The Japan national football team, nicknamed the Samurai Blue, represents Japan in men's international football. It is controlled by the Japan Football Association (JFA), the governing body for football in Japan.
The Japan Football Association (JFA) is the governing body responsible for the administration of football, futsal, beach soccer and efootball in Japan. It is responsible for the national team, as well as club competitions.
The Japan women's national football team, or nicknamed Nadeshiko Japan (なでしこジャパン), represents Japan in women's association football and is run by the Japan Football Association (JFA). It is the most successful women's national team from the Asian Football Confederation. Its highest ranking in the FIFA Women's World Rankings is 3rd, achieved in December 2011.
Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies, known for sponsorship reasons as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies, is a women's football club playing in Japan's football league, WE League. Its hometown is the city of Saitama in Saitama Prefecture.
The Japan national under-20 football team is a national association football team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. The year before the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the national team is renamed the Japan national under-19 football team, and the year before that, the national team is renamed the Japan national under-18 football team.
The Japan national under-17 football team is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. The team were champions in the 1994 and 2006 AFC U-17 Championships, as well as the 2012 AFF U-16 Youth Championship. The year before the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the national team is renamed the Japan national under-16 football team, and the year before that, the national team is renamed the Japan national under-15 football team.
The Japan national under-23 football team is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. The team won the gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games and were champions in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship. Since 1992, it was decided that teams targeting athletes under the age of 23 will participate in the Olympics. Therefore, the name changes to Japan national under-22 football team the year before the Olympics and Japan national under-21 football team two years prior. The exception to this is the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which has been postponed for one year, so in 2021, the team will be called the Japan national under-24 football team.
Mizuho Sakaguchi is a Japanese football player. She plays for Omiya Ardija Ventus in the WE League. She also plays for the Japan national team.
Yui Hasegawa is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Manchester City and the Japan national team. A versatile attacking midfielder, she is also capable of operating as a deep-lying playmaker.
Moeka Minami is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Italian Serie A club AS Roma and the Japan women's national team.
The 2020 Empress's Cup was the 42nd season of the Japanese women's football main cup competition. NTV Beleza won the competition after defeating Urawa Red 4–3 at the final, winning their fourth consecutive and 15th overall title.
The 2021 Empress's Cup Final was the final of the 2021 Empress's Cup, the 43rd edition of the Empress's Cup.
The 2022 Empress's Cup final was the final of the 2022 Empress's Cup, the 44th edition of the Empress's Cup.
The 2022–23 WE League, also known as the 2022–23 Yogibo WE League for sponsorship reasons, is the 2nd season of the WE League, the top Japanese women's professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2020. The league began on 22 October 2022 and will end on 11 June 2023.
The 2022–23 WE League Cup is the 1st season of the WE League Cup, a women's football cup tournament that will be contested annually between WE League clubs. As the league have as of the 2022–23 season only 11 clubs featuring in the tournament and the plan was to make a group stage between the knockouts, it was necessary that six teams featured in a group, and five in another. The winner of each group got a ticket to the final, which will be contested by Urawa Red Diamonds and Tokyo Verdy Beleza. Despite the tournament refers to itself as if it was played between two different years, the tournament starts and ends on 2022, as the "–23" refers to the Japan professional women's football season on the WE League, which starts in 2022 and (actually) ends on 2023. The final of this edition will be played on 1 October 2022.
The 2022 Empress's Cup is the 44th season of the Japanese women's football main cup competition. All the non-relegated teams from the 1st and 2nd division of the 2021 Nadeshiko League automatically qualified to the first and second round, while all 11 teams from the 2022–23 WE League earned an automatic entry to the Round of 16.
The 2019 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament marked the 98th edition of the referred annually contested cup for High Schools over Japan. As usual, the tournament was contested by 48 High Schools, with 1 High School per Prefecture being qualified for the tournament, with an exception made for the Tokyo, which had 2 High Schools representing their Prefecture. The final was played at the Saitama Stadium 2002.
The 2018 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament marked the 97th edition of the referred annually contested cup for High Schools over Japan. Aomori Yamada became the champions after winning past Ryutsu Keizai Kashiwa by 3–1.
The 2017 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament (All Japan JFA 96th High School Soccer Tournament marked the 96th edition of the referred annually contested cup for High Schools over Japan.
The 2021 Empress's Cup was the 43rd season of the Japanese women's football main cup competition.
