Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies

This article is about the women's football club based in Japan. For the men's team, see Urawa Red Diamonds.

Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies (浦和レッドダイヤモンズ・レディース, Urawa Reddo Daiyamonzu Redīsu),^[1] known for sponsorship reasons as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies,^[2] is a professional women's football club playing in Japan's football league, WE League. Its hometown is the city of Saitama in Saitama Prefecture.

Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies
浦和レッドダイヤモンズ・レディース

Full name	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies
Founded	1998; 26 years ago (1998)
Ground	Urawa Komaba Stadium
Capacity	21,500
Owner	Urawa Red Diamonds
Chairman	Mitsuo Hashimoto
Manager	Naoki Kusunose
League	WE League
2022–23	WE League, 1st of 11
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Kits

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
2021–2022	Nike	Polus	Mitsubishi Motors
2022–2023
2023–2024		Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Other teams

• Men's: Urawa Red Diamonds play in J1 League.
• Youth: Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies Youth (Under-18) play in Kantō League.
• Junior Youth: Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies Junior Youth (Under-14) play in Saitama League.

Players

Current squad

As of 2 November 2023.^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   JPN Sakiko Ikeda 2 DF   JPN Kana Osafune 3 DF   JPN Rion Ishikawa 4 MF   JPN Mayu Sasaki 5 MF   JPN Miki Ito 6 MF   JPN Akari Kurishima 7 DF   JPN Hana Takahashi 8 MF   JPN Hikaru Naomoto 9 FW   JPN Yuika Sugasawa 10 FW   JPN Kozue Ando 11 FW   JPN Kiko Seike 12 GK   JPN Shiori Fukuda 13 DF   JPN Reina Nagashima 14 MF   JPN Fuka Tsunoda 15 FW   JPN Mei Shimada

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF   JPN Yuki Mizutani 17 MF   JPN Yu Endo 18 MF   JPN Hanae Shibata (captain) 19 MF   JPN Yuzuho Shiokoshi 20 DF   JPN Minori Takahashi 21 GK   JPN Sawako Suzuki 23 GK   JPN Maya Ino 24 DF   JPN Wakaba Goto 25 DF   JPN Nonoko Kawai 26 MF   JPN Ririka Tanno 27 FW   JPN Hanon Nishio 28 DF   JPN Kotone Nishimura 29 MF   JPN Ami Takeuchi 30 DF   JPN Raika Okamura 31 FW   JPN Satoko Fujisaki 32 FW   JPN Risako Watanabe 37 MF   JPN Ena Takatsuka 99 FW   JPN Mizu Nadeshi

Notable players

• GK
  •   Nozomi Yamago (2005–2012)
• DF
  •   Kyoko Yano (2007–2012)
  •   Saki Kumagai (2009–2011)
  •   Moeka Minami (2017–2022)
• MF
  •   Fuka Nagano (2014–2017)

Club officials

As of 10 November 2023.^[3]

Role	Name
Manager	Naoki Kusunose
Assistant manager	Hirofumi Masaki   Kumiko Tashiro
Goalkeeper coach
Physical coach	Nakaichi Naoto
Trainer	Saho Hayashi

Honours

Domestic

• WE League
  • Winners (1) : 2022–23
  • Runners-up (1): 2021–22
• Nadeshiko League Division 1
  • Champions (4): 2004, 2009, 2014, 2020
  • Runners-up (3): 2006, 2010, 2019
• Empress's Cup
  • Champions (1): 2021
  • Runners-up (5): 2004, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2020
• WE League Cup
  • Champions (1): 2022–23
• Nadeshiko League Cup
  • Runners-up (3): 2007, 2010, 2017
• Nadeshiko Super Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2005

International

• Japan/Korea Women's League Championship
  • Champions (1): 2010

Season-by-season records

Seasons of Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies

Season	Domestic League				Empress's Cup	League Cup	Asia
	League	Level	Position	Tms.
1999	L.League	1	7th	8	Quarter-finals	Group stage
2000			6th	9	Quarter-finals	—
2001			5th	10	Quarter-finals	—
2002			3rd	11	Semi-finals	—
2003			4th	13	Semi-finals	—
2004	L.League (L1)		Champions	8	Runners-up	—
2005			5th	8	Semi-finals	—
2006	Nadeshiko League Division 1		2nd	8	Semi-finals	—
2007			3rd	8	Semi-finals	Runners-up
2008			3rd	8	Quarter-finals	—
2009			Champions	8	Runners-up	—
2010	Nadeshiko League		2nd	10	Runners-up	Runners-up
2011			3rd	9	Quarter-finals	—
2012			4th	10	Semi-finals	Group stage
2013			6th	10	Third stage	Group stage
2014			Champions	10	Runners-up	—
2015	Nadeshiko League Division 1		6th	10	Quarter-finals	—
2016			8th	10	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals
2017			3rd	10	Semi-finals	Runners-up
2018			4th	10	Semi-finals	Group stage
2019			2nd	10	Runners-up	Semi-finals
2020			Champions	10	Runners-up	Not held
2021–22	WE League		2nd	11	Winners	Not held
2022–23			Champions	11	Quarter-finals	Winners	TBD
2023–24			TBD	12	TBD	Group stage

Transition of team name

• Urawa Reinas FC: 1999–2001
• Saitama Reinas FC: 2002–2004
• Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies: 2005–present

See also

• Japan Football Association (JFA)
• 2022–23 in Japanese football
• List of women's football clubs in Japan

References

1. "浦和レッズレディースチーム名(「呼称」)の決定" (in Japanese). Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
2. Dan Orlowitz [@aishiterutokyo] (March 5, 2021). "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have acquired Urawa Reds Ladies' naming rights – they will be known as "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies" in Japanese" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
3. "Player/Team staff". Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies.

External links

• (in Japanese) Official website