Including Iwata City in Shizuoka Prefecture, the team represents 7 cities and 1 town as its hometown. In the first season under manager Akinobu YOKOUCHI, they won a tight promotion battle last season and secured promotion to J1 in the final round. For the upcoming battle in the J1 League after two seasons, the highlight of their reinforcements is former Japan national team goalkeeper Eiji KAWASHIMA. They also acquired Rei HIRAKAWA and Shun NAKAMURA. Four Brazilian players have also joined the team.