 Before the 2005 series, and excepting the 1973 season when as JSL Division 2 runners-up they lost another series at the hands of now-defunct Nippon Kokan, this had been the closest Kofu came to competing in the top division.In the final minutes in the first leg, the Kose Sports Stadium blacked outed and the game was stopped.The lights came back after 20–30 minutes.