FC Tokyo players' association visited Tomioka First Elementary School and Tomioka Second Elementary School in Futaba District, Fukushima Prefecture on September 17, 2019 (Tuesday).

8 players who participated spent about 2 hours moving their bodies on the school ground with elementary school students, and had fun interacting by eating lunch together.
In the afternoon of the same day, they visited the areas that were actually affected by the earthquake and inspected the situation. Seeing the current state of recovery on site, the players who visited had the opportunity to once again understand the extent of the damage.

In addition, the recovery support activities by the FC Tokyo players' association will be carried out for the second time since the soccer school in Sukagawa City, Fukushima Prefecture in 2014.

□Participating Players
Daiki NIWA, Yojiro TAKAHAGI, Keigo HIGASHI, Go HATANO
Kiichi YAJIMA, Taichi HARA, Tsuyoshi WATANABE, Akihiro HAYASHI  Total of 8 players

□Player Comments (excerpt)
・Kiichi YAJIMA, Chairman
"As part of FC Tokyo Players' Association's disaster relief efforts, we were able to visit an elementary school and it was truly wonderful. It was great to see the children having pure fun. We were also able to receive a lot of energy and courage from the children. As a players' association, we would like to continue these activities."

・Yojiro TAKAHAGI (from Fukushima Prefecture)
"The children of Tomioka were even brighter and more energetic than I had imagined, so I was truly relieved. It has been about 8 years since the earthquake and tsunami, and I thought that most areas would have recovered by now, but there are still places that have not been touched. As players, and of course, as fans and supporters, we want everyone to know about this current situation and to spread the word in various ways to different people."

※Official mobile site "FC Tokyo Express" has posted comments from all participating players.
【URL】https://www.fctokyo.co.jp/fanz...

□Participation

Thank you very much to everyone who supported this activity and to everyone at J Village.