was a Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese amateur football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club based in Hiroshima

Hiroshima

is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...

. The club name "Rijo" came from the nickname of the Hiroshima Castle

Hiroshima Castle

', sometimes called ' is a castle in Hiroshima, Japan which was the home of the daimyō of the Hiroshima han . Originally constructed in the 1590s, the castle was destroyed in the atomic bombing in 1945...

.

The club was founded by the students and alumni of the Hiroshima Daiichi Chūgaku, the former Hiroshima Kokutaiji High School, in 1923. It was one of the oldest Japanese football club team in Japan.

The club won the "Ah-shiki Shūkyū Zenkoku Yūshō Taikai", the former Emperor's Cup

Emperor's Cup

, commonly known as or , is a Japanese association football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J. League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, Japan Soccer League...

 in 1924 and 1925. And the Emperor's Cup was canceled, because of the death of the Emperor Taishō

Emperor Taishō

The was the 123rd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 30 July 1912, until his death in 1926.The Emperor’s personal name was . According to Japanese customs, the emperor has no name during his reign and is only called the Emperor...

, in 1926. Then the club tried to keep the championship for three years seasons but the club lost the final match in 1927.

The club had the friendly matches with Korean football clubs in Seoul

Seoul

Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

 in 1927. And the club was dissolved in 1930.

The foolball team of the Hiroshima Daiichi Chūgaku won the "Zenkoku Chūgakkō Shūkyū Senshukai Taikai", the former All Japan High School Soccer Tournament

All Japan High School Soccer Tournament

The of Japan, commonly known as "Winter Kokuritsu" , is an annual nationwide high school association football tournament. It is the largest scale amateur sport event in Japan, even as soccer continues to gain more attention....

, in 1936, 1939, and finished second in 1925, 1927, 1930.

See also

• Hiroshima Daiichi Chūgaku
• Hiroshima Kokutaiji High School
• Hiroshima Kōtō-shihan
  Hiroshima University
  , located in the Japanese cities of Higashihiroshima and Hiroshima, was established 1949 by the merger of a number of national educational institutions.-History:Under the National School Establishment Law, Hiroshima University was established on May 31, 1949...
  
  
• Sanfrecce Hiroshima
  Sanfrecce Hiroshima
  is a Japanese association football club in the J. League Division 1.-Club name:The club name is a portmanteau of the Japanese numeral for three, San and an Italian word frecce or 'arrows'...
  
  
• Emperor's Cup
  Emperor's Cup
  , commonly known as or , is a Japanese association football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J. League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, Japan Soccer League...
  
  
• Tokyo Shūkyū-dan

External links

• History of Japan football