Shonan Bellmare

The club was founded in 1968 as Towa Real Estate SC in Tochigi and became Fujita Kogyo SC in 1975, moving its training base to Hiratsuka the following year; it won three Japan Soccer League titles between 1977 and 1981. Reborn as Bellmare Hiratsuka for the professional era, it won the Emperor's Cup in 1994 and the Asian Cup Winners' Cup in 1995, with Hidetoshi Nakata in the side. It took the name Shonan Bellmare in 2000 after the coastal region it represents.