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Rugby team

Kochi United

Club · Japan · J2 League

173 Matches
65 wins
37 draws
71 losses
193–209 Goals
−16 Difference
1.1 Scored per game
Form L 17 May · Home Ehime FC · 0:1 L 24 May · Away Kanazawa · 0:2 L 30 May · Home Renofa Yamaguchi FC · 2:3 L 6 Jun · Away Omiya Ardija · 1:2 L 19 Aug · Away Verspah Ōita · 0:3 L 9 Sep · Home V-Varen Nagasaki · 0:1

Hiroki Maehara arrived from Tsukuba University in 2020 and has since put 57 goals past opposing keepers.

The club exists because two smaller clubs stopped existing: Igosso Kochi FC and Kochi U Torastar FC merged on 1 February 2016. Those colours are what the team plays in now.

Three straight Shikoku Soccer League titles from 2017 followed, then promotion into the Japan Football League for the 2020 season. Kochi United spent four years there before finishing second in 2024 and beating YSCC Yokohama in the promotion play-off that December, sending the club into J3 for 2025. Kokoro Kobayashi scored the goal that marked that first J.League season before leaving for Vegalta Sendai in June 2025.

It has not all gone smoothly since: manager Yutaka Akita resigned in September 2025 during a harassment investigation, and Takahiro Shimohira has been brought in to take charge from the 2026/27 season.

Home is Kochi Haruno Athletic Stadium.

Latest results

All matches
9 Sep J-League Cup V-Varen Nagasaki H 0:1 L
19 Aug Emperor’s Cup Verspah Ōita A 0:3 L
6 Jun J2 League Omiya Ardija A 1:2 L
30 May J2 League Renofa Yamaguchi FC H 2:3 L
24 May J2 League Kanazawa A 0:2 L
17 May J2 League Ehime FC H 0:1 L

Team statistics

matches counted: 173
173 Matches
65 wins
37 draws
71 losses
193–209 Goals
−16 Difference
1.1 Scored per game
Season results matches counted: 173
65wins: 65 · 37% 37draws: 37 · 21% 71losses: 71 · 41%
wins losses
Scored and conceded last matches
17 May · Home Ehime FC · 0:1
24 May · Away Kanazawa · 0:2
30 May · Home Renofa Yamaguchi FC · 2:3
6 Jun · Away Omiya Ardija · 1:2
19 Aug · Away Verspah Ōita · 0:3
9 Sep · Home V-Varen Nagasaki · 0:1
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 173 85 88
Scored 193 98 95
Conceded 209 84 125
Scored per game 1.1 1.2 1.1
Conceded per game 1.2 1.0 1.4
Difference −16 +14 −30

Fixtures of Kochi United

Honours of Kochi United

  • Kochi Prefectural Football Championship 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 10
  • Shikoku Soccer League 2017, 2018, 2019 3
  • J3/JFL Play-off 2024 1