is a professional football club based in Hachinohe, a city in the southeastern part of Aomori Prefecture in Japan. They are set to play in the J2 League from 2026–27, the Japanese second tier of professional football after promotion from the J3 League in 2025.
Name origin The name Vanraure comes from the combination of two Italian words: derivante, meaning "origin"; and australe, meaning "southern". It thus refers to the origin of the club in the southern area of Hachinohe, in the former village of Nangō.
History The club was founded in 2006 as a merger of two football clubs: Hachinohe Industry SC (八戸工業サッカークラブ) and Nango FC (南郷FC), joining Tōhoku League Division 2 North. Since 2008 the club's aim was to become a professional club and join J.League. In 2011, because of Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the two blocks of Tōhoku Division 2 were temporarily merged into a single group with no promotion, and Vanraure won the merged Division 2 title for the first time. In 2012 they returned to Division 2 North and were only able to finish in second place behind Ganju Iwate, but won the promotion playoff against Cobaltore Onagawa, who were also promoted because Fukushima United gained promotion to JFL.
With the introduction of J3 League for 2014, the club applied for J. League Associate Membership in June 2013 and were approved in September 2013. The J3 license was postponed until the next evaluation in 2014 due to their stadium not meeting league requirements.
Because of vacancies left by some clubs that made up the J3 League, JFL selected other clubs besides the 2013 Regional League promotion series winners who had submitted an application. Vanraure was one of four clubs by application to be promoted and competed in JFL for the first time in 2014. In July 2015, Vanraure won the Apertura Championship but lost to Clausura champion Sony Sendai FC on penalties in the two-leg championship stage after a tie on aggregate.
After several attempts, Vanraure finally were promoted to J3 League in 2018; they achieved 3rd place behind Honda FC and FC Osaka, which allowed them to earn a professional spot for 2019.
Vanraure Hachinohe acquired a J2 license on 2021, which allows promotion to the J2 once the club finishes the season in a qualifying position.
On 29 November 2025, Vanraure Hachinohe secure promotion to J2 League for the first time in their history from next season after draw against FC Ryukyu 1–1 in final matchweek.
League and cup record ChampionsRunners-upThird placePromotedRelegated League J. LeagueCup Emperor'sCup ShakaijinCupSeason Division Tier Teams Pos. P W D L F A GD Pts Attendance/G2006Tōhoku League(Div. 2 North) 5 8 5th 14 6 1 7 37 38 −1 19 Not eligibleDid not qualify Did not qualify20078 6th 14 4 5 5 22 25 −3 17 20088 4th 14 7 2 5 31 26 5 23 20098 3rd 14 8 2 4 43 25 18 26 20108 2nd 14 12 0 2 52 10 42 36 1st round2011Tōhoku League(Div. 2) 6 1st 10 10 0 0 61 1 60 30 Did not qualify2012Tōhoku League(Div. 2 North) 8 2nd 14 12 1 1 74 8 66 37 1st round 1st round2013Tōhoku League(Div. 1) 4 10 2nd 18 16 1 1 67 8 59 49 2nd round 2nd round2014JFL 14 9th 26 8 6 12 30 32 −2 30 763 2nd round Not eligible 201516 2nd 30 17 8 5 36 21 15 59 974 1st round201616 7th 30 13 7 10 34 27 7 46 1,754 1st round201716 5th 30 15 6 9 41 31 10 51 2,106 3rd round201816 3rd 30 16 8 6 43 21 22 56 2,208 Did not qualify2019J3 3 18 10th 34 14 6 14 49 42 7 49 1,760 3rd round2020 †18 15th 34 8 9 17 42 56 −14 33 666 Did not qualify2021 †15 13th 28 7 8 13 24 44 −20 29 1,137 3rd round202218 10th 34 14 1 19 32 46 −14 43 1,503 1st round202320 7th 38 15 11 12 49 47 2 56 1,890 1st round202420 11th 38 13 13 12 44 42 2 52 1,728 2nd round 2nd round202520 2nd 38 21 9 8 46 23 23 72 2,374 1st round Did not qualify2026J2 2 10 TBD 18 N/A2026–2720 TBD 38 TBD TBD Key
Honours +Vanraure Hachinohe HonoursHonour No. YearsAomori Prefectural Football Championship Emperor's Cup Aomori Prefectural Qualifiers112010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024Tōhoku League Division 212011Japan Football League Apertura Champions12015
Current squad
As of 1 August 2026.
Out on loan
Club officials Position NameManager Nobuhiro IshizakiAssistant manager Yuki TakahashiFirst-team coach Atsushi TeruiPhysical coach Takuya NaritaCoach Hiroti NakanowatariTrainer Kazuyoshi NishitaniCompetent Taisei Soga
Managerial history Manager Nationality Tenure Start Finish Matsuichi Yamada 1 February 2010 31 January 2015Kazuhito Mochizuki 1 February 2015 31 January 2017Tetsuji Hashiratani 1 February 2017 31 January 2018Masahiro Kuzuno 1 February 2018 31 January 2019Atsuto Ōishi 1 February 2019 31 January 2020Masafumi Nakaguchi 1 February 2020 31 January 2021Masahiro Kuzuno 1 February 2021 13 June 2022Ryo Shigaki 14 June 2022 31 January 2023Nobuhiro Ishizaki 1 February 2023 6 December 2025Yuki Takahashi 12 December 2025 6 June 2026Keiji Kuraishi 9 June 2026 Present
Kit evolution Home kit – 1st
Away kit – 2nd
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