Yokohama F. Marinos is a professional soccer club whose hometowns are Yokohama, Yokosuka and Yamato in Kanagawa. Founded in 1992 as Yokohama Marinos, it is derived from the Spanish word for sailors and marines.
Ramon Diaz was one of the most popular players from the beginning, with scoring 28 points and being selected as the J League's first top scorer in 1993. In 1995, they won the 1st stage and also won the league's first victory over Verdi Kawasaki, who was still immovable in the J League championship at that time. After a few years of slump, Yokohama F. Marinos merged with Yokohama Flugels. Regained momentum from 2000 after being renamed to, winning the 1st stage for the first time in 5 years. In the same year, Shunsuke Nakamura was the youngest ever to win the MVP. In 2003, when Takeshi Okada, who is also known as the Japanese national team coach, was appointed as a coach, he won both the 1st and 2nd stages, and became the champion of the year with a complete victory. In the following year 2004, he also won the two-stage championship and won the annual championship for the second consecutive year. After that, the difficult times continued for a long time, but in 2019, they won the league title for the first time in 15 years.
Many popular players have also been produced, such as Masami Ihara who played Marinos for 10 seasons, Noguchi Kawaguchi, the goalkeeper of “Fire Guardian”, Yuji Nakazawa who contributed to the team's first two consecutive wins and three consecutive wins. In addition, Naoki Matsuda, who shocked all over Japan by the sudden obituary in 2011, has a legacy that more than 20,000 people signed a petition for re-contract when supporters rushed to them when they were notified of out-of-force. In addition, Shunsuke Nakamura, who has been active since his junior youth affiliation at Yokohama Marinos, is a player who has become popular both in name and reality overseas, such as Serie A and La Liga. He has won the youngest and oldest MVP awards and many other titles. In 2020, they are looking forward to the success of the 11 newly joined players and the 2019 MVP winner, Teruhito Nakagawa, while maintaining the momentum of winning the 2019 championship.