Kashiwa Reysol
| Full name | Kashiwa Reysol | ||
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| Nicknames | Taiyō-Ō (Sun King) Aurinegro (gold-and-black) | ||
| Short name | REY | ||
| Founded | 1940 as Hitachi SC | ||
| Stadium | Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium ("Hitachidai") Kashiwa, Chiba | ||
| Capacity | 15,900 | ||
| Owner | Hitachi | ||
| Chairman | Ryuichiro Takikawa | ||
| Manager | Ricardo Rodríguez | ||
| League | J1 League | ||
| 2025 | J1 League, 2nd of 20 | ||
| Website | www | ||
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Kashiwa Reysol (柏レイソル, Kashiwa Reisoru) is a Japanese professional football club based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club currently plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier league in the country. Their home stadium is Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium, also known as "Hitachidai". Reysol is a portmanteau of the Spanish words Rey and Sol, meaning "Sun King". The name alludes to their parent company Hitachi, whose name means "rising sun" in Japanese.
The club was formed in 1940 and was a founding member ("Original Eight") of the Japan Soccer League (JSL) in 1965. Since the league's inception, they have spent the majority of their existence in the top tier of Japanese football. They have managed to win 1 J1 League title, 2 J2 League title, 3 Emperor's Cups, 2 J.League Cup and 1 Japanese Super Cup. The club also won the J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship in 2014. Internationally, Kashiwa has made an appearance in the FIFA Club World Cup with their only appearance coming in the 2011 edition.