SPORTS BULL CO., LTD.

SPORTS BULL CO., LTD. (スポーツブル株式会社) is a Japanese sports media and sports-experience company headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo. Founded in May 2015, the company is best known for operating SPORTS BULL, an internet sports media platform that distributes news, live streams, highlight videos and original programming across a wide range of sports, from professional to amateur and student athletics. The company describes its vision as making Japan a sports nation the world admires, and its identity as "MAKE IT BULL." The company operates six businesses. SPORTS BULL is its flagship internet sports media, run as a collaboration backed by KDDI Corporation and leveraging telecom technology to create new sports experiences. ANYTEAM is a community service connecting middle-school, high-school and university club teams with fans, offering fan communities, donations and crowdfunding. BUKATSU ONE is a one-stop digital-transformation solution for municipalities implementing the regional devolution of school club activities promoted by Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Japan Sports Agency. COMIC BULL is an original sports manga project co-produced with Kodansha and available through the SPORTS BULL app. CORPORATE LEAGUE is an inter-company sports league for businesspeople, whose first sport is the four-a-side football format "4v4" devised by Keisuke Honda; it is run as a joint project of Now Do, Undo Tsushinsha and Persol Innovation. dodaSPORTS is a sports career media business linked with the job-change service "doda," connecting knowing about the sports industry with working in it. The company is privately held. Its shareholders include the KDDI Open Innovation Fund, Dentsu, The Asahi Shimbun Company, Hakuhodo, MIXI, ABC Frontier Holdings, Kodansha and KSK Angel Fund LLC. Its leadership includes Representative Director, President and CEO Yusuke Wakamura; directors Yuki Imaizumi and Kohei Murata; executive officers Yasuo Kabazawa, Sho Omiya and Takashi Makinouchi; Founder, CVO and Head of Business Creation Kojiro Kurotobi; CTO Shohei Saito; outside directors Kazunori Yamaguchi (Global Brain) and Toshifumi Kato (Dentsu); and auditor Jiro Kumakura (Global Brain). The company also runs a paid student internship program and recruits engineers and designers for its products. SPORTS BULL's media platform reports a monthly active user base of 27.4 million MAU, according to its own recruitment materials. The company has produced large-scale live-streaming initiatives, including free live coverage of all games of the National High School Baseball Championship through the "Virtual Koshien" service within SPORTS BULL, supported by au. It also publishes research on the real costs of school club activities, such as a survey finding an average annual burden of 84,000 yen for sports clubs and 65% of parents feeling the cost as a burden.

SPORTS BULL CO., LTD. was founded in May 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. The company was established to build sports media and sports-experience businesses around the concept of "watch, play, support" (みる・する・ささえる). Its flagship product, the internet sports media platform SPORTS BULL, was developed to distribute news, live streams, highlight videos and original programming across a wide range of sports, including professional, amateur and student athletics. A key early development was the collaboration with KDDI Corporation. SPORTS BULL is operated as a collaboration business backed by KDDI, using the telecommunications company's technology to create new sports experiences. This relationship is reflected in the shareholder structure, which includes the KDDI Open Innovation Fund. Other shareholders include major Japanese media and entertainment companies such as Dentsu, The Asahi Shimbun Company, Hakuhodo, MIXI, ABC Frontier Holdings and Kodansha, as well as KSK Angel Fund LLC. Over time, the company expanded beyond its core media platform into five additional businesses. ANYTEAM was launched as a community service for middle-school, high-school and university club teams, allowing fans to interact, donate and crowdfund. BUKATSU ONE was created as a one-stop digital-transformation solution for municipalities implementing the regional devolution of school club activities, a policy promoted by Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Japan Sports Agency. COMIC BULL was established as an original sports manga project co-produced with Kodansha, available through the SPORTS BULL app. CORPORATE LEAGUE was launched as an inter-company sports league for businesspeople, with its first sport being the four-a-side football format "4v4" devised by Keisuke Honda; it is operated as a joint project of Now Do, Undo Tsushinsha and Persol Innovation. dodaSPORTS was created as a sports career media business linked with the job-change service "doda," using SPORTS BULL's media platform and production know-how to reach a broad sports fan audience and connect them with career opportunities in the sports industry. The company has also undertaken large-scale live-streaming initiatives. Through the "Virtual Koshien" service within SPORTS BULL, it has provided free live streaming of all games of the National High School Baseball Championship, including regional tournaments, supported by au. It has also published research on the costs of school club activities, highlighting the financial burden on families. As of its corporate disclosures, SPORTS BULL CO., LTD. remains a privately held company headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo, with capital of 410,344,000 yen. Its leadership team includes Representative Director, President and CEO Yusuke Wakamura, several directors and executive officers, Founder and CVO Kojiro Kurotobi, CTO Shohei Saito, and outside directors from Global Brain and Dentsu. The company continues to recruit engineers, designers and student interns to support its products and content.

• SPORTS BULL CO., LTD. founded in Tokyo, Japan.

• Company established with capital of 410,344,000 yen.

• SPORTS BULL internet sports media platform launched as flagship product.

• ANYTEAM community service for student club teams launched.

• BUKATSU ONE municipal DX solution launched.

• COMIC BULL original sports manga project co-produced with Kodansha launched.

• CORPORATE LEAGUE inter-company sports league launched with 4v4 football as first sport.

• dodaSPORTS sports career media business launched in collaboration with doda.

• Announced free live streaming of all regional tournament games of the 108th National High School Baseball Championship on Virtual Koshien.

• Published survey on club activity costs showing average annual burden of 84,000 yen for sports clubs.

• Announced free live streaming of all summer Koshien games on Virtual Koshien, supported by au.

A sports media and sports-experience company that creates "watch, play, support" sports experiences, starting from media and providing one-stop solutions for clients and sports organizations.

• SPORTS BULL

  Internet sports media platform distributing news, live streams, highlight videos and original programming across a wide range of sports, from professional to amateur and student athletics. Operated as a collaboration backed by KDDI Corporation.

• ANYTEAM

  Community service connecting middle-school, high-school and university club teams with fans, offering fan communities, donations and crowdfunding.

• BUKATSU ONE

  One-stop digital-transformation solution for municipalities implementing the regional devolution of school club activities promoted by MEXT and the Japan Sports Agency.

• COMIC BULL

  Original sports manga project co-produced with Kodansha, available through the SPORTS BULL app.

• CORPORATE LEAGUE

  Inter-company sports league for businesspeople, with 4v4 football devised by Keisuke Honda as its first sport. Operated as a joint project of Now Do, Undo Tsushinsha and Persol Innovation.

• dodaSPORTS

  Sports career media business linked with the job-change service doda, connecting knowing about the sports industry with working in it.

• Virtual Koshien
• Ouen Koshien Supported by au

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