Tokyo Shukyu-Dan (東京蹴球団, Tōkyō Shūkyū Dan, lit.
It is the oldest Japanese football club, founded in 1917, and it was the first to win the Emperor's Cup, the top national cup in Japan.
in Scotland, its staunch amateur ideals forced it by the wayside as company clubs, and later fully professionalized clubs, took over the game.
The club now participates in the Tokyo Shakaijin League Division 1, seventh level of the Japanese football league system, since its founding in 1967.
Its farm team, Tōshū club also participates in the prefectural league.