It was established on March 6, 2006, by the merger of the former towns of Akaike, Hōjō and Kanada, all from Tagawa District.
In the following season Kalteva was a part of the fringe squad that helped Jokerit take the Silver medal in the Kanada-malja playoffs.
He was General Manager of IFK Helsinki in the Finnish Elite League from 1995 to 1999, during which time IFK won one Kanada-malja and finished as the runner-up to TPS the following year.
Veeramanidasan - South Indian Hindu devotional singer in Tamil, Telugu and Kanada languages
Peltonen was chosen to the All-Star lineup and HIFK won the Kanada-malja championship for first time since 1998 as Peltonen, Mikael Granlund and Juha-Pekka Haataja led the team to the championship.