NTV Beleza

NTV Beleza
日テレ・ベレーザ

Full name	NTV 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.League Div.1
2013	2nd
Home colours Away colours

NTV 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 founded the league back in 1989 and it is the only Japanese women's club to never be relegated.

Squad

Current squad

As of 20 March 2013^[1] (reference) - Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF Risa Shimizu 3 DF Tomoko Muramatsu 4 DF Akiko Sudo 5 DF Mayo Dokou 6 MF Saori Ariyoshi 7 FW Nanase Kiryu 8 MF Yayoi Kobayashi 9 FW Mina Tanaka 10 MF Natsuko Hara 11 FW Yuka Momiki 13 DF Misaki Kobayashi

No. Position Player 14 MF Yu Nakazato 15 FW Saori Takahashi 16 GK Arisa Mochizuki 17 MF Rin Sumida 18 MF Shiori Kinoshita 19 DF Miharu Kobayashi 20 MF Mizuho Sakaguchi 21 GK Kanako Soyama 22 DF Azusa Iwashimizu (c) 23 MF Yui Hasegawa 24 MF Shōko Yamada

Honors

Domestic competitions

• Nadeshiko.League Division 1
  • Champions (12) : 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
  • Runners-up (11) : 1989, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013
• Empress's Cup All-Japan Women's Football Tournament
  • Champions (10) : 1987, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
  • Runners-up (6) : 1986, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2002, 2003
• Nadeshiko League Cup
  • Champions (5) : 1996, 1999, 2007, 2010, 2012
  • Runners-up (1) : 1997

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-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)

NTV Menina

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

NTV Menina currently plays in the Kantō League (Division 3).

See also

• Tokyo Verdy
• Nippon Television Network Corporation

References

External links

• (Japanese) NTV Beleza Ladies official site
• (English) Japanese Club Teams