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team that plays in Japan's

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. It is based in the Kita,

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, Tama, and

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wards of Tokyo. They have won 52 major Asian and national titles, the most of any team in the WE League. They have produced many players for the women's national team, youth national team and other teams in Japan and abroad.

History

The club was founded as the women's team of Yomiuri SC (currently ''Tokyo Verdy'') by

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in 1981 and named ''Yomiuri SC Ladies Beleza''. Its team name, "Beleza", is Portuguese for "beauty". It was a founding member of the

Nadeshiko League The , commonly known as the , is a women's association football league in Japan. The Nadeshiko League consists of two divisions that correspond to the second and third levels of the Japanese women's football pyramid respectively. Teams are pro ...

(the Japan Women's Football League) in 1989 and is the only Japanese women's club to have never been relegated. In 1999, the club was transferred to

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and the club name was changed to ''NTV Beleza''. In 2000, the team name was changed to ''Nippon TV Beleza''. In September 2009, Nippon TV withdrew from management. However, the club signed a new contract for

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with Nippon TV, and since 2020 its name has been Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza. The team joined the

for the 2021-2022 season as a founding member. *1981: Founded as the women's team of Yomiuri Soccer Club, the predecessor of Tokyo Verdy, Yomiuri Soccer Club Women's Beleza. Participated in the Tokyo League Division 2. Initially, the team was created for female fans of Yomiuri Club with the aim of "getting closer to the players", but by providing full-scale coaching, the team aimed to popularise and improve women's football. In 1984, the team was promoted to the Tokyo League Division 1. The team has participated in the Empress's Cup All-Japan Women's Football Championship since the 5th tournament (1983). *1989: When the Japan Women's Football League was launched, the team participated as one of the founding members (6 clubs). They won the opening match against Shimizu FC Ladies (9 September). In this first season, they came second behind Shimizu FC Ladies. *1990: From the second season, Beleza won four consecutive championships, and with players such as

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, Shiho Onodera, and

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, they were always competitors for the championship in the season and the All-Japan Women's Football Championship. *1994: They signed a sponsorship contract with Seiyu and changed their name to Yomiuri Seiyu Beleza. *1998: The sponsorship contract with Seiyu was terminated and the name was changed to Yomiuri Beleza. *1999: The sponsor changed to NTV FC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Television Network Corporation. The name was changed to NTV Beleza. *2000: When Nippon Television Network changed its logo and introduced a new corporate identity to unify the abbreviation to "NTV", the team became NTV Beleza ( NTV FC became a joint venture with Inagi City and others in 2001). During this time, Beleza had not won the league since 1994, but the

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, who had won three consecutive league titles in 10th season in 1998, were disbanded at the end of the same year, and Prima Ham FC Kunoichi, who won the 11th season in 1999, was reorganised and downsized as

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in 2000, which marked the so-called "winter period of women's football". In the 12th season, they won their first championship in seven years. They won the league three times in a row until the 2002 season. *2004:

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, Yoe Sakai (who changed her name to Yoe Kato after her marriage in 2007), and

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were selected for the Athens Olympics women's football team (

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), and played key roles in supporting the team. *2005:

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transferred from

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. The team won the L-League for the first time in three years with an undefeated record of 18 wins and 3 draws in 21 matches, and also won the Sunny Country Okayama National Athletic Meet and the Empress's Cup All-Japan Women's Football Championship. This was the first time in the history of Japanese women's soccer that a single team had won a '' de facto'' triple crown without losing a single match. They also won the Nadeshiko Super Cup, held before the season, in a penalty shootout, making them the strongest club in the league with a "quadruple crown". *2006: The team suffered their first league defeat in two years in the final league match against Tasaki Perule, but won all three playoff matches to win consecutive championships. They became the first team to win the "100 Million Yen Tiara" that was created that year. *2007: They won their 10th league championship of the season, and also won the Nadeshiko Super Cup,

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(established that year), and the 29th All-Japan Women's Football Championship, to achieve a "quadruple crown." *2008: With players called up to the Japan Women's National Team for the Beijing Olympics, the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, and the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, it was a difficult season with many injuries, but the team came together to win their fourth consecutive league championship and the 30th All-Japan Women's Football Championship. *21 October 2009: Nippon Television sold its shares in Nippon Television Football Club (later changing its name to Tokyo Verdy 1969 Football Club), which operated Beleza, to an outside company, and withdrew from managing the club. However, Nippon Television retained the naming rights to the team, and the team name remained "Nippon Television Beleza". *2010: Verdy was temporarily placed under

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management after falling into a serious management crisis. The crisis was averted by the formation of a new management team with Buddy Planning Research Institute as the largest shareholder. However, further cost-cutting measures were taken, and Beleza, which won the league championship for the first time in two years that year, did not renew the contracts of professional players Homare Sawa and

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, the season's top scorer. As a result, four players, including Chika Yukari and

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, who were Nadeshiko members despite being amateur players, left Beleza and all transferred to

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, which had won the 32nd All-Japan Women's Football Championship that year and was managed by Kei Hoshikawa, who had been fired as Beleza manager in July 2010. In 2010,

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transferred to an overseas league in January before the start of the season, and Rumi Utsugi in July, while

transferred to

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in March, and Mai Nakaji retired after the season ended in December, meaning that many of Beleza's home-grown main players had left the club. *2011:

, who had been the new coach since November of the previous year, continued to lead the team, and the team was able to integrate veterans such as Nadeshiko Japan member Azusa Iwashimizu ,

, and Kanako Ito with young forwards such as

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, Asano Nagasato, and Nanase Kiryu. Although the team missed out on consecutive league titles, they finished second behind INAC Kobe Leonessa. Iwashimizu was a key player in the team's first

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victory in 2011 and their qualification for the main tournament in the

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qualifiers, and she began to attract a lot of attention from the media. In October, Beleza signed a professional contract with Iwashimizu until January 2015, and Iwashimizu was assigned to the club production department in preparation for future participation in club management. Iwabuchi also played in the World Cup and Nagasato in the Olympic qualifiers, gaining experience that would help improve the team's strength. At the end of the year, in the 33rd All-Japan Women's Football Championship, they lost to

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in the semi-finals. *2012: On 9 September, they defeated INAC Kobe in the final of the Nadeshiko League Cup 2012 to win the tournament for the third time in a row. In November, they participated in the first

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as League Cup winners and placed third in the tournament. *2015: On 1 January, they defeated Urawa in the Empress's Cup final to win their 11th championship in five years. They also won the Nadeshiko League for the first time since 2010. *2016: On 3 September, they defeated

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in the Nadeshiko League Cup final to win their first championship in four years. They also won their second consecutive Nadeshiko League championship. *2017: They won their third consecutive Nadeshiko League championship. In the Empress's Cup, they defeated

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in the final to win their 12th championship in three tournaments. *2018: They won the Nadeshiko League for the fourth consecutive year and the Nadeshiko League Cup for the fifth time in two years. They also won the Empress's Cup the following year, defeating INAC Kobe in the final, achieving a triple crown of domestic titles. *2019: They won the Nadeshiko League for the fifth consecutive year, and the Nadeshiko League Cup for the sixth time in two consecutive years. They also won the Empress's Cup, beating Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies in the final, achieving a triple crown of domestic titles. They also won the AFC Women's Club Championship, achieving a quadruple title in the year. *2020: They won the Empress's Cup for the third consecutive year. They announced that they would change their team name to Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza and have a new team emblem. On 15 October, they were approved to join the new WE League, which would be launched in 2021. *2021-22 season: They lost to Urawa at home in the opening game of the WE League, and lost to Chiba L in the quarterfinals of the Empress's Cup, missing out on their fourth consecutive Empress's Cup victory, and finished without a title for the first time in eight years. *2022–23 season: In the WE League Cup final, they were trailing 3-0 to Urawa and lost 2-4 on penalties, finishing as runners-up, but defeated INAC Kobe 4-0 in the Empress's Cup final to win their 16th title in two tournaments. *In the 2024-25 season, they beat

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3-0 on the last day of the season. In the

, that made them tied with

on points and superior on goal difference, thus causing them to win the league for the first time since its inception in 2021.

Kits

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Stadium

Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza play their home matches at

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. File:Nishigaoka Stadium 1.JPG, Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka

Youth teams

Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Menina is Beleza's football academy. Players such as

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and

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have been on its roster. Tokyo Verdy Menina currently plays in the Kantō League Div. 1 (Division 3).

Other sports

Verdy is a

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and also fields teams in

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and

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. Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza's men's football team is

Tokyo Verdy is a Japanese professional football club based in Inagi, Tokyo. The club currently competes in the J1 League, following promotion from the J2 League in 2023. History Founded as Yomiuri Football Club in 1969, Tokyo Verdy is one of the mo ...

. The club plays in the

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, the first tier of football in the country. Founded as Yomiuri FC in 1969, Tokyo Verdy is one of the most decorated clubs in the J.League, with honours including 2 J.League titles, 5

Emperor's Cup , commonly known as or Japan FA Cup, and rebranded as The JFA Emperor's Cup from 2024 onwards, is a Japanese annual football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formatio ...

s, 6

JSL Cup was the original league cup for clubs in the Japan Soccer League, the top level of Japanese football before the creation of the J. League and its cup. The cup was first played in 1973, but only become an annual tournament in 1976. The JSL Cup ...

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s and an

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title, and the most successful team in Japanese football history with 25 titles. The club was an original member (''"Original Ten"'') of the J.League in 1993.

Coaching staff

Managerial history

Players

Current squad

Notable players

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(2003–2010) * Risa Shimizu (2013–2022) ;MF *

(1989–2004) *

(1991–1998, 2004–2010) *

(1999–2000) *

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(2003–2004, 2010) *

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(2012–2020) *

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(2013–2021) *

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(2018-2021) *

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(2016-2023) *

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(2021-2024) ;FW *

(1999–2010) *

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(2001–2009) *

(2007–2012) * Rico Ueki (2016–2023)

Honours

Continental

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**Champions (1):

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

Regional

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**Champions (1): 2011

Domestic

NTV Beleza has attained the

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(winning the Nadeshiko League, League Cup, and Empress's Cup) thrice: 2007, 2018 and 2019. *

**Champions (1): 2024–25 *

Division 1 **Champions (17):

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

(record) **Runners-up (12): 1989, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 *

Empress's Cup , since 2018 renamed "Empress's Cup JFA Japan Women's Football Championship" () or The JFA Empress's Cup (from 2024 onwards), is a Japanese Women's football competition. As an elimination tournament, it can be considered the female counterpart to t ...

**Champions (16):

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

1988 1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the Morris worm, 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United State ...

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

, 2019,

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(record) **Runners-up (6): 1986, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2002, 2003, *

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**Runners-up (1):

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**Champions (8):

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, 2019 (record) **Runners-up (1): 1997 *Nadeshiko Super Cup **Champions (2): 2005, 2007 (record) **Runners-up (1): 2006

Season-by-season records

Record in Asian club tournament

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Transition of team name

*Yomiuri SC Ladies Beleza: 1981–1991 *Yomiuri Nippon SC Ladies Beleza: 1992–1993 *Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza: 1994–1997 *Yomiuri Beleza: 1998 *NTV Beleza: 1999 *Nippon TV Beleza: 2000–2019 *Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza: 20 January 2020 – present

Notes

References

External links

Official website

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