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Toin University of Yokohama FC

Japanese association football club

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ48751943
Source-derived summary

Toin University of Yokohama FC (桐蔭横浜大学FC) are a Japanese football (soccer) club based in Aoba-ku, Yokohama. They play in Division 1 of Kantō Soccer League.

History

Kantō Soccer League team

Having been established in 2013, the Toin University Football Club rose quickly through the Kanagawa Prefecture leagues, gaining successive promotions from the Third, Second and then First Divisions in 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectfully.

They are currently managed by former player Hiroshi Sekita.

University team

Established in 1998, the representative team of the Toin University of Yokohama compete in the Kantō University Soccer League and the Emperor's Cup.

They are currently managed by former player Toru Yasutake.

Structure

The club consists of 2 top teams. One play in the university competitions, and the other participate in the semi-professional Kantō Soccer League. All the players are students of the university.

The two teams played against each other in the 2020 Emperor's Cup.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Toin University of Yokohama FC” as japanese association football club. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2013, 2014, 2015, 2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1998. The account is most persuasive where Toin, University and Yokohama can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the history & society register because the source frames it as japanese association football club. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q48751943. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

Critical limits

Official terminology may obscure informal participation, dissent or communities documented only indirectly. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from Toin University of Yokohama FC” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.