31 March 2021
To whom it may concern
Wedge Holdings Co., Ltd
Tatsuya Konoshita,
Representative Managing Director and CEO(Code 2388 JASDAQ Securities Exchange
Contact PIC: Yasuhiro Kotake(TEL03-6225-2207)

NEW PRODUCT RELEASEDHAIKYU!! VOLLEYBALL CARD GAME (Vietnamese Version)
STARTER HVD-03
On March, 31th, 2021, SHOWA BRAIN NAVI VIETNAM Co., Ltd (SHOWA BRAIN NAVIVIETNAM), a Vietnamese subsidiary of Showa Holdings Co., Ltd., is pleased to announce therelease of the third starter of the popular trading card game series HAIKYU!! VOLLEY BALLCARD GAME (Vietnamese Version) under the Vietnamese title “BƯỚC ĐỘT PHÁ CỦA
KARASUNO”
HAIKYU!! VOLLEYBALL CARD GAME (Vietnamese version) is developed by WedgeHoldings Co., Ltd (a Japanese subsidiary of Showa Holdings Co., Ltd.) under the license ofTakaratomy Co., Ltd. and first released and distributed in Vietnam market by SHOWA BRAIN
NAVI VIETNAM in 2018. This game is highly valued for its ability to enhance user’s strategic
thinking and creativity. Furthermore, with content closely based on the popular high school
sport comics Haikyu!! and state-of-the-art illustration, it was welcomed by Vietnameseyoung generation and has become one of the most popular trading card game (TCG)
products in Vietnam.
In the new coming starter HVD-03, the protagonist’s team Karasuno takes the central
stage with newly developed features such as cards with abilities that can be activatedwithout paying cost (Guts); cards without ability but have high Receive-Serve-Attack-Blockpoints that can be sed in various situations. Beside the upgraded game play, this time, tosatisfy Haikyu!! comic and animation’s fans, a new series of cards call Cheer Card is also
introduced for the first time. Although without combat ability, With illustrations and comical
stories inspired manga Haikyu!! animation series, these Cheer cards will sure to warm up aHaikyu!! TCG match as well as become a must-have in any Haikyu!! TCG collection.

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With an aim to provide users with opportunities to play together as well as to build user
community for the product. SHOWA BRAIN NAVI VIETNAM are organizing various promotion
events and tournaments. Among them is the annual National Tournament and the Vietnam
TCG Fest.
To cope with the social distance of the Covid 19 pandemic upheaval, we have staredorganized our game events on virtual platform such as ZOOM since 2020. By doing this, ourusers still can continue to enjoy playing Haikyu!! TCG together. Through virtual events andtournaments, for the first-time users from different part of the country can now come andcompete together conveniently thus keep the community growing strongly, at the sametime keep our users safe and happy while complying with the social distancing measures.
Also, in an effort to keep complying with the regulations during the pandemic, newproduct Starter HVD-03 of HAIKYU!! VOLLEYBALL CARD GAME was launched on an online
event. This was the second time SHOWA BRAIN NAVI VIETNAM launch a new productthrough a virtual event, the professionally planned event received a great deal ofattentions and interactions from users across the county. The new product HAIKYU!!
VOLLEYBALL CARD GAME Starter HVD-03 is certain to become a new phenomenon inVietnam TCG market.
Wedge Holdings engages in providing new TCG products in Asia and will continuously
expand our content business in this market. We believe that HAIKYU!! VOLLEYBALL CARDGAME will pave a way for future expanding of our content business in Vietnam market.
About Showa Brain Navi Vietnam Co., Ltd.
Address: Room 1.3, Floor 1, 03 Phan Van Dat Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi
Minh City, Vietnam
Showa Brain Navi Vietnam Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Showa Holdings Co., Ltd. establishedin 2015 specified in content business including importing, distributing trading card gameproducts, consulting content related business and promoting Japanese content products
in Vietnam market.
About「Haikyu!! Volleyball Card Game」
A TCG released in Japan by Takaratomy in 2014, based on the manga Haikyu!! written by
Furudate Haruichi published by Shueisha Inc. since 2012. The Vietnamese version of thismanga is also published in Vietnam by Kim Dong Publishing House under the title「Haikyu!!
Chàng khổng lồ tí hon」.
「Haikyu!! Volleyball Card Game」Vietnamese version is the first Vietnamese TCG officiallyreleased in Vietnam market.
For further information please contact:
Ms. Miharu Tsuchiya
Managing Director-2-Showa Brain Navi Vietnam Co. Ltd.
Tel: ＋84-28-38225117
Email:miharu.ts@brain-navi.asia

HAIKYU!! VOLLEYBALL CARD GAME (Vietnamese Version)
STARTER HVD-03

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