FC Tokyo (Tokyo Football Club Co., Ltd.) has signed a comprehensive collaboration agreement with its hometown Tokyo, so we would like to inform you.
This agreement is not limited to the sports field, but is intended to promote the development of the local community and further improve services for citizens through comprehensive and cross-sectoral cooperation by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. FC Tokyo is the 13th overall and the first sports team to enter into this agreement.
At FC Tokyo, based on our club philosophy, we have been promoting various initiatives in collaboration with the city of Tokyo in areas such as human rights awareness, cultural promotion, and welfare-related awareness activities, not limited to sports. With this agreement, we will utilize FC Tokyo's four values, "Frontline", "Creativity", "Diversity", and "Potential", to further contribute to the development of the capital city of Tokyo and the improvement of services for its citizens.
Cooperation Items
(1) Matters related to the promotion of culture and sports
(2) Matters related to the healthy development of young people
(3) Matters related to health promotion
(4) Matters related to support for people with disabilities
(5) Matters related to child-rearing and support for the elderly
(6) Matters related to disaster prevention and reduction
(7) Matters related to the environment
(8) Other matters related to the revitalization of the local community and improvement of services for citizens
Agreement Date
March 27, 2023
□Koike Yuriko, Governor of Tokyo, Comments
"First of all, congratulations on your victory in yesterday's game. We have recently signed a wide collaboration agreement with FC Tokyo. This is the first time we have signed an agreement with a professional sports team, although we have signed agreements with various companies in the past. FC Tokyo has been contributing greatly to the healthy development of children and the revitalization of the local community as a J-League club that is closely connected to the local residents. They have also been cooperating with various initiatives in Tokyo, such as promoting para-sports through blind soccer experiences and sharing HTT's message videos. We would like to express our gratitude once again. The structure of society and people's values are undergoing significant changes. It is essential to have a change in policy from the perspective of the citizens. In that sense, collaboration with a diverse range of local community partners is indispensable. This time, we have also received proposals for activities such as disaster prevention and reduction awareness, and gymnastics classes for the prevention of care and frailty. It is a wonderful proposal, and we can imagine the image of elderly people moving their bodies together with FC Tokyo. It will have a positive effect in many ways. This is truly a wide collaboration, and we are grateful for the cooperation in various fields. We hope that by signing this wide collaboration agreement, we can work together with the various strengths of the city and the messages that can be conveyed through sports by FC Tokyo, and put them into practice. We look forward to working with you in the future."
□Shigeya Kawagishi, President of Tokyo Football Club Co., Ltd. Comments
"Tokyo is the capital of Japan and also a major city in the world. It is our home town and we are very happy to have signed this wide collaboration agreement. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Governor Koike and all the departments involved in this agreement. As a J-League club, we have a philosophy of being rooted in the local community and FC Tokyo has been promoting the idea of being a "club for the citizens" for 25 years since its establishment. We have a wide range of collaborations with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and last year, we worked together on more than 20 initiatives to address various social issues and changing needs in the capital. We are delighted to be able to deepen our collaboration with the city through this wide collaboration agreement. We believe that sports has a great power and as FC Tokyo, we want to bring joy to the lives of the citizens and we see it as our mission. With the signing of this wide collaboration agreement, we will continue to deepen our relationship with Tokyo and work together on various initiatives. Thank you for your continued support."
□Masato MORISHIGE 2023 Season FC Tokyo Captain's Comment
"First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to everyone who has supported us in reaching this agreement. As FC Tokyo, we have been actively involved in many hometown activities. As players, we have visited elementary schools, played soccer with children, shared meals with them, and taught them through sports. We have also been involved in community activities. I am very happy to see that these various activities have led to this agreement. I have personally experienced the greatness of sports through events such as last year's World Cup and the recent WBC. Yuto NAGATOMO played a key role in the World Cup, and Kashif BANGNAGANDE is currently representing Japan as a member of the national team. I believe that the success of FC Tokyo players will bring joy to the local community. As a professional sports team in Tokyo, we will continue to work together with the citizens and strive to achieve even greater success."
◇Details of the "Wide Collaboration Agreement" in Tokyo can be found here
