Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza (日テレ・東京ヴェルディベレーザ, Nittere Tōkyō Verudi Berēza) is a women's football team that plays in Japan's WE League.

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Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza

Full name	Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
Nickname(s)	Beleza
Founded	1981; 43 years ago (1981)
Ground	Inagi Central Park
Capacity	10,000
Owner	Tokyo Verdy Holdings
Chairman	Hideyuki Hanyu
Manager	Takeo Matsuda
League	WE League
2022–23	WE League, 3rd of 11
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

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The club was founded as named Yomiuri SC Ladies Beleza as women's club of Yomiuri SC (currently Tokyo Verdy) by Yomiuri Shimbun in 1981.^[1] Its team name, "Beleza", is Portuguese for "beauty".^[1] It was a founding member of the league in 1989 and is the only Japanese women's club to have never been relegated. In 1999, the club was transferred to Nippon TV^[2] and the club name was changed to NTV Beleza. In 2000, the team name was changed to Nippon TV Beleza.^[1] In September 2009, Nippon TV withdrew from management.^[3] However the club name remains Nippon TV Beleza, because the club signed a new contract of naming rights with Nippon TV.^[4]

The Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza play their home matches at the Tama Athletic Stadium, Inagi Chuo Park, Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka or Ajinomoto Stadium.

• Inagi Chuo Park General Grounds in 2008
• Nishigaoka Stadium

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

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

Verdy is a multi-sport club and also fields teams in volleyball and triathlon. The Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza's men's football team is the Tokyo Verdy. The club plays in the J2 League, the second tier of football in the country.

Founded as Yomiuri FC in 1969, Tokyo Verdy is one of the most decorated clubs in the J.League, with honours including 2 J.League titles , 5 Emperor's Cups, 6 JSL Cup / J.League Cups and an Asian Club Championship title, and the most successful team in Japanese football history with 25 titles.

The club was an original member ("Original Ten"^{[lower-alpha 1]}) of the J.League in 1993.

As of 17 September 2021^[5]

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Position	Name
Manager	Kazuhiko Takemoto
Assistant manager	Masato Nagata
First-team coach	Yusuke Miyachi
Goalkeeping coach	Kazuya Nakamura

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Managerial history

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Dates	Name
1989–1996	Kazuhiko Takemoto
1997	Eiji Mori
1998–1999	Takeo Matsuda
2000–2001	Maki Osuga
2002–2004	Masashi Miyamura
2005–2008	Takeo Matsuda
2009–2010	Kei Hoshikawa
2010	Eiji Mori
2010–2012	Akemi Noda
2013–2014	Mayumi Teratani
2015–2017	Eiji Mori
2018–2020	Masato Nagata
2021–2023	Kazuhiko Takemoto
2023–present	Takeo Matsuda

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This section does not cite any sources. (September 2022)

• Yomiuri SC Ladies Beleza: 1981–1991
• Yomiuri Nippon SC Ladies Beleza: 1992–1993
• Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza: 1994–1997
• Yomiuri Beleza: 1998
• NTV Beleza: 1999
• Nippon TV Beleza: 2000–2019
• Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza: 20 January 2020 – present^[6]

• Japan Football Association (JFA)
• 2022–23 in Japanese football
• List of women's football clubs in Japan