Football: "100 Year Vision League"

Football: "100 Year Vision League"

Brazilian football legend Zico watches the second leg of the J-League first-division's one-off "100 Year Vision League" playoff in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, on June 6, 2026. Zico played for Antlers during the 1990s.

Football: "100 Year Vision League"

Football: "100 Year Vision League"

Kashima Antlers midfielder Haruki Hayashi (bottom) opens the scoring in the second half of the second leg of the J-League first-division's one-off "100 Year Vision League" playoff in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, on June 6, 2026.

Football: "100 Year Vision League"

Football: "100 Year Vision League"

Kashima Antlers midfielder Haruki Hayashi (lower R) opens the scoring in the second half of the second leg of the J-League first-division's one-off "100 Year Vision League" playoff in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, on June 6, 2026.

Football: "100 Year Vision League"

Football: "100 Year Vision League"

Vissel Kobe players celebrate after clinching the J-League first-division's one-off "100 Year Vision League" title with a 5-2 aggregate playoff win over Kashima Antlers in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, on June 6, 2026.

Football: "100 Year Vision League"

Football: "100 Year Vision League"

Vissel Kobe players celebrate after clinching the J-League first-division's one-off "100 Year Vision League" title with a 5-2 aggregate playoff win over Kashima Antlers in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, on June 6, 2026.

Football: "100 Year Vision League"

Football: "100 Year Vision League"

Vissel Kobe players celebrate after clinching the J-League first-division's one-off "100 Year Vision League" title with a 5-2 aggregate playoff win over Kashima Antlers in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, on June 6, 2026.

Football: "100 Year Vision League"

Football: "100 Year Vision League"

Vissel Kobe players celebrate after clinching the J-League first-division's one-off "100 Year Vision League" title with a 5-2 aggregate playoff win over Kashima Antlers in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, on June 6, 2026.

Football: "100 Year Vision League"

Football: "100 Year Vision League"

Vissel Kobe players celebrate after clinching the J-League first-division's one-off "100 Year Vision League" title with a 5-2 aggregate playoff win over Kashima Antlers in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, on June 6, 2026.

Kashima President Transition Press Conference.

Kashima President Transition Press Conference.

Kashima President Transition Press Conference. Photo shows Masafumi Kiryu, incoming President and Representative Director (currently Managing Executive Officer).=February 12,2026,Tokyo

Kashima President Transition Press Conference.

Kashima President Transition Press Conference.

Kashima President Transition Press Conference. The photo shows, from right to left, Masafumi Kiryu, incoming President and Representative Director (currently Managing Executive Officer), and Yoshikazu Oshimi, incoming Chairman of the Board and Representative Director (currently Chairman of the Board and Representative Director and President).=February 12,2026,Tokyo

Kashima President Transition Press Conference.

Kashima President Transition Press Conference.

Kashima President Transition Press Conference. The photo shows, from right to left, Masafumi Kiryu, incoming President and Representative Director (currently Managing Executive Officer), and Yoshikazu Oshimi, incoming Chairman of the Board and Representative Director (currently Chairman of the Board and Representative Director and President).=February 12,2026,Tokyo

Kashima President Transition Press Conference.

Kashima President Transition Press Conference.

Kashima President Transition Press Conference. The photo shows, from right to left, Masafumi Kiryu, incoming President and Representative Director (currently Managing Executive Officer), and Yoshikazu Oshimi, incoming Chairman of the Board and Representative Director (currently Chairman of the Board and Representative Director and President).=February 12,2026,Tokyo

Football: J League

Football: J League

Brazil great and former Kashima player Zico (C) celebrates with Antlers players after the team clinched their ninth J-League first-division title with a 2-1 victory over Yokohama F Marinos in Kashima, eastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2025.

Football: J League

Football: J League

Kashima Antlers head coach Toru Oniki is tossed in the air by his players after the team clinched their ninth J-League first-division title with a 2-1 victory over Yokohama F Marinos in Kashima, eastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2025.

Football: J League

Football: J League

Kashima Antlers players celebrate after clinching the club's ninth J-League first-division title with a 2-1 victory over Yokohama F Marinos in Kashima, eastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2025.

Football: J League

Football: J League

Kashima Antlers players celebrate after clinching the club's ninth J-League first-division title with a 2-1 victory over Yokohama F Marinos in Kashima, eastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2025.

Football: J League

Football: J League

Kashima Antlers head coach Toru Oniki (C) and his players celebrate after clinching the club's ninth J-League first-division title with a 2-1 victory over Yokohama F Marinos in Kashima, eastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2025.

Football: J League

Football: J League

Kashima Antlers players celebrate after clinching the club's ninth J-League first-division title with a 2-1 victory over Yokohama F Marinos in Kashima, eastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2025.

[Breaking News]Winter purification ritual at Japan shrine

KASHIMA, Japan, Jan. 20 Kyodo - People bathe in cold water at Kashima Jingu shrine in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 20, 2025, during the annual winter purification ritual to pray for good health. (Kyodo)

Winter purification ritual at Japan shrine

Winter purification ritual at Japan shrine

People bathe in cold water at Kashima Jingu shrine in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 20, 2025, during the annual winter purification ritual to pray for good health.

Winter purification ritual at Japan shrine

Winter purification ritual at Japan shrine

People bathe in cold water at Kashima Jingu shrine in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 20, 2025, during the annual winter purification ritual to pray for good health.

Winter purification ritual at Japan shrine

Winter purification ritual at Japan shrine

People bathe in cold water at Kashima Jingu shrine in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 20, 2025, during the annual winter purification ritual to pray for good health.

Winter purification ritual at Japan shrine

Winter purification ritual at Japan shrine

People bathe in cold water at Kashima Jingu shrine in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 20, 2025, during the annual winter purification ritual to pray for good health.

Winter purification ritual at Japan shrine

Winter purification ritual at Japan shrine

People bathe in cold water at Kashima Jingu shrine in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 20, 2025, during the annual winter purification ritual to pray for good health.

Emperor in Saga Pref.

Emperor in Saga Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako chat with elementary school students during a visit to a local facility in Kashima in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Saga on Oct. 6, 2024. (Pool photo)

MSDF's training vessel Kashima in London

MSDF's training vessel Kashima in London

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force training ship Kashima passes London's Tower Bridge over the River Thames on Sept. 5, 2024.

MSDF's training vessel Kashima in London

MSDF's training vessel Kashima in London

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force training ship Kashima passes London's Tower Bridge over the River Thames on Sept. 5, 2024.

Hot-rolling line in the Kashima district of Nippon Steel Corporation

Hot-rolling line in the Kashima district of Nippon Steel Corporation

Hot-rolling line at Nippon Steel Corporation's Kashima Works. ＝Ibaraki Prefecture, December 5, 2023.

Hot-rolling line at Nippon Steel's Kashima Works

Hot-rolling line at Nippon Steel's Kashima Works

Hot-rolling line at Nippon Steel Corporation's Kashima Works. ＝December 5, 2023, Ibaraki Prefecture

Blast furnace at Nippon Steel Corporation's Kashima Works

Blast furnace at Nippon Steel Corporation's Kashima Works

Blast furnace at Nippon Steel's Kashima Works. ＝Ibaraki Prefecture, December 5, 2023.

Kashima signage and logo

Kashima signage and logo

Kashima signage and logo =Date:Febuary 20, 2024, Place: Tokyo

Tokyo Olympics:Football

Tokyo Olympics:Football

Alanna Kennedy (above R) of Australia scores the opening goal against Great Britain in the first half of the women's football quarter-final at the Tokyo Olympics. Date: July 30, 2021 Place: Kashima Stadium in Ibaraki Prefecture, JAPAN

Tokyo Olympics:Football

Tokyo Olympics:Football

Australian players congratulate teammate Sam Kerr (C) after she scored an equalizer against Great Britain during a women's football quarter-final at the Tokyo Olympics. Date: July 30, 2021 Place: Kashima Stadium in Ibaraki Prefecture, JAPAN

Tokyo Olympics:Football

Tokyo Olympics:Football

Britain players celebrates after Ellen White (front, 2nd from right) scores a goal against Australia during the women's football quarter-final at the Tokyo Olympics. Date: July 30, 2021 Place: Kashima Stadium in Ibaraki Prefecture, JAPAN

[Breaking News]Season's first bird flu in Japan

KASHIMA, Japan Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 25, 2023, shows officials in protective suits working to cull about 40,000 chickens at a poultry farm in Kashima in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after the season's first outbreak of bird flu across the country was confirmed there. (Kyodo)

Season's first bird flu in Japan

Season's first bird flu in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 25, 2023, shows officials in protective suits working to cull about 40,000 chickens at a poultry farm in Kashima in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after the season's first outbreak of bird flu across the country was confirmed there.

Season's first bird flu in Japan

Season's first bird flu in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 25, 2023, shows officials in protective suits working to cull about 40,000 chickens at a poultry farm in Kashima in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after the season's first outbreak of bird flu across the country was confirmed there.

Football: Shibasaki returns to J1 Kashima

Football: Shibasaki returns to J1 Kashima

Kashima Antlers midfielder Gaku Shibasaki attends a press conference at Kashima Stadium in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 8, 2023, after returning to his former J1 football club from Spanish second-division side Leganes.

Football: Shibasaki returns to J1 Kashima

Football: Shibasaki returns to J1 Kashima

Kashima Antlers midfielder Gaku Shibasaki attends a press conference at Kashima Stadium in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 8, 2023, after returning to his former J1 football club from Spanish second-division side Leganes.

Sawa holds football clinic for children

Sawa holds football clinic for children

Homare Sawa (C, L), a member of the 2011 Women's World Cup-winning Japan football team, dribbles the ball during a clinic for elementary school girls at Kashima Stadium in Kashima in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on July 8, 2023.

Female soccer referees

Female soccer referees, J-League, Kashima Antlers, Kazue-san=Date:1994, Place:JAPAN

J-league unveils 'Best XI' for 2014

J-league unveils 'Best XI' for 2014

YOKOHAMA, Japan - J-league announces an annual team of its best 11 players chosen in Yokohama on Dec. 9, 2014. From L: (front row) Albirex Niigata's Leo Silva, FC Tokyo's Yoshinori Muto, Gamba Osaka's Yasuhito Endo and Kashima Antlers' Gaku Shibasaki; (center) Gamba's Patric, Kawasaki Frontale's Yoshito Okubo and Gamba's Takashi Usami; (back) Urawa Reds' Shusaku Nishikawa, Tokyo's Masato Morishige, Sanfrecce Hiroshima's Tsukasa Shiotani and Tokyo's Kosuke Ota.

Kashima Antlers beat Singapore Armed Forces 4-1 in ACL

Kashima Antlers beat Singapore Armed Forces 4-1 in ACL

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Kashima Antlers forward Yuya Osako (L) fights for the ball during an Asian Champions League match against Singapore Armed Forces at Singapore's Jalan Besar Stadium on April 7. J-League champions Kashima Antlers eased to a 4-1 win, improving to six points and sitting in second place in Group G.

Kashima Antlers play away to Singapore Armed Forces

Kashima Antlers play away to Singapore Armed Forces

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Kashima Antlers' defender Atsuto Uchida fires a shot for his team's second goal against Singapore Armed Forces in an Asian Champions League match at Jalan Besar Stadium in Singapore on April 7.

Football: Antlers take ACL title

Football: Antlers take ACL title

TEHRAN, Iran, Nov. 11 Kyodo - Players of Japanese club Kashima Antlers celebrate after claiming their first Asian Champions League title on Nov. 10, 2018, with a 2-0 aggregate victory over Iranian side Persepolis.

Football: Antlers take ACL title

Football: Antlers take ACL title

TEHRAN, Iran, Nov. 11 Kyodo - Players of Japanese club Kashima Antlers celebrate after claiming their first Asian Champions League title on Nov. 10, 2018, with a 2-0 aggregate victory over Iranian side Persepolis.

Football: Antlers take ACL title

Football: Antlers take ACL title

TEHRAN, Iran, Nov. 11 Kyodo - Players of Japanese club Kashima Antlers celebrate after claiming their first Asian Champions League title on Nov. 10, 2018, with a 2-0 aggregate victory over Iranian side Persepolis.

Soccer: Antlers vs. Persepolis

Soccer: Antlers vs. Persepolis

KASHIMA, Japan, Nov. 3 Kyodo - Kashima Antlers' Serginho (L) scores a goal against Iran side Persepolis in the first leg of the AFC Champions League final in Kashima, Japan, on Nov, 3, 2018. Antlers won 2-0.

Soccer: Antlers vs. Persepolis

Soccer: Antlers vs. Persepolis

KASHIMA, Japan, Nov. 3 Kyodo - Kashima Antlers' Leo Silva (R) scores the opening goal in a 2-0 win over Iran side Persepolis in the first leg of the AFC Champions League final in Kashima, Japan, on Nov, 3, 2018.

Football: Kashima offer contract to Union Berlin's Uchida

Football: Kashima offer contract to Union Berlin's Uchida

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Union Berlin's Atsuto Uchida (L) and Lucas Holer of Sandhausen vie for the ball during the second half of a Bundesliga 2 football match in Sandhausen, Germany, on Sept. 19, 2017. Japan's Kashima Antlers have offered Uchida a contract, an unnamed club official said on Dec. 19.