History
The club was founded as the football club of YKK (then Yoshida Kōgyō) in 1962. They won the inaugural 1972 season title of the Hokushin'etsu Regional League, and went on to win another 10 championships in the league before they were promoted to the JFL for the 2001 season. They changed their name to the current one in 2004 when YKK passed the ownership to one of their affiliate company, YKK AP (AP stands for Architectural Products).
As they were in regional league, ALO's Hokuriku had been the biggest rival all the time as they have to compete for right to participate in Emperor's Cup as the representative of Toyama.
Read more about this topic: YKK AP S.C.
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