Sports and Sponsorship Activities
As an enterprise that creates entertainment, we are also proactive about doing its partfor activities that translate into contributions to the community.
It is our ﬁrm belief that by sponsoring various activities that inspire feelings of enjoyment
and other emotions in people, we can help realize an enriched, peaceful society.

Universal Entertainment Athlete Club

Okada Museum of Art Cup
Women s Shogi Masters Tournament
The Women s Shogi Masters Tournament, which dates back to the emergence of professional female shogi(Japanese chess)players,has

thelongest history and tradition of any of
the sport s title bouts held at present.
Since 1993 (the 20 th tournament),
Universal Entertainment has been a
special sponsor of this tournament
with the intention of contributing toProud members of the Clubthe forward development of the mind

As a global entertainment company

competitions on numerous occasions.

extension, the promotion of Japanesethat continues to spread fun and

Their achievements go beyond domes-culture.

enjoyment throughout the world, wetic competitions to include represen-

In the 49 th tournament held in 2023,

wish to show our support for people

tation of Team Japan at internation-

two title-holder Tomoka Nishiyama,

who are doing their very best. Thatal ones hosted in Daegu, London,

who won the right to challenge thesentiment inspired us to establish theMoscow,

champion in her ﬁrst league appear-

Aruze Athlete Club (now the Universal

many other cities.

ance, took on sitting champion SaeEntertainmentinIn 2024, the Club marked the 21st year

Ito, who had secured her long-sought

January 2004. Under the guidance ofsince its inception. As we continue toﬁrst title after nine tries. Winningthe late Yoshio Koide, the renowned

support activities that help promote

three games out of this dramaticcoach behind the development ofsports culture and contribute to theﬁve-gamenumerous star athletes, the athletes

community, we will convey the power

whether Nishiyama or Ito would win

and staff members of the Club haveof dreams and emotion to more andor defend the crown for the ﬁrst time,collectively strived to realize theirmore people. Please cheer on theNishiyama emerged as the tourna-

dreams while engaging in heatedathletes of the Club as they keepment champion.

rivalry on a day-to-day basis.

building on their earnest efforts toGoing forward, we will continue

Club athletes have endured rigorous

make Japan a brighter place throughstriving to breathe fresh life intotraining to perform brilliantly in major

the power of sports.

women sAthleteClub)

Beijing,Hangzhou,andsport of women s shogi and, byseries

shogi

toand

determineachievethefurther growth and development of

Key Achievements in Recent Years

the sport through tournament hostAzusa Sumi

2015 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Beijing 5,000mTeam JapanMirai Waku

2016 22nd World Half Marathon Championship

Half marathon

Team Japan

2019 Hokkaido Marathon

Full marathon

1st placeis to communicate Japanese and AsianFull marathon

4th place (Team Japan)

culture to the rest of the world andFull marathon

4th placecontribute widely to the creation of

17th Asian Marathon Championships
2021 Nagoya Women s Marathon
2022 Nagoya Women s Marathon
2023 The 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022
Naomi Muthoni 2021 105th Japan National Championships

Qualified for MGC
Full marathon
5,000mTeam Japan
1st place (open participation)

Team2021 41st All-Japan Women sCorporate Ekiden Marathon

Hibiki Onishi

2022 50th Yamaguchi All-Corporate10km

2nd place

Yuka Sarumida2022 105th Japanese Athletics Championships
Cross-Country

Senior 8km

2nd place

Rui Aoyama

2022 The Combined 10th Osaka Marathon and77th Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon

Full marathon

3rd place

Half Marathon Championships

Long-distance relay road race ( Ekiden ) 7th place

Okada Museum of Art, whose mission

culture.

* Titles are current as ofApril 2023.

Tomoka Nishiyama after
her ﬁrst Women s Shogi
Masters Tournamentchampionship win