Team History
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 not augmented its squad with players from other clubs, but instead began with the goal to develop and strengthen its players in the name of being the “ultimate development-oriented” team. Cerezo Osaka Ladies 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’s J-GREEN Sakai as well. The text “OSAKA SAKAI” appears on the right sleeve of the uniforms.
The Ladies includes both an academy and a top team, and it seeks 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 the Ladies team has the slogan “SAKURA SPECTACLE,” which is also the Cerezo Osaka Club philosophy, under which the players train daily in order to become players who can be active in the global arena.
As a result of the WE League being inaugurated as Japan’s first women’s professional football league in 2021, the structure of the current Japanese women’s football leagues is as shown to the right. The WE League is the top league in Japan, ranking higher than the current Nadeshiko League. The Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies joined the WE League from the 2023-24 season.
The history of the Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies who began as “the ultimate development-oriented club” and both the players who are now active across Japan and overseas, and notable players who are still active in the club, are being introduced on the SOCCERKING Website and on SNS. Find out the team’s unique characteristics and charms!
- WE League opening soon!Learn all there is to know about the Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies
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Thorough coverage of the Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies as they make their ascension to the WE League. Can they make a “cherry blossom whirlwind” on their first year? READ
“Nurturing Cerezo” Learn about the C. Osaka Yanmar Ladies active across Japan and overseas READ
The Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies make their ascension to the WE League. Looking back on their history to the present READ
Taking on the WE League
From the 2023-24 Season
Interviews with the players with enormous potential, who have matured through bravely facing that comes with each new stage of their careers.
The players who began at Cerezo Osaka and now participate on the global arena
The players who began at Cerezo Osaka and now participate on the global arena
Honoka Hayashi
| 2011 | Cerezo Osaka Ladies U-15 |
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| 2012 | Cerezo Osaka Ladies |
| 2013-2020 | Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies |
| 2021-2022 | AIK |
| 2022- | West Ham United |
Japan Women’s U-20
| 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |
| 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |
Japan Women’s National Team(Nadeshiko Japan)
| 2019 | EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 Tokyo Olympics |
| 2022 | 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup |
| 2022 | EAFF EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
Saori Takarada
| 2013-2020 | Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Washington Spirit |
| 2022 | Linköping FC |
| 2023- | Leicester City WFC |
Japan Women’s U-17
| 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup |
Japan Women’s U-20
| 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |
Japan Women’s National Team(Nadeshiko Japan)
| 2019 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup |
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| 2021 | 2020 Tokyo Olympics |
| 2022 | 2022 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup |
| 2022 | EAFF EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
