Prince Takamado Cup
The Prince Takamado Cup is an annual Japanese football competition run by the Japan Football Association for under–18 and under-15 sides. The prize is named after Norihito, Prince Takamado, a long time patron of football in Japan.
Under-18
Regulation
From 2003 to 2010, the championship was competed as a short-term tournament "Prince Takamado Cup All-Japan Youth Football Championship", where the Prince Leagues served as the qualification.Since 2011, the championship is competed as a year-round league tournament "Prince Takamado Cup U-18 Football League - Premier League" followed by a one-game championship match. The regulation is:
20 teams play in the Premier League. 20 teams are divided into 2 groups of 10 each by their geographical positions, called Premier League East and Premier League West.
East and west league winners are to play a championship match at a neutral venue.
The 2 bottom teams in each group are to relegate to Prince Leagues, replaced by four Prince League teams winning the promotion play-off.
Any under-18 teams in Japan are eligible for competing in the leagues.
| Level | Leagues/Divisions |
| I | Premier League 20 teams East ' | West ' |
| II/III | Prince League 98 teams Hokkaido ' Tohoku ' Kanto ' Tokai ' Hokushin'etsu ' Kansai ' Chugoku ' Shikoku ' Kyushu 1st ' | Kyushu 2nd ' |
| III+/IV+ | 46 Prefectural Leagues & 5 Block Leagues of Hokkaido many teams Hokkaido: Sapporo block | Dōhoku block | Dōtō block | Dōō block | Dōnan block Tohoku: Aomori | Iwate | Miyagi | Akita | Yamagata | Fukushima Kanto: Ibaraki | Tochigi | Gunma | Saitama | Chiba | Tokyo | Kanagawa | Yamanashi Tokai: Gifu | Shizuoka | Aichi | Mie Hokushin'etsu: Niigata | Toyama | Ishikawa | Fukui | Nagano Kansai: Shiga | Kyoto | Osaka | Hyogo | Nara | Wakayama Chugoku: Tottori | Shimane | Okayama | Hiroshima | Yamaguchi Shikoku: Tokushima | Kagawa | Ehime | Kochi Kyushu: Fukuoka | Saga | Nagasaki | Kumamoto | Ōita | Miyazaki | Kagoshima | Okinawa |
Finals
As "Prince Takamado Cup All-Japan Youth (U-18) Football Championship"
As "Prince Takamado Cup U-18 Football League - Premier League"
Under-15
Notice
- Final of Under-15 is held in Tokyo National Stadium before the semifinal of Emperor's Cup.
Participates in Teams (2010)
- Hokkaidō
- Tōhoku
- Kantō
- Hokuriku & Shin'etsu
- Tōkai
- Kansai
- Chūgoku
- Shikoku
- Kyūshū
Finals