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About Cerezo Osaka Ladies Team

In 2010, when the team was founded

Founded in 2010

Cerezo Osaka Ladies U-15, the Cerezo Osaka academy team, was inaugurated in 2010 with 16 students in their first year of junior high school. Since then, it has augmented from other clubs, but instead continues its activities to develop and strengthen its players in the name of being the “ultimate development-oriented” team.

2017 Nadeshiko League Division 2 Cup Tournament winners

The hometowns of Cerezo Osaka Ladies
are Osaka and Sakai

Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies also has Osaka and Sakai as its base of activities.
Starting in 2013, “Sakai” was added to the name of the team, and it began holding matches in locations such as Sakai (J-GREEN Sakai) as well. The text “OSAKA SAKAI” appears on the right sleeve of the uniforms.

Characteristics of Cerezo Osaka Ladies

Sakai Ladies has both an academy and a top team, and it is called upon to have both an “academy that priorities development over results and a top team that pursues results.”
The team is young, with players primarily in their teens and twenties, but Cerezo Osaka Ladies also has “SAKURA SPECTACLE,” the club philosophy of Cerezo Osaka as its slogan. The players train daily in order to become players who can be active in the global arena.

History of Cerezo Osaka Ladies

2010

Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies U-15 inaugurated in April 2010
Activities start with 16 inaugural class players

The club founded Cerezo Osaka Sports Club based on the fact that there was no environment for female players associated with football schools and youth football to play once they reached junior high school age (U-15). The club inaugurated a U-15 team with the goal of spreading women’s football and strengthening players. The team aims to create a society where women can be involved and active in all aspect of football and sports.

2012
  • Name changed to Cerezo Osaka Ladies.
  • The team clinched a victory in the Challenge League promotion/relegation series preliminary competition and earned a tentative promotion to the Challenge League.
2013
  • The team changed its name to Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies and participated in the Challenge League for the first time. At the same time, it inaugurated Cerezo Osaka Sakai Girls as a subsidiary organization.
    *Sakai was added to Cerezo Osaka’s hometowns.
2014
  • The U-17 Japan women’s national team won the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Costa Rica.
  • Meika Nishida and Shiho Matsubara from Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies were called up.
2015
  • Challenge League WEST - Champions. The team came in second playoffs, clinching promotion to Nadeshiko League Division 2.
2016
  • FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Jordan 2016 - Semifinalists.
    Saori Takarada, Nanami Kitamura, Reina Wakisaka, and Sakura Nojima from Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies were called up.
  • Third place in Nadeshiko League Division 2.
2017
  • Nadeshiko League Division 2 - First championship.
  • 2017 Plenus Nadeshiko League Division 1 / Division 2 promotion/relegation series victory. The team clinched promotion to Nadeshiko League Division 1.
  • The club’s subsidiary organization, Cerezo Osaka Sakai Girls, won in the Challenge League’s promotion/relegation series, sealing its participation in the Challenge League.
2018
  • The U-20 Japan national women’s team won the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup France 2018.
    Honoka Hayashi, Saori Takarada, and Nanami Kitamura from Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies were called up.
    *Saori Takarada won the Bronze Boot Award (third highest scorer) and Silver Ball Award (second most valuable player award).
  • Relegated to Nadeshiko League Division 2
2020
  • Fourth place in Nadeshiko League Division 1
2021
  • 2020 Tokyo Olympics
    Honoka Hayashi, Saori Takarada, and Nanami Kitamura, hailing from Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies played in the Olympics.
  • Third place in Nadeshiko League Division 1
  • Shinomi Koyama won the “Nadeshiko League Best XI” award.
2022
  • Fourth place in Nadeshiko League Division 1
  • Participation in the 2023-24 season of the WE League confirmed.
  • Shinomi Koyama and Miyuka Momono won the “Nadeshiko League Best XI” award.
2023
  • The team changed its name to Cerezo Osaka YANMAR Ladies.

Japan national team members hailing from Cerezo Osaka Ladies

Honoka Hayashi

Honoka Hayashi

Played in 2020 Tokyo Olympics

In 2019, she was selected for “Nadeshiko Japan,” the Japan women's national football team.
In 2021 she transferred to AIK Fotboll in Sweden’s top women’s football division (Damallsvenskan).
In 2022, she transferred to West Ham United F.C. Women in England’s Women's Super League. She continues to play on the team.

Saori Takarada

Saori Takarada

Played in 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Selected for the Japan national women’s U-17 team in 2016 and the Japan national team, “Nadeshiko Japan,” in 2019 for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Takarada has been active as a female football player representing Japan. In 2021, she transferred to the Washington Spirit in the American women’s professional football league (NWSL). In 2022, Takarada transferred to Linköpings FC, a club in Sweden’s top league, where she still currently plays.