Yusei Toshida
29	FW	JPN	Yutaka Michiwaki
30	MF	JPN	Tatsuki Higashiyama

Transfers

Transfers in^[3]
Join on	Pos.	Player	Moving from	Transfer type
Pre-season	DF	Makoto Okazaki	FC Tokyo	Full transfer
Pre-season	DF	Yuya Aizawa	Komazawa University	Free transfer
Pre-season	DF	Kaito Miyazaki	NIFS Kanoya	Full transfer
Pre-season	MF	Takuya Shimamura	FC Imabari	Free transfer
Pre-season	MF	Ryotaro Onishi	FC Gifu	Full transfer
Pre-season	MF	Yuki Omoto	FC Ryukyu	Full transfer
Pre-season	MF	Tsubasa Togo	Nippon SS University	Free transfer
Pre-season	MF	Ayumu Toyoda	Chuo University	Free transfer
Pre-season	FW	Rimu Matsuoka	Tochigi SC	Full transfer
Pre-season	FW	Daichi Ishikawa	Gainare Tottori	Full transfer
Pre-season	FW	Shun Osaki	Fukuoka University	Free transfer
Pre-season	FW	Yutaka Michiwaki	Roasso Kumamoto U18s	Promotion

Transfers out
Leave on	Pos.	Player	Moving to	Transfer type
Pre-season	DF	So Kawahara	Sagan Tosu	Full transfer
Pre-season	DF	Koki Sakamoto	Yokohama FC	Full transfer
Pre-season	DF	Masahiro Sugata	Vegalta Sendai	Full transfer
Pre-season	DF	Shuichi Sakai	Thespakusatsu Gunma	Full transfer
Pre-season	DF	Osamu Henry Iyoha	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Loan expiration
Pre-season	DF	Kotaro Higashino	J-Lease FC	Free transfer
Pre-season	DF	Leo Kenta	–	Contract expiration
Pre-season	MF	Naohiro Sugiyama	Gamba Osaka	Full transfer
Pre-season	MF	Sota Higashide	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	FFree transfer
Pre-season	MF	Kosei Tajiri	Kochi United	Free transfer
Pre-season	MF	Keitatsu Kojima	Ococias Kyoto	Free transfer
Pre-season	MF	Thales Paula	Nagoya Grampus	Loan expiration
Pre-season	MF	Keitatsu Kojima	–	Contract expiration
Pre-season	FW	Toshiki Takahashi	Urawa Red Diamonds	Full transfer
Pre-season	FW	Kakeru Higuchi	Kochi United	Free transfer

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
J2 League	19 February 2023	12 November 2023	Matchday 1	21	8	6	7	31	21	+10	038.10
Emperor's Cup	21 June 2023		Second round	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Total				22	8	7	7	33	23	+10	036.36

Last updated: 21 June 2023
Source: Soccerway

J2 League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Fujieda MYFC	42	14	10	18	61	72	−11	52
13	Blaublitz Akita	42	12	15	15	37	44	−7	51
14	Roasso Kumamoto	42	13	10	19	52	53	−1	49
15	Tokushima Vortis	42	10	19	13	43	53	−10	49
16	Vegalta Sendai	42	12	12	18	48	61	−13	48

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

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	7	6	7	27	21	+6	27	4	2	5	13	12	+1	3	4	2	14	9	+5

Last updated: 11 June 2023.
Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W
Position	8	18	9	5	8	13	14	11	12	13	13	14	13	11	11	12

Updated to match(es) played on 17 June 2023. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 January 2023.^[4]

19 February1	Tochigi SC	1–1	Roasso Kumamoto	Utsunomiya
16:00		Report		Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium

26 February2	Roasso Kumamoto	0–1	Blaublitz Akita	Kumamoto
13:00		Report		Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium

5 March3	Roasso Kumamoto	3–0	Omiya Ardija	Kumamoto
13:00		Report		Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium

11 March4	Renofa Yamaguchi	1–3	Roasso Kumamoto	Yamaguchi
14:00		Report		Stadium: Ishin Me-Life Stadium

19 March5	Roasso Kumamoto	0–2	V-Varen Nagasaki	Kumamoto
14:00		Report		Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium

25 March6	Tokyo Verdy	3–0	Roasso Kumamoto	Tokyo
15:00	Fukazawa 16' Taira 73' Yamakoshi 82'	Report		Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 4,587 Referee: Tom Nield (England)

2 April 20237	Roasso Kumamoto	1–1	Tokushima Vortis	Kumamoto
12:00	Hirakawa 54'	Report	Kodama 56'	Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium Attendance: 4,166 Referee: Keisuke Nobori

9 April8	Roasso Kumamoto	3–1	Zweigen Kanazawa	Kumamoto
15:00	Ishikawa 42' Ezaki 60' Kajiura 62'	Report	Kato 45'	Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium Attendance: 5,315 Referee: Shuhei Shimizu

12 April9	Fagiano Okayama	0–0	Roasso Kumamoto	Okayama
19:00		Report		Stadium: City Light Stadium

16 April10	Júbilo Iwata	1–1	Roasso Kumamoto	Iwata
16:00	Nakagawa 27' Kaneko 53'	Report	Matsuoka 12' Aizawa 15' Tashiro 36' Ezaki 88'	Stadium: Yamaha Stadium Attendance: 7,780 Referee: Keigo Sendachi

21 April11	Roasso Kumamoto	2–2	JEF United Chiba	Kumamoto
19:00	Tashiro 52' Ezaki 70' Aihara 88', 90+9' (pen.)	Report	Buwanika 28' Nishikubo 40' Tsubaki 61' Goya 85'	Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium Attendance: 3,339 Referee: Reo Tanaka

29 April12	Machida Zelvia	2–1	Roasso Kumamoto	Machida
14:00	Okuyama 8' Erik 63' (pen.) Fujio 71'	Report	Ishikawa 88'	Stadium: Machida GION Stadium Attendance: 4,020 Referee: Atsushi Kamimura

3 May13	Roasso Kumamoto	2–0	Thespakusatsu Gunma	Kumamoto
13:50	Kamimura 30' Hirakawa 44' Aihara 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium Attendance: 4,193 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

7 May14	Roasso Kumamoto	2–0	Ventforet Kofu	Kumamoto
13:00	Ishikawa 35', 87' Aihara 2' Tashiro 2'	Report	Kobayashi 53'	Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Yosuke Kubota

13 May15	Oita Trinita	1–1	Roasso Kumamoto	Oita
15:00	Nakagawa 57'	Report	Ishikawa 12'	Stadium: Resonac Dome Oita Attendance: 12,096 Referee: Hirokazu Otsubo

17 May16	Roasso Kumamoto	0–1	Vegalta Sendai	Kumamoto
19:00	Matsuoka 15' Tashiro 90+3'	Report	Sagara 47' Heo Yong-joon 90+4'	Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium Attendance: 2,884 Referee: Koji Takasaki

21 May17	Mito HollyHock	0–3	Roasso Kumamoto	Mito
15:00		Report		Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito

28 May18	Roasso Kumamoto	0–3	Montedio Yamagata	Kumamoto
14:00		Report		Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium

3 June19	Iwaki FC	0–4	Roasso Kumamoto	Iwaki
13:00		Report	Aihara 16' Onishi 22' Omoto 58' Hirakawa 62'	Stadium: Iwaki Green Field

11 June20	Roasso Kumamoto	0–1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kumamoto
19:00		Report		Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium

17 June21	Fujieda MYFC	0–4	Roasso Kumamoto	Fujieda
14:00		Report		Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium

25 June22	Roasso Kumamoto	v	Júbilo Iwata	Kumamoto
19:00		Report		Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium

Emperor's Cup

21 June Second round	Roasso Kumamoto	2–2 (5–4 p)	FC Ryukyu	Kumamoto
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Higashiyama 49' Omoto 53'		Kanazaki 25' Iwamoto 38'	Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium
	Penalties
	Higashiyama Toshida Tashiro Tanabe Hirakawa		Yanagi Kagiyama Mori Uehara Sulley

References

↑ "ロアッソ熊本2023シーズントップチームについて". roasso-k.com. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
↑ "選手・スタッフ". roasso-k.com. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
↑ "NEWS". Roasso Kumamoto (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
↑ FromOne co., Ltd. "【日程一覧】2023明治安田生命J2リーグ". サッカーキング.

External links

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[1] "ロアッソ熊本2023シーズントップチームについて". roasso-k.com. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

[2] "選手・スタッフ". roasso-k.com. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[3] "NEWS". Roasso Kumamoto (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 December 2022.

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

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	7	6	7	27	21	+6	27	4	2	5	13	12	+1	3	4	2	14	9	+5

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	7	6	7	27	21	+6	27	4	2	5	13	12	+1	3	4	2	14	9	+5