'''NaokiSoma''' is a manager from [[Suomi]] and the owner of the [[FC NaokiSoma]]. He was the first manager to run Nippon National based outside of Nippon.

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Nippon

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'''Nippon''' (engl. ''Japan'') is a country located in East Asia.

{{Infobox_Country|
| full_local_name = Nippon
| name_(english) = Japan
| image_flag = Flag_of_Nippon.PNG
| image_coat = Coat_of_arms_of_Nippon.PNG
| image_map = Location_of_Nippon.PNG
| zone = [[Asia, Africa and Oceania]]
| link_to_map = http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Japan&t=h&hl=en
| continent = [[Asia]]
| season = 28
| number_of_teams = 2728 (active ~460)
| level_of_series = 5
| number_of_regions = 11
| top_serie_name = [[J. League]]
| cup_name = [[The Emperor's Cup]]
| national_trainer = saheki
| u20_coach = hoolinmazedog
| currency = Yen
| parity = 10,000 Yen = 100 US$
| htt_offset = +8, +7 while DST
| footnotes =
}}

== History ==

=== Oldest teams ===
{| border="1" align="center" cellpadding="2' cellspacing="0" width="400" style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=210px|Team !! width=70px|Manager !! width=120px|Created
|-
|<center>[[Shirayuri Sky]]</center> || <center>[[saheki]]</center> || <center>2001-06-06</center>
|-
|<center>[[Tire Kickers]]</center> || <center>[[Charleyboy]]</center> || <center>2001-11-02</center>
|-
|<center>[[vino rosso]]</center> || <center>[[takudk]]</center> || <center>2002-06-12</center>
|-
|<center>[[Kyoto Tigers]]</center> || <center>[[LA-Junnja]]</center> || <center>2002-09-10</center>
|-
|<center>[[Namerikawa Firefly Squid]]</center> || <center>[[braxxus]]</center> || <center>2002-10-25</center>
|-
|<center>[[Soja Shoguns]]</center> || <center>[[smallwolf]]</center> || <center>2002-11-19</center>
|-
|<center>[[S.C. Jaljulya]]</center> || <center>[[Kagemusha]]</center> || <center>2003-03-24</center>
|-
|<center>[[Nagayama]]</center> || <center>[[biengo]]</center> || <center>2003-04-03</center>
|-
|<center>[[Capcom F.C.]]</center> || <center>[[RankingJ]]</center> || <center>2003-05-27</center>
|-
|<center>[[Kawasaki Tigers]]</center> || <center>[[MD-JakobTrier]]</center> || <center>2003-08-03</center>
|-
|}

=== Federations ===
{| border="1" align="center" cellpadding="2' cellspacing="0" width="400" style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=50px|Alliance ID !! width=50px|Name !! width=70px|Founding date
|-
|<center>4671</center> || <center>[[Tiger Federation]] (Tigers)</center> || <center>2003-08-29</center>
|-
|<center>19344</center> || <center>[[Japan Football Association]] (JFA)</center> || <center>2005-02-15</center>
|-
|<center>54388</center> || <center>[[Kawasaki Tigers support]] (KTS)</center> || <center>2006-12-30</center>
|-
|<center>60259</center> || <center>[[Nippon NT Federation]] (NNT)</center> || <center>2007-04-07</center>
|}

== Trophies ==
Nippon's National Team has qualified for the World Cup main phase 3 times so far. The first time was back during [[World Cup V]]. Nippon outsmarted France, Indonesia and Uruguay in the qualification group games and made it to the last 32. Here Nippon finished third in front of Austria, but behind Indonesia and Italy which qualified for round III. The success was repeated 10 seasons later during [[World Cup X]] when Nippon managed to beat Portugal and Suomi amongst few others in the qualification group. In round II the team once again finished third behind Portugal and Colombia, but ahead of Venezuela. For the [[World Cup XI]] Nippon finished second in the qualification behind Spain and thus made it to the World Cup main phase for the 3rd time. Here they beat [[Russia]] with an amazing 6-2 in their first game.

U-20 team managed to get to the second round of the World Cup only once. In the qualifications of [[U-20 World Cup IX]] the team succeeded in finishing at 2nd spot behind Danmark and ahead of Sverige and Chile. In the last 32 stage Nippon's U-20 was able to beat Nederland, but suffered losses from England and Slovenija and got eliminated eventually.

== Japanese staff ==
* [[LA-acarl]] (Japanese, Editor)
* [[LA-Junnja]] (Japanese)

Former staff:
* [[LA-beesuke]] (Bulgarian and Japanese)

== [[J. League|League]] champions ==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Season !! Team Name !! Manager Name
|-
| 27 || [[pirxy]] || myamlak
|-
| 26 || pirxy || myamlak
|-
| 25 || pirxy || myamlak
|-
| 24 || pirxy || myamlak
|-
| 23 || [[Nagayama]] || Biengo
|-
| 22 || pirxy || myamlak
|-
| 21 || [[united min]] || sk8young
|-
| 20 || [[Kawasaki Tigers]] || MD-JakobTrier
|-
| 19 || [[Kyoto Tigers]] || LA-Junnja
|-
| 18 || Nagayama || Biengo
|-
| 17 || [[Woody Hardcore]] || Koost
|-
| 16 || [[vino rosso]] || takudk
|-
| 15 || [[Shirayuri Sky]] || saheki
|-
| 14 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 13 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 12 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 11 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 10 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 9 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 8 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 7 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 6 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 5 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 4 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 3 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 2 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 1 || Hokkaido (Bot) || Unknown
|-
|}

== [[The Emperor's Cup]] champions ==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Season !! Team Name !! Manager Name
|-
| 27 || [[pirxy]] || myamlak
|-
| 26 || pirxy || myamlak
|-
| 25 || pirxy || myamlak
|-
| 24 || [[Doveland]] || JKarlsson
|-
| 23 || pirxy || myamlak
|-
| 22 || [[Nagayama]] || Biengo
|-
| 21 || [[Kawasaki Tigers]] || MD-JakobTrier
|-
| 20 || [[Wielders]] || ElysiumValles
|-
| 19 || Kawasaki Tigers || MD-JakobTrier
|-
| 18 || [[stoked on trent]] || EmperorRob
|-
| 17 || [[St. Clair Diamonds]] || richarelli
|-
| 16 || [[vino rosso]] || takudk
|-
| 15 || [[Shirayuri Sky]] || saheki
|-
| 14 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 13 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 12 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 11 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 10 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 9 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 8 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 7 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 6 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 5 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 4 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 3 || Shirayuri Sky || saheki
|-
| 2 || Tohoku (Bot) || Unknown
|-
| 1 || Kansai (Bot) || Unknown
|-
|}

== Nippon teams participating in [[Hattrick_Masters|Hattrick Masters]] ==
See [[Nippon in Hattrick Masters]] for more details.

== Unofficial Club Champions ==
See [[Nippon Unofficial Championship]] for more details.

== National Teams ==

=== National Team Coaches ===
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! World Cup !! Manager !! Votes / Visible votes !! Result
|-
| [[World Cup XIV]] || [[NaokiSoma]] || [[Japanese elections for World Cup XIV|28 / 38]] || Ongoing
|-
| [[World Cup XIII]] || [[EuanRioArran]] || [[Japanese elections for World Cup XIII|39 / 54]] || Qualification (3 out of 7)
|-
| [[World Cup XII]] || [[saheki]] || [[Japanese elections for World Cup XII|18 / 26]] || Round II, 3rd place in Group 4
|-
| [[World Cup XI]] || [[MD-JakobTrier]] || [[Japanese elections for World Cup XI|35 / 47]] || Round III, 4th place in Group 2
|-
| [[World Cup X]] || [[Kes2005]] || [[Japanese elections for World Cup X|25 / 42]] || Round II, 3rd place in Group 1
|-
| [[World Cup IX]] || Kes2005 || [[Japanese elections for World Cup IX|28 / 44]] || Qualification (3 out of 7)
|-
| [[World Cup VIII]] || [[TheTherk]] || [[Japanese elections for World Cup VIII|34 / 45]] || Qualification (3 out of 6)
|-
| [[World Cup VII]] || [[Fish-Man]] || [[Japanese elections for World Cup VII|41 / 63]] || Qualification (4 out of 6)
|-
| [[World Cup VI]] || Fish-Man || [[Japanese elections for World Cup VI|28 / 42]] || Qualification (3 out of 5)
|-
| [[World Cup V]] || MD-JakobTrier || [[Japanese elections for World Cup V|20 / 28]] || Round II, 3rd place in Group 1
|-
| [[World Cup IV]] || [[trinit]], then: [[fujisan]] || [[Japanese elections for World Cup IV|? / ?]] || ''Did not participate''
|-
| [[World Cup III]] || [[Sephroth]] || [[Japanese elections for World Cup III|? / ?]] || ''Did not participate''
|-
| [[World Cup II]] || [[Charleyboy]] || [[Japanese elections for World Cup II|~2 / ?]] || Pre-Qualification
|-
| [[World Cup I]] || saheki || [[Japanese elections for World Cup I|~2 / ?]] || Pre-Qualification
|-
|}

=== U-20 Team Coaches ===

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! World Cup !! Manager !! Votes / Visible votes !! Result
|-
| [[U-20 World Cup XIII]] || [[User:N-Kobayashi|N-Kobayashi]] || [[Japanese elections for U-20 World Cup XIII|19 / 37]] || Qualification (8 out of 8)
|-
| [[U-20 World Cup XII]] || [[hoolinmazedog]] || [[Japanese elections for U-20 World Cup XII|13 / 24]] || Qualification (7 out of 8)
|-
| [[U-20 World Cup XI]] || [[LA-acarl]] || [[Japanese elections for U-20 World Cup XI|17 / 33]] || Qualification (7 out of 7)
|-
| [[U-20 World Cup X]] || [[braxxus]] || [[Japanese elections for U-20 World Cup X|23 / 30]] || Qualification (4 out of 7)
|-
| [[U-20 World Cup IX]] || [[myamlak]] || [[Japanese elections for U-20 World Cup IX|29 / 42]] || Round II, 4th place in Group 4
|-
| [[U-20 World Cup VIII]] || [[Kurohone]] || [[Japanese elections for U-20 World Cup VIII|37 / 48]] || Qualification (5 out of 7)
|-
| [[U-20 World Cup VII]] || [[trinit]] || [[Japanese elections for U-20 World Cup VII|21 / 48]] || Qualification (5 out of 7)
|-
| [[U-20 World Cup VI]] || [[Krispy9011]] || [[Japanese elections for U-20 World Cup VI|27 / 62]] || Qualification (4 out of 6)
|-
| [[U-20 World Cup V]] || trinit || [[Japanese elections for U-20 World Cup V|40 / 59]] || Qualification (4 out of 5)
|-
| [[U-20 World Cup IV]] || braxxus || [[Japanese elections for U-20 World Cup IV|22 / 39]] || ''Did not participate''
|-
| [[U-20 World Cup III]] || [[LA-Junnja]] || [[Japanese elections for U-20 World Cup III|5 / 13]] || ''Did not participate''
|-
| [[U-20 World Cup II]] || [[IndyRacing]] || [[Japanese elections for U-20 World Cup II|? / ?]] || ''Did not participate''
|-
| [[U-20 World Cup I]] || [[jxokix2]] || [[Japanese elections for U-20 World Cup I|? / ?]] || Pre-Qualification
|-
|}

== Regions ==
In Hattrick, Nippon is divided in 11 regions: [[Chubu]], [[Chugoku]], [[Hokkaido]], [[Kansai]], [[Kanto]], [[Kyoto]], [[Kyushu]], [[Osaka]], [[Shikoku]], [[Tohoku]], [[Tokyo]]. At this moment the most of Nippon teams (incl. bots) are from Tokyo.

== Links ==
* (eng.) [http://www.hattricknippon.org/ Nippon's off-site forum]
* (eng.) [http://student.science.uva.nl/~lhoek/maptrick.php?zoneid=0&leagueid=22 Nippon's page on Maptrick 2.0]
* (eng.) [http://nippon.hatstats.info/ Nippon on Hatstats]
* (eng.) [http://alltid.org/country/japan/ Nippon on Alltid]

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