From among the home town and social collaboration activities of all 56 J.League clubs, FC Tokyo has been awarded the "Social Challenger Award" at the "2020 J.League Challenge! Awards" which recognizes activities that we particularly want to share widely with society.

We would like to express our gratitude to everyone involved with FC Tokyo for their understanding and cooperation in our club's hometown and community engagement activities, which has allowed us to receive such an award.

We will continue to work on daily hometown and community collaboration activities to become a club that is loved and needed by the local community.

□ Criteria for Selection of "Social Challenger Award"
Challenging the social issues in that region

Sec. 9 Awards Flow
①General Voting: 9th place
※Voting period: Mar 17 (Tue) 18:00 - Mar 31 (Tue) 13:00

② Preliminary Selection: Selected by 15 clubs and advanced to the final selection
※Sharren! Core members will be selected at the J.League Social Cooperation Headquarters Secretariat

③Award Selection: Winner of the Social Challenger Award
＜Social Challenger Award Selection Committee＞(Titles omitted)
・J League Full-time Director
・Chairperson Yoko Takahashi of the Japan Philanthropy Association, a Public Interest Incorporated Association
・Representative Yusuke KAKEI of the specified nonprofit corporation Issue Plus Design
・Director of the Sakurayaka Welfare Foundation, Hajiko SHIMIZU
・Director of the Japan Professional Football League (part-time) Retsu Fujisawa

□ Comments from the Selection Committee (excerpt)
・The idea of wanting to ensure that boys living in the hometown are not left behind by society is wonderful. Through sports, it is possible to positively transform the "hidden" aspects and contribute to the overall awareness of the community, leading to the elimination of discrimination and prejudice.
・It is an activity that strongly demonstrates the significance of sports and athletes and the influence they possess. The encounter with athletes and the words they speak provide courage and hope to the boys after their discharge, and it is a meaningful social collaboration (contribution) in the local community.


◇'2020 J.League Sharon! Announcement of each award of the awards'ishere(J.League official website)
◇ 'Sharen! J-League Social Cooperation' homepage is here