Early years (1969–2004) The club was founded as the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (
Den-Den Kōsha, current
NTT) Kumamoto Soccer Club in 1969. The club was promoted to the
Kyushu Soccer League in
1983. According to the NTT's privatization in 1985, the club was renamed as
NTT Kyushu Soccer Club in 1988. During the
NTT Kyushu era, the club won five
Kyushu Soccer League titles and one
All Japan Senior Football Championship. The club changed their name again to NTT Kumamoto Football Club in 2000. The club changed their name to NTT West Kumamoto Football Club in 2001 as the
NTT was divided into NTT East and NTT West. The club was promoted to the
JFL in
2000 after finishing 3rd in 24th JFL Promotion Tournament. The NTT relinquished the ownership of the club in 2002 and community oriented Alouette Kumamoto Football Club was born.
Alouette is a French word meaning
skylark, the bird of
Kumamoto Prefecture. The club finished at the 17th in
this season and was relegated to the
Kyushu Soccer League.
Roasso Kumamoto (2005–) The club name was changed again to Rosso Kumamoto in 2005.
Rosso means red in Italian. After they won the
Kyushu Soccer League and finished at the 3rd in the
Regional League play-off tournament, the club was promoted to the
JFL. The club was recently featured in
J.League program to introduce the club to followers of the professional league. Rosso's second-place finish in the
2007 JFL season was enough to earn promotion into the J.League (
J2 League) for the
2008 season. The club changed their name to current
Roasso Kumamoto in 2008. The previous name
Rosso was a registered trademark of another company, so the club could not use it due to a risk of copyright infringement. After 11 years spent in the J2 League, Kumamoto was relegated to the J3 League on 2018. After three years at J3 League, Kumamoto returned to J2, after being promoted as the J3 champions in 2021, just a point ahead of
Iwate Grulla Morioka in the league table. In 2022, Kumamoto finished in 4th place with 67 points and advanced to J1 promotion/relegation playoffs after an arguably surprising performance in the
2022 J2 League. Roasso played against the 5th and 4th-placed teams of the J2 season,
Oita Trinita and
Montedio Yamagata, in matches that ended 1–1 and 2–2, respectively. As the league gave the advantage for the higher-placed team in the league standings to qualify for the next round, Roasso were able to qualify for the play-off finals, despite not winning any match. This time,
Kyoto Sanga, as the J1 League team in question, earned the seeding advantage, meaning that Roasso needed to win this match in order to earn promotion. The match ended in a 1–1 draw and Roasso were not promoted for the J1. In 2025, Roasso Kumamoto were relegated to the
J3 League for the next season after finishing 18th, with a draw in their final game of the season, ending their three-year stay in the second tier. == Rivalries ==