Mynavi Sendai

Mynavi Sendai Ladies (マイナビ仙台レディース) is a women's professional football club playing in Japan's WE League. Its hometown is Sendai.

Mynavi Sendai Ladies
マイナビ仙台レディース

Full name	Mynavi Sendai Ladies
Nickname(s)	MySendai
Founded	2012
Ground	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Capacity	19,694
Chairman	Yoshihisa Nishikawa[citation needed]
Manager	Shigemitsu Sudo
League	WE League
Website	https://www.mynavisendai-ladies.jp
Home colours Away colours

Kits

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
2021–2022	X-girl	Mynavi	The 77 Bank
2022–2023
2023–2024

Stadium

Yurtec Stadium Sendai

Miyagi Stadium

In 2023, Mynavi recorded the highest number of participants in the WE League.

Their home stadium is Yurtec Stadium Sendai, in Izumi-ku, Sendai, although a few home games have also been played at nearby Miyagi Stadium.

Sendai Stadium ranks among the top stadiums in Japan for its presence, comfort, and accessibility, and was once ranked second in an evaluation by a famous Japanese football media.It was also used by Azzurri as a camp site during the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Miyagi Stadium is famous not only for the Japanese national team, but also for hosting matches of the Argentine national team in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

In 2022–23, it became the third place in the number of WE-League spectators.

Mascot

Myviy

• First appearance at the Tokyo Girls Collection in February 2021.^[1]
• A girl from Deneb and raised in Sendai. LTAANA and VEGATTA are friends.
• By combining "MY" from My Navi and "V" from Victory, the club named it "Myviy" as an easy-to-call name that will be familiar to many people, including supporters.
• Not a specific animal. A character inspired by the star Deneb, one of the summer triangles. The motif is Mynavi Wave, a moon helmet that is associated with the stars and the city of Sendai.

Players

First-team squad

As of 17 November 2024.^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  JPN Ayaka Saito 2 DF  JPN Kana Osafune 4 DF  JPN Miyu Takahira 5 DF  JPN Aimi Kunitake 6 MF  JPN Ibuki Hara 7 MF  JPN Rin Sumida 8 FW  JPN Wakana Onishi [ja] 9 FW  JPN Maho Hirosawa [ja] 10 MF  JPN Emi Nakajima 11 FW  JPN Michi Goto 13 FW  JPN Nanako Takeda 14 MF  JPN Mitsuba Ibaraki 15 GK  JPN Shiori Shimizu 17 DF  JPN Rio Sasaki [ja] 19 DF  JPN Kaede Sato 22 DF  JPN Kokoro Yoshioka [ja] 24 MF  JPN Yume Endo

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 MF  JPN Moe Ohta [ja] 26 MF  JPN Akane Nishino 27 MF  JPN Niina Sato [ja] Type 2 28 DF  JPN Miina Matsunaga 30 MF  JPN Miwa Sasaki 31 FW  JPN Anon Tsuda [ja] Type 2 32 DF  JPN Kotomi Iwaki [ja] Type 2 33 GK  JPN Kisara Seto Type 2 34 MF  JPN Hana Kikuchi [ja] Type 2 36 MF  JPN Yuko Inose 37 MF  JPN Saki Ishizaka [ja] 38 DF  KOR Park Jeah

Notable players

• Aya Sameshima (2012–2014)
• Nana Ichise (2016–2023)
• Caitlin Foord (2017)
• Katrina Gorry (2017)
• Mamiko Matsumoto (2020–2024)
• Fūka Nagano (2021)
• Hinata Miyazawa (2021–2023, 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot)
• Emi Nakajima (2022–present)

Club staff

Position	Name
Manager	Shigemitsu Sudo
Assistant managers	Hayato Sasaki
First-Team Coach	Yuri Saito
Goalkeeper Coach	Mitsuhiko Moromachi
Physical coach	Anna Yamamori
Chief trainer	Keisuke Niiyama
Trainer	Aoi Sekine
Interpreter	Maho Oono
Competent	Ayano Masubuchi
Registered Dietitian	Ryu Umetsu
Conditioning Advisor	Yu Suzuki

Managerial history

Dates	Name
2012–2016	Yasunobu Chiba
2017–2018.6	Kazuo Echigo
2018.6–2018.12	Yasunobu Chiba
2019–2020	Keiju Karashima
2021–2023.5	Takeo Matsuda
2023.5–present	Shigemitsu Sudo

Honours

Team awards

• Nadeshiko League Division 1
  • Runners-up (1): 2015

• Nadeshiko League Division 2
  • Winners (1): 2012

• WE League
  • Special prize (1) : 2022–23
• Empress's Cup
  • Fair-play award (3) : 2015,2016,2020

Individual awards

• Valuable Player Award
  • Fūka Nagano Hinata Miyazawa: 2021–22
  • Hinata Miyazawa  Manaka Matsukubo: 2022–23

Season-by-season records

Seasons of MyNavi Sendai Ladies

Season	Domestic League				Empress's Cup	WE League Cup
	League	Level	Place	Tms.
2012	Challenge League	2	Champions	12	Third round	—
2013	Nadeshiko League	1	5th	10	Quarter-finals	Group stage
2014			7th	10	Semi-finals	—
2015	Nadeshiko League Division 1		2nd	10	Semi-finals	—
2016			4th	10	Semi-finals	Semi-finals
2017			4th	10	Quarter-finals	Group stage
2018			8th	10	Quarter-finals	Group stage
2019			8th	10	Quarter-finals	Group stage
2020			7th	10	Semi-finals	—
2021–22	WE League		5th	11	Fourth round	—
2022–23			4th	11	Fourth round	Group stage
2023–24				12	Quarter-finals	Group stage

Parent company

Mynavi Corporation

Transition of team name

• Vegalta Sendai Ladies: (2012–2016)
• Mynavi Vegalta Sendai Ladies: (2017–2020)
• Mynavi Sendai Ladies: (2021–present)

See also

• Japan Football Association (JFA)
• List of women's football clubs in Japan
• Vegalta Sendai (former parent company)