NTV Beleza

Nippon TV Beleza
日テレ・ベレーザ

Full name	Nippon TV Beleza
Nickname(s)	Beleza
Founded	1981
Ground	Inagi Central Park
Ground Capacity	10,000
Owner	Tokyo Verdy Holdings Nippon Television Network Corp.
Chairman	Hideyuki Hanyu
Manager	Mayumi Teratani
League	Nadeshiko Div.1 / Div.1
2016	1st
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Nippon TV Beleza (日テレ・ベレーザ, Nittere Bereza), is a women's football team which plays in Division 1 of Japan's Nadeshiko League. It was a founding member of the league back in 1989 and it is the only Japanese women's club to have never been relegated. Its team name, "Beleza", is Portuguese for "beauty".

Squad

Current squad

As of 14 Feb. 2015^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Kanako Soyama 2 DF Risa Shimizu 3 DF Tomoko Muramatsu 4 DF Mayo Dokou 5 MF Yu Nakazato 6 DF Saori Ariyoshi 7 FW Nanase Kiryu 8 MF Yumi Kamitsuji 9 FW Mina Tanaka 10 MF Natsuko Hara 11 MF Yuka Momiki

No. Position Player 13 FW Chiaki Shimada 14 MF Yui Hasegawa 16 GK Arisa Mochizuki 17 MF Rin Sumida 18 DF Shiori Kinoshita 19 FW Eriko Arakawa 20 MF Mizuho Sakaguchi 21 GK Ayaka Yamashita 22 DF Azusa Iwashimizu (c) 23 MF Tomoko Fukumaru 30 FW Yuka Toriumi

Honors

Domestic competitions

• Nadeshiko.League Division 1
  • Champions (13) : 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2016
  • Runners-up (12) : 1989, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
• Empress's Cup All-Japan Women's Football Tournament
  • Champions (11) : 1987, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014
  • Runners-up (6) : 1986, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2002, 2003
• Nadeshiko League Cup
  • Champions (5) : 1996, 1999, 2007, 2010, 2012
  • Runners-up (1) : 1997
• Nadeshiko Super Cup
  • Champions (2) : 2005, 2007
  • Runners-up (1) : 2006

International competitions

• Japan/Korea Women's League Championship
  • Champions (1) : 2011

Results

Transition of team name

• Yomiuri S.C. Ladies Beleza : 1981-1991
• Yomiuri Nippon S.C. Ladies Beleza : 1992-1993
• Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza : 1994-1997
• Yomiuri Beleza : 1998
• NTV Beleza : 1999-2013
• Nippon TV Beleza : 2014-present

Former notable players

DF

• Yukari Kinga (2003-2010)

MF

• Akemi Noda (1989-2004)
• Homare Sawa (1991-1998, 2004-2010)
• Aya Miyama (1999-2000)
• Mami Yamaguchi (2003-2004, 2010)
• Rumi Utsugi (2004-2010)

FW

• Shinobu Ohno (1999-2010)
• Yūki Nagasato (2001-2009)

Nippon TV Menina

Nippon TV Menina is the nickname for Beleza's football academy. Players such as Aya Miyama and Karina Maruyama have been on its roster.

Nippon TV Menina currently plays in the Kantō League Div.1 (Division 3).

See also

• Tokyo Verdy
• Nippon Television Network Corporation

References

External links

• (Japanese) Nippon TV Beleza Ladies official site
• (English) Japanese Club Teams