Urawa Red Diamonds Urawa Red Diamonds , colloquially Urawa Reds, are a professional association football club playing in Japan's football league, J1 League. The name Red Diamonds alludes to the club's pre-professional era parent company Mitsubishi. The corporation's logo consists of three red diamonds, one of which remains within the current club badge. Its hometown is the city of Saitama in Saitama Prefecture, but its name comes from the former city of Urawa, which is now a part of Saitama City. Shin-Mitsubishi Heavy Industries established a football club in 1950 in Kobe and moved the club to Tokyo in 1958. In 1965 it
Rushden & Diamonds F.C. the United Counties League Division One. The club's traditional colours are red, white and blue, which are reflected in the club’s badge. The crest uses aspects from both the respective Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds badges. It is formed by a shield-like shape, with ‘R&DFC’ written in banner form underneath. In the top left corner is the Rampant Lion, representing the Sartoris family, who donated some land on Hayden Road to Rushden Sports Club in 1922. On the opposite side at the top sit the Crosskeys of St. Peter’s Church in Irthlingborough. Taken from the old Irthlingborough Diamonds crest, there