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Tokushima Vortis

J2-League

Founded:	1955
Stadium:	Pocari Sweat Stadium
Coach:	Kosaku Masuda
J2-League Form:
Overall Form:

Tokushima Vortis home ground venue is Pocari Sweat Stadium.

Kosaku Masuda is the current coach for Tokushima Vortis.

Tokushima Vortis J2-League Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Tokushima Vortis have played a total of 20 matches in Japan J2-League. Their current statistics is 9 win, 6 draw and 5 lose.

Tokushima Vortis did not win their last match in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Tokushima Vortis results for their home or away matches in J2-League 2025.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Tokushima Vortis	20	9	6	5

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
13/12/2025	JEF United	1 - 0	Tokushima Vortis	0-0	H2H	O	+
			35' Kohei Yamakoshi
			54' Daiki Watari
			54' Lawrence Izuchukwu
Naohiro Sugiyama 66'
Makoto Himeno 66'
Carlinhos Junior 69'		1 - 0
			78' Yuya Takagi
			78' Ken Iwao
			78' Shunto Kodama
			78' Jumma Miyazaki
			78' Elsinho
			78' Ko Yanagisawa
Carlinhos Junior 82'
Hiroto Goya 82'
Taishi Taguchi 82'
Manato Shinada 82'
			85' Lucas Barcelos
			85' Rio Hyon
Makoto Himeno 89'
Zain Issaka 90+2'
Takayuki Mae 90+2'
Masaru Hidaka 90+2'
Koji Toriumi 90+2'
23/11/2025	Omiya Ardija	1 - 2	Tokushima Vortis	1-2	H2H	O	+
			9' Naoki Kanuma
Oriola Sunday 14'		1 - 0
Arthur Silva 23'
		1 - 1	30' Daiki Watari
		1 - 2	34' Lucas Barcelos
Yosuke Murakami 39'
40'
			45' Lucas Barcelos
			52' Daiki Watari
			52' Lawrence Izuchukwu
Takumi Tsukui 61'
Toya Izumi 61'
Oriola Sunday 61'
Kenyu Sugimoto 61'
Yuta Toyokawa 61'
Teppei Yachida 61'
			65'
			65' Elsinho
			69' Elsinho
			69' Ko Yanagisawa
			78' Naoki Kanuma
			78' Ken Iwao
			78' Yuya Takagi
			78' Jumma Miyazaki
			78' Lucas Barcelos
			78' Malcolm Tsuyoshi Moyo
Arthur Silva 82'
Fabián González 82'
			88' Shunto Kodama
			88' Kohei Yamakoshi
Fabián González 90+3'
			90+7' Thonny Anderson
02/11/2025	Sagan Tosu	0 - 0	Tokushima Vortis	0-0	H2H	O	+
			21' Lucas Barcelos
			33' Thonny Anderson
			50' Naoki Kanuma
Hiroto Yamada 61'
Shion Shinkawa 61'
			64' Elsinho
			64' Malcolm Tsuyoshi Moyo
			64' Thonny Anderson
			64' Kiyoshiro Tsuboi
Shivatafari Nagasawa 68'
			76' Takuya Shigehiro
			76' Rio Hyon
Nagi Matsumoto 77'
Tatsunori Sakurai 77'
Jun Nishikawa 77'
Vykintas Slivka 77'
Kenta Nishizawa 77'
Daichi Suzuki 77'
			80' Lucas Barcelos
			80' Jumma Miyazaki
			80' Yuya Takagi
			80' Soya Takada
Shivatafari Nagasawa 86'
Makito Uehara 86'
Tatsunori Sakurai 89'
18/10/2025	Júbilo Iwata	0 - 4	Tokushima Vortis	0-4	H2H	O	+
			4' Elsinho
		0 - 1	13' Lucas Barcelos
		0 - 2	21' Shunto Kodama
			28' Ryota Nagaki
			28' Takuya Shigehiro
		0 - 3	38' Naoki Kanuma
		0 - 4	40' Lucas Barcelos
			42' Yuya Takagi
Ko Matsubara 43'
Tokumo Kawai 46'
Noah Kenshin Browne 46'
Naoki Kawaguchi 46'
Ikki Kawasaki 46'
Ryoga Sato 46'
Gustavo Silva 46'
			51' Takuya Shigehiro
			65' Yuya Takagi
			65' Soya Takada
			65' Thonny Anderson
			65' Daiki Watari
Ryo Watanabe 72'
Rea Ishizuka 72'
			76' Elsinho
			76' Malcolm Tsuyoshi Moyo
			76' Lucas Barcelos
			76' Taiyo Nishino
Shion Inoue 77'
Rikiya Uehara 77'
28/09/2025	Kataller Toyama	1 - 3	Tokushima Vortis	0-2	H2H	O	+
Yuki Saneto 11'
Yuki Kawakami 11'
		0 - 1	25' Thonny Anderson
			32' Thonny Anderson
Tsubasa Yoshihira 42'
		0 - 2	45+1' Thonny Anderson
Sota Fukazawa 54'		1 - 2
		1 - 3	56' Lucas Barcelos
Hiroya Sueki 58'
Yoji Sasaki 58'
Manato Furukawa 58'
Jeremie Milambo 58'
			70' Thonny Anderson
			70' Jumma Miyazaki
			70' Elsinho
			70' Ko Yanagisawa
			75' Jumma Miyazaki
Daichi Matsuoka 80'
Takumi Ito 80'
Sota Fukazawa 80'
Yuki Kagawa 80'
			86' Ryota Nagaki
			86' Taro Sugimoto
			86' Lucas Barcelos
			86' Kiyoshiro Tsuboi
			88' Yuya Takagi
			88' Soya Takada
Yuki Kawakami 90+3'
15/09/2025	Roasso Kumamoto	2 - 1	Tokushima Vortis	2-0	H2H	O	+
			8' Nao Yamada
Ryo Shiohama 9'		1 - 0
			17' Naoki Kanuma
Keito Kumashiro 21'		2 - 0
Chihiro Konagaya 42'
			46' Taro Sugimoto
			46' Ryota Nagaki
			46' Lawrence Izuchukwu
			46' Daiki Watari
			46' Hayato Aoki
			46' Ko Yanagisawa
		2 - 1	57' Yuya Takagi
			65' Kiyoshiro Tsuboi
			65' Jumma Miyazaki
Chihiro Konagaya 67'
Masato Handai 67'
			67' Elsinho
			67' Soya Takada
Keito Kumashiro 77'
Rimu Matsuoka 77'
Yuki Omoto 83'
Kaito Abe 83'
Ryo Shiohama 83'
Akira Iihoshi 83'
Koya Fujii 83'
Yuhi Takemoto 83'
16/08/2025	JEF United	1 - 0	Tokushima Vortis	0-0	H2H	O	+
			10' Elsinho
			17' Nao Yamada
Carlinhos Junior 41'
José Aurelio Suárez 55'
			64' Daiki Watari
			64' Thonny Anderson
			64' Lucas Barcelos
			64' Taro Sugimoto
Kohei Yamakoshi 65'		1 - 0
Carlinhos Junior 70'
Hiroto Goya 70'
Taishi Taguchi 70'
Manato Shinada 70'
			74' Taiyo Nishino
			74' Lawrence Izuchukwu
			74' Elsinho
			74' Taiki Tamukai
			78' Yuya Takagi
			78' Soya Takada
Masaru Hidaka 79'
Takayuki Mae 79'
Naoki Tsubaki 79'
Naohiro Sugiyama 79'
10/08/2025	Vegalta Sendai	0 - 2	Tokushima Vortis	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	20' Elsinho
Rikuto Ishio 24'
Hayata Ishii 24'
Renji Matsui 31'
			50' Daiki Watari
			50' Takuya Shigehiro
Eron 65'
Ko Miyazaki 65'
Ryunosuke Sagara 65'
Hinata Yamauchi 65'
			66' Taro Sugimoto
			66' Thonny Anderson
			66' Yuya Takagi
			66' Kaique
			66' Elsinho
			66' Ko Yanagisawa
			68' Thonny Anderson
Kokoro Kobayashi 73'
Gustavo Santos Costa 73'
Mateus Moraes 73'
Masahiro Sugata 73'
			85' Lucas Barcelos
			85' Taiyo Nishino
			86' Kaique
		0 - 2	90' Taiyo Nishino
12/07/2025	Renofa Yamaguchi	0 - 0	Tokushima Vortis	0-0	H2H	O	+
Yuki Kusano 32'
			41' Kohei Yamakoshi
Yuki Kusano 51'
Kohei Tanabe 51'
			64' Yuya Takagi
			64' Soya Takada
			64' Daiki Watari
			64' Kiyoshiro Tsuboi
			64' Elsinho
			64' Ko Yanagisawa
Kazuya Noyori 70'
Seigo Kobayashi 70'
Daigo Furukawa 70'
Shunsuke Yamamoto 70'
			79' Lucas Barcellos
			79' Thonny Anderson
84'
Ota Yamamoto 84'
			85' Taro Sugimoto
			85' Rio Hyon
Ota Yamamoto 85'
Naoto Misawa 85'
Masashi Kamekawa 85'
Ryota Ozawa 85'
Ryusei Shimodo 88'
28/06/2025	Mito Hollyhock	1 - 1	Tokushima Vortis	0-0	H2H	O	+
			40' Daiki Watari
Travis Takahashi 49'
		0 - 1	58' Elsinho
Koya Okuda 61'
Seiichiro Kubo 61'
Arata Watanabe 61'
Shimon Teranuma 61'
Ryosuke Maeda 61'
Koki Tsukagawa 61'
			71' Daiki Watari
			71' Thonny Anderson
Hayata Yamamoto 71'
Chihiro Kato 71'
			71' Elsinho
			71' Ko Yanagisawa
			74' Taro Sugimoto
			74' Ryota Nagaki
			74' Yuya Takagi
			74' Soya Takada
			82' Kaique Mafaldo
			82' Nao Yamada
Shunsuke Saito 84'
Yuto Nagao 84'
Shimon Teranuma 90+5'		1 - 1
			90+11' Hayato Aoki
			90+11' Kiyoshiro Tsuboi
31/05/2025	Imabari	0 - 1	Tokushima Vortis	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	31' Naoki Kanuma
Yuri Takeuchi 37'
			39' Kohei Yamakoshi
			46' Kohei Yamakoshi
			46' Kaique Mafaldo
Danilo Cardoso 46'
			58' Daiki Watari
			58' Thonny Anderson
			66' Elsinho
			66' Ko Yanagisawa
Wesley Tanque da Silva 71'
Tomoki Hino 71'
Kenshin Yuba 71'
Rei Umeki 71'
			81'
Hikaru Arai 82'
Shuta Sasa 82'
			82' João Victor
			82' Koki Sugimori
			82' Yuya Takagi
			82' Soya Takada
Takatora Kondo 86'
Ryota Abe 86'
18/05/2025	Ehime	0 - 2	Tokushima Vortis	0-1	H2H	O	+
			32' Daiki Watari
		0 - 1	44' Lucas Barcellos
			59' Rio Hyon
			59' Thonny Anderson
			59' Elsinho
			59' Ko Yanagisawa
Reiju Tsuruno 65'
Keon-woo Bak 65'
Ryo Sato 65'
Ryo Kubota 65'
			70' Daiki Watari
			70' Koki Sugimori
		0 - 2	76' Ko Yanagisawa
Hidemasa Koda 78'
Yuta Fujiwara 78'
			78' Yuya Takagi
			78' Soya Takada
			78' Lucas Barcellos
			78' Kiyoshiro Tsuboi
Yuhi Murakami 78'
Arthur Rodrigues Viana 78'
Yutaka Soneda 86'
Yuya Taguchi 86'
03/05/2025	Ventforet Kofu	0 - 2	Tokushima Vortis	0-0	H2H	O	+
			56' Nao Yamada
Yudai Tanaka 66'
Jumma Miyazaki 66'
			67' Daiki Watari
			67' Thonny Anderson
			67' Daiki Watari
			67' Kiyoshiro Tsuboi
Val Soares 73'
Neemias Barbosa 73'
Val Soares 73'
Hikaru Endo 73'
		0 - 1	75' Taro Sugimoto
Yuto Hiratsuka 80'
Sho Araki 80'
			80' Elsinho
			80' Kaique Mafaldo
Iwana Kobayashi 80'
Koki Oshima 80'
		0 - 2	86' Thonny Anderson
Sho Araki 88'
89'
			90+1' Taro Sugimoto
			90+1' Rio Hyon
			90+1' Shunto Kodama
			90+1' Ryota Nagaki
29/04/2025	Blaublitz Akita	0 - 2	Tokushima Vortis	0-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	32' João Victor
		0 - 2	36' Kiyoshiro Tsuboi
			46' Yudai Yamashita
			46' Ryota Nagaki
Tomofumi Fujiyama 46'
Kazuya Onohara 46'
Ryuhei Oishi 58'
Ryotaro Ishida 58'
			61' João Victor
			61' Lucas Barcellos
			61' Koki Sugimori
			61' Taro Sugimoto
Ren Komatsu 79'
Kosuke Sagawa 79'
			85' Kiyoshiro Tsuboi
			85' Thonny Anderson
Daiki Sato 86'
Takuma Mizutani 86'
Yukihito Kajiya 86'
Shota Suzuki 86'
			89' Soya Takada
			89' Taiki Tamukai
			90+1' Lucas Barcellos
13/04/2025	Oita Trinita	1 - 1	Tokushima Vortis	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	12' Lucas Barcellos
			21' Daiki Watari
Naoki Nomura 33'
			46' Lucas Barcellos
			46' João Victor
Shuto Udo 46'
Manato Yoshida 46'
			64' Daiki Watari
			64' Kiyoshiro Tsuboi
Kohei Isa 64'
Yusei Yashiki 64'
Shinya Utsumoto 66'		1 - 1
			69' João Victor
Derlan 70'
			78' João Victor
			78' Koki Sugimori
			78' Yuya Takagi
			78' Soya Takada
			82' Koki Sugimori
Naoki Nomura 84'
Taiga Kimoto 84'
Shinya Utsumoto 84'
Atsuki Satsukawa 84'
			87' Elsinho
			87' Ko Yanagisawa
Kotaro Arima 90+1'
Shun Ayukawa 90+1'
05/04/2025	Consadole Sapporo	1 - 0	Tokushima Vortis	0-0	H2H	O	+
			8' Shunto Kodama
Shuma Kido 11'
			29' Yuya Takagi
Shuma Kido 46'
Katsuyuki Tanaka 46'
			59' Daiki Watari
			59' Lucas Barcellos
			59' Koki Sugimori
			59' Soya Takada
Haruto Shirai 60'
Gun-hee Kim 60'
Haruto Shirai 60'
Supachok Sarachat 60'
			62' Lucas Barcellos
			67' Naoki Kanuma
			71' Yuya Takagi
			71' Kiyoshiro Tsuboi
Tomoki Kondo 78'
Ryota Aoki 79'
Tatsuya Hasegawa 79'
			86' Hayato Aoki
Shota Nishino 89'
Min-kyu Park 89'
			90' Taro Sugimoto
			90' Kaique Mafaldo
			90' Taro Sugimoto
			90' Taiki Tamukai
Rei Ieizumi 90+5'		1 - 0
Tomoki Takamine 90+9'
23/03/2025	Montedio Yamagata	0 - 0	Tokushima Vortis	0-0	H2H	O	+
Wataru Tanaka 21'
			59' Koki Sugimori
Shunmei Horikane 70'
Yoshiki Fujimoto 70'
Ryoma Kida 70'
Zain Issaka 70'
			71' Lucas Barcellos
			75' Koki Sugimori
			75' Shunto Kodama
			75' Taro Sugimoto
			75' Daiki Watari
Shoma Doi 80'
Junya Takahashi 80'
			86' Elsinho
			86' Taiyo Nishino
			86' Yuya Takagi
			86' Soya Takada
Shintaro Kokubu 86'
Kaina Yoshio 86'
Leo Takae 90+2'
			90+2' Lucas Barcellos
			90+2' Lawrence David Izuchukwu
15/03/2025	V-Varen Nagasaki	1 - 0	Tokushima Vortis	0-0	H2H	O	+
			29' Taro Sugimoto
			45+2' Koki Sugimori
			45+2' Lucas Barcellos
Takumi Nagura 60'
Juanma Delgado 60'
Kaito Matsuzawa 60'
Marcos Guilherme 60'
			68' Daiki Watari
			68' Kiyoshiro Tsuboi
Juanma Delgado 70'		1 - 0
Masaru Kato 73'
Riku Yamada 73'
			79' Elsinho
			79' Taiyo Nishino
			79' Yuya Takagi
			79' Soya Takada
			81' Taiyo Nishino
Asahi Masuyama 87'
Lawrence David Izuchukwu 87'
			87' Taro Sugimoto
			87' Lawrence David Izuchukwu
Masahiro Sekiguchi 87'
Shunya Yoneda 87'
02/03/2025	Iwaki	1 - 1	Tokushima Vortis	1-0	H2H	O	+
Fumiya Unoki 12'		1 - 0
Sosuke Shibata 31'
Yusuke Onishi 53'
Yusuke Onishi 54'
			56' Hayate Tanaka
			56' Hayate Tanaka
			57' João Victor
			57' Lucas Barcellos
			57' Elsinho
			57' Ko Yanagisawa
Jin Ikoma 59'
			70' Taro Sugimoto
			70' Koki Sugimori
			70' Yuya Takagi
			70' Soya Takada
		1 - 1	71' Lucas Barcellos
Fumiya Unoki 72'
Yuto Yamada 72'
Taisei Kato 80'
Nelson Ishiwatari 80'
			82' Daiki Watari
			82' Kaique Mafaldo
Yusuke Onishi 88'
Shota Kofie 88'
15/02/2025	Fujieda MYFC	0 - 2	Tokushima Vortis	0-0	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	52' João Victor
			61' Daiki Watari
			61' Lucas Barcellos
			61' Daiki Watari
			61' Lucas Barcellos
Shota Kaneko 62'
Kanta Chiba 62'
João Victor 62'
Koki Sugimori 62'
Masahiko Sugita 67'
Kosei Okazawa 67'
			71' Yuya Takagi
		0 - 2	75' Koki Sugimori
Shunnosuke Matsuki 77'
Cheikh Diamanka 77'
Nobuyuki Kawashima 77'
Ryosuke Hisadomi 77'
			77' Elsinho
			77' Kaique Mafaldo
			77' Yuya Takagi
			77' Soya Takada
			84' Taro Sugimoto
			84' Takuya Shigehiro

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Tokushima Vortis in J2-League.

Statistics & Analysis of Tokushima Vortis

Lucas Barcelos is the leading top goal scorer for Tokushima Vortis with 14 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	4
Longest losing streak	2
Longest run without loss	8
Longest run without win	5
Clean sheets	10
Matches over 2.25 goals	4
Matches under 2.25 goals	16
Matches First Half Over 0.5	10
Matches First Half Under 0.5	10
Matches odd	7
Matches even	13
Average goals scored	1.2
Average goals allowed	0.55
Failure to score	7
Biggest victory	0 - 4
Biggest defeat	2 - 1
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	0
Own goals	0
Goalless draw at home match	0
Goalless draw at away match	3 (15%)
Comeback win	0
Top Goal Scorer	Lucas Barcelos
Top Assist	Thonny Anderson

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J2-League 2025 - Regular Season Table

Tokushima Vortis are in the 4th position of J2-League and they are in contention for Promotion Play-off.

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Mito Hollyhock	38	20	10	8	55	34	+21	70
2	V-Varen Nagasaki	38	19	13	6	63	44	+19	70
3	JEF United	38	20	9	9	56	34	+22	69
4	Tokushima Vortis	38	18	11	9	45	24	+21	65
5	Júbilo Iwata	38	19	7	12	59	51	+8	64
6	Omiya Ardija	38	18	9	11	60	39	+21	63
7	Vegalta Sendai	38	16	14	8	47	36	+11	62
8	Sagan Tosu	38	16	10	12	46	43	+3	58
9	Iwaki	38	15	11	12	55	44	+11	56
10	Montedio Yamagata	38	15	8	15	58	54	+4	53
11	Imabari	38	13	14	11	46	46	+0	53
12	Consadole Sapporo	38	16	5	17	50	63	-13	53
13	Ventforet Kofu	38	11	11	16	37	45	-8	44
14	Blaublitz Akita	38	11	10	17	43	59	-16	43
15	Fujieda MYFC	38	9	12	17	41	50	-9	39
16	Oita Trinita	38	8	14	16	27	44	-17	38
17	Kataller Toyama	38	9	10	19	34	49	-15	37
18	Roasso Kumamoto	38	9	10	19	41	57	-16	37
19	Renofa Yamaguchi	38	7	15	16	36	47	-11	36
20	Ehime	38	3	13	22	35	71	-36	22

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Tokushima Vortis Squad

Detailed statistics of each Tokushima Vortis player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

If you want to bet on the players, you should see who are the Tokushima Vortis top goal scorers and which players have a disciplinary problem with the the most yellow or red cards.

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#	Name of Player
1	Hayate Tanaka	3600				3
2	Taiki Tamukai	178	5	2
3	Nao Yamada	3182	1	2		4
4	Kaique Ferráz Mafaldo	911	13	2	1	2
5	Hayato Aoki	2912	1	4		2	1
6	Kohei Uchida	80	0	1		1
7	Shunto Kodama	3029	1	6	2	4
9	Thonny Anderson da Silva Carvalho	1154	18	4	4	7
10	Taro Sugimoto	2190	6	24	2	3
11	Koki Sugimori	606	8	6	1	2
13	Taiyo Nishino	160	8	1	1	1
14	Rio Hyon	497	11	2
15	Kohei Yamakoshi	2658	1	1		3
16	Daiki Watari	2121	5	33	5	3
18	Elson Ferreira de Souza	2661	0	34	3	8
19	João Victor Lima Ferreira	430	2	6	3	1
19	Jumma Miyazaki	223	9	0	1	2
19	Ken Iwao	75	5	0
21	Kengo Nagai	270
21	Kokoro Aoki
22	Ko Yanagisawa	1035	23	0	1	2
23	Yu Takada	73
24	Soya Takada	531	27	1		1
25	Yudai Yamashita	46	0	1
27	Lawrence David Izuchukwu	362	9	3		1
28	Naoki Kanuma	3159	1	2	3	6
29	Daiki Mitsui	90
30	Kiyoshiro Tsuboi	499	15	4	1	1
31	Toru Hasegawa
33	Seiya Inoue	450
40	Ryota Nagaki	750	6	5
42	Yuya Takagi	2951	1	34	4	6
44	Tatsuya Yamaguchi	10	1	0
55	Takuya Shigehiro	666	7	4		2
84	Muku Fukuta
85	Riku Miyamura
86	Neo Nagamura
97	Malcolm Tsuyoshi Moyo	34	5	0
99	Lucas Barcellos Damasceno	2201	11	19	14	9
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