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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
2023–24	WE League, 1st of 12
Website	www.urawa-reds.co.jp/ladies
Home colours Away colours

Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies (浦和レッドダイヤモンズ・レディース, Urawa Reddo Daiyamonzu Redīsu), known for sponsorship reasons as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies, 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.

Kits

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

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.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 12 GK  JPN Shiori Fukuda 13 DF  JPN Reina Nagashima 14 MF  JPN Fuka Tsunoda 15 FW  JPN Mei Shimada 16 MF  JPN Yuki Mizutani 17 MF  JPN Yu Endo

No. Pos. Nation Player 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.

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

Season-by-season records

Record in AFC Women's Club Championship/AFC Women's Champions League

All results list Urawa Red Diamonds' goal tally first.

Season	Round	Club	Score
2023	Group A	Gokulam Kerala	8–0
		Bangkok	6–1
		Hualien	6–0
2024–25	Group C	Odisha	17–0
		Taichung Blue Whale	2–0
		Hồ Chí Minh City	2–0

Honours

Domestic

• WE League
  • Winners (2) : 2022–23, 2023–24
  • 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

• AFC Women's Club Championship
  • Champions (1): 2023
• Japan/Korea Women's League Championship
  • Champions (1): 2010

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)
• 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 (5 March 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

• Official website (in Japanese)

• Urawa Red Diamonds
• Women's football clubs in Japan
• 1998 establishments in Japan
• Mitsubishi Motors
• Nadeshiko League teams
• Sports clubs and teams in Saitama (city)
• WE League clubs