FC Tokyo has been awarded the "Social Challenger Award" for "NO PLANET, NO TOKYO" depicting the future and nurturing the dreams of boys through "HIGH HOPE" among the activities of 58 clubs nationwide entered in the "2025 J.League Sharen! Awards" hosted by the Japan Professional Football League (J.League) (supported by the Sports Agency). This is the second time receiving the award since 2020.
This award was made possible thanks to the understanding and cooperation of everyone involved with FC Tokyo. We sincerely thank all those who continuously support the club's hometown and social collaboration activities.
We will continue to uphold the social statement, "Goals that connect to the future of our lives." As a hub of society, we will sincerely promote and support various activities while joining hands with many partners including fans, supporters, local communities, and companies.
And to continue being a club loved and needed by the local community, we will keep taking on challenges aiming to realize a better society where everyone can live comfortably and with a sense of purpose.
・About the 'Sharen! Awards'
The J.League promotes social collaboration activities called Sharen! with the desire to "Make communities better through the power of the J.League."
The J.League and J.Clubs collaborate with local people, companies, organizations, municipalities, and schools on common themes such as social issues, education, diversity, community development, health, and intergenerational exchange, engaging in various activities.
◇Sharen! J.League Social Collaboration Website is here
<Sharen! Excerpt from the J.League Social Collaboration website>
Every year, the 'Sharen! Awards' are held to recognize activities by J.League clubs nationwide that they especially want to share widely with society. This time, 58 clubs entered. From March 6 (Thu) to March 20 (Thu), voting for the 'Fan & Supporter Selection Award' was conducted on a special website, gathering over 17,000 votes.
◇2025 J.League Share-n! Awards Special Site is here
[The future envisioned by 'NO PLANET, NO TOKYO'. Activities of 'HIGH HOPE' nurturing the dreams of boys]
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□About the collaboration with Tama Juvenile Training School
FC Tokyo started exchanges through soccer classes at Tama Juvenile Training School in 2016, accepted off-site learning at Kodaira Ground in 2019, and in 2023, Masato MORISHIGE gave a lecture inside the facility. Then, in 2024, the "HIGH HOPE Program" was launched as an in-facility program in collaboration with ICHI INC.
The purpose of this program is to help boys find purpose and goals, live their lives independently, and support them in becoming players who will contribute to society in the future.
It is composed of three pillars: "Dreams & Goals," "Morals & Ethics," and "Product Planning."
"Because of this program, I felt I could try again."
"Right now, I want to be helpful to someone."
These are the words of the boys who participated in the program.
Their awareness and changes give us hope and drive our next actions.
Currently, we are developing product plans together with the boys for the match against Avispa Fukuoka on Tuesday, September 23, 2025 (public holiday).
□ To Our Partners Supporting Social Collaboration
The reason why these social collaboration activities can be sustained is due to the strong support from many partner companies. Starting with the partner companies who have sponsored 'NO PLANET, NO TOKYO,' we receive support as partners who empathize with the club's philosophy of walking together with society and envisioning the future together. We would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude.
* From the left: FC Tokyo Community Generator Naohiro ISHIKAWA, Former Director of Tama Juvenile Training School Osamu Aoki, President of Ich Co., Ltd. Kazuto Chuma (Photo taken in March 2025)
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Details of Tama Juvenile Training School (Ministry of Justice) are here (external link)
Details of Ichino Co., Ltd. are here (external link)
Partners of the "NO PLANET, NO TOKYO" initiative are here
□ Comments from the Selection Committee
In Japan’s difficult-to-retry situation, the number of juvenile training school residents is increasing. I believe it is a great encouragement to convey that there are adults supporting those who tend to be left behind. The fact that the number of supporting companies has doubled from 23 last year to 46 this year also reflects the trust in FC Tokyo. I hope this will expand to other teams so that they can find jobs and rebuild their lives as respectable citizens.
□ FC Tokyo Naohiro ISHIKAWA Community Generator Message
This is the second time since 2020 that we have received such an honorable award, and above all, we sincerely thank all the stakeholders who have worked together with us. Through our ongoing efforts with the Tama Juvenile Training School, we have been continuing the 'HIGH HOPE Program' since last year.
What we conveyed to the boys in the first session was that "living for someone else ultimately leads to new joy and color in one's own life."
There are limits to one's own efforts. This is one of the important things I have experienced and learned through my 18 years as a professional football player.
Although I have fulfilled the dream I had since I was little, to continue showing my way of life on the stage I admired, there are definitely more struggles and conflicts than joy.
At such times, I was able to lift my head, look forward, and when I looked around, I realized the great importance of my family, teammates, staff who shared in the suffering and sadness, and the strong support of fans and supporters who connected with my life.
"You'll Never Walk Alone..."
I am never alone. Together with the many FC Tokyo family members who walk through life with me, I want to overcome challenges and see the new scenery that awaits us beyond.
Such feelings became a new motivation for me, leading to an attitude and mindset of never giving up no matter what happens.
I want FC Tokyo to be a source of emotional support and a place of comfort for the boys.
Our passion becomes the life force for the boys, and the boys' existence becomes the life force for us.
Through this 'HIGH HOPE Program,' we want to continue building such relationships, creating new unseen landscapes together with the boys, and experiencing them together!
Aiming for a society where no one is a victim or perpetrator, where people support each other with trust and love...
We will continue to work on this moving forward.
□ Inquiries Regarding This Matter
Social Collaboration Promotion Office
sharen@fctokyo.co.jp
