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| team = Yokohama Grits
| logo = Yokohama_GRITS_logo.png
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| city = [[Yokohama]], [[Kanagawa]]
| colours = Blue, black, white<br />{{color box|#00ABEA}} {{color box|#000000}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
| league = [[Asia League Ice Hockey]]
| founded = {{start date|2 May 2019}}<ref name="Sponichi">{{cite web |title= 「横浜GRITS」アジアリーグ加盟正式決定！横浜市初のプロアイスホッケーチーム誕生東京圏12季ぶり|url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2020/06/02/kiji/20200602s00035000237000c.html |publisher=Sports Nippon|language=japanese|date=2 June 2020|access-date=30 September 2020}}</ref>
| arena = [[KOSÉ Shin-Yokohama Skate Center|Kosé Shin-Yokohama Skate Center]]
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The '''Yokohama Grits''' (Japanese: 横浜グリッツ, Yokohama gurittsu) are a professional [[ice hockey]] team based in [[Yokohama]], Japan. They are a members of [[Asia League Ice Hockey]] and play their home games at the [[KOSÉ Shin-Yokohama Skate Center|Kosé Shin-Yokohama Skate Center]].

==History==
The Yokohama Grits were founded on 2 May 2019 by Grits Sports Innovators Corporation, an organisation led by Akihito Usui.<ref name="IIHF">{{cite web |title=Yokohama gets gritty|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/20003/yokohama-gets-gritty |publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|language=english|date=17 July 2020|access-date=30 September 2020}}</ref> The Grits are the first ice hockey team based in the Greater Tokyo Area since the [[Seibu Prince Rabbits]] folded in 2009.<ref name="Sponichi"/> On 2 June 2020 the team was announced as the eighth member of [[Asia League Ice Hockey]],<ref name="ALIH">{{cite web |title=About nominating new teams|url=https://www.alhockey.com/news/2020/06/about-nominating-new-teams.html|publisher=[[Asia League Ice Hockey|ALIH]]|language=english|date=2 June 2020|access-date=30 September 2020}}</ref> with former [[National Hockey League|NHL]] player Mike Kennedy serving as the head coach.<ref name="Sponichi"/> Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia, the league cancelled its planned 2020–21 season, and a three-country Asia League tournament was scheduled instead.<ref name="ALIH2">{{cite web |title=Announcement: 2020–2021 Season (UPDATED)|url=https://www.alhockey.com/news/2020/09/announcement-2020-2021-seasonupdated.html|publisher=[[Asia League Ice Hockey|ALIH]]|language=english|date=4 September 2020|access-date=30 September 2020}}</ref> In October of the same year, the Grits took part in the Asia League Japan Cup.<ref name="ALIH3">{{cite web |title= Announcement: Pre-Season Matches|url=https://www.alhockey.com/news/2020/09/-announcement-pre-season-matches.html|publisher=[[Asia League Ice Hockey|ALIH]]|language=english|date=8 September 2020|access-date=30 September 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://grits-sport.com/ Yokohama Grits]

[[Category:Ice hockey teams in Japan]]

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