Council for Sports Ecosystem Promotion

SPORTS ECOSYSTEM CONFERENCE 2025

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SPORTS ECOSYSTEM CONFERENCE 2025

August 17, 2026

Council for Sports Ecosystem Promotion | Event

Event Overview

Date and Time: Thursday, December 18, 2025, Afternoon
Venue: Tokyo Midtown Hall, Roppongi, Minato City, Tokyo

Purpose

The conference centered on C-SEP’s purpose of creating the future of sports together with all stakeholders. The program featured panel discussions and other sessions exploring how to enhance the value of sports by building a transparent system through which funds and human resources circulate. These discussions reflected C-SEP’s three missions: clarification of rights, creation of social value, and digital transformation (DX).
The conference also provided networking opportunities for C-SEP member companies, sports organizations, sports teams, and other stakeholders, with the aim of strengthening relationships across the sports ecosystem.

Theme

The theme of the 2025 conference was “Global.” The program featured five sessions and two presentations. More than 500 people attended, including representatives of C-SEP member companies, sports teams, sports organizations, government agencies, the National Diet, and media organizations.

Sessions (Speaker affiliations and titles are as of the date of the conference.)

Yuki Matsui

Akinori Iwamura

Shigetoshi Hasegawa

Taka Sakamoto

Hironori Inagaki

Pioneering the future of sports with a global mindset
The Power of Co-creation beyond language and culture

Yuki Matsui

Major League Baseball Player
San Diego Padres
Video message

Akinori Iwamura

Former Major League Baseball Player
Representative Director, Fukushima Baseball Club Co., Ltd.

Shigetoshi Hasegawa

Former Major League Baseball Player
Online participation

Taka Sakamoto

Founder, Footlingual
Author

Hironori Inagaki

Representative Director, Council for Sports Ecosystem Promotion
Partner, Nishimura & Asahi
Moderator

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Kazufumi Watanabe

Kenji Fuma

Asahi Takano

Masashi Abe

The Social Value Created by CompaniesThrough Sports
he Diverse Roles of Sponsorships andContent Holders Interpreted from GlobalTrends

Kazufumi Watanabe

Country Head, NBA Japan

Kenji Fuma

Executive Fellow, Japan Football Association
Co-opted Member of the Executive Committee, J.LEAGUE
Representative Director and CEO, Neural Inc.

Asahi Takano

Partner, CAA Portas & Head of Asia Pacific

Masashi Abe

Director, Council for Sports Ecosystem Promotion
President and Representative Director, ASICS Japan Corporation
Moderator

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Yoichi Takahashi

Haruhiko Suzuki

Mineko Ota

Yoshihiro Iwamoto

Excitement that transcends borders
The Future Value Created by Sports Content

Yoichi Takahashi

Creator of Captain Tsubasa
Owner and Representative, Nankatsu SC

Haruhiko Suzuki

Representative Director, MISAKI Co., Ltd.
Advisor, TSUBASA Co., Ltd.

Mineko Ota

Counsellor for General Coordination
Secretariat of Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters, Cabinet Office

Yoshihiro Iwamoto

Representative Director, TSUBASA Co., Ltd.
Representative Director, Senior Managing Director and General Manager, Nankatsu SC
Moderator

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Kentaro Kawabe

Tomoko Namba

Norifumi Sugimoto

Toshikazu Yamaguchi

Hironori Inagaki

Towards building a Japanese-stylesports ecosystem

Kentaro Kawabe

Chairperson and Representative Director, LY Corporation

Tomoko Namba

Representative Director and Executive Chairman, DeNA Co., Ltd.

Norifumi Sugimoto

Deputy President, Development Bank of Japan Inc.

Toshikazu Yamaguchi

Councilor, Council for Sports Ecosystem Promotion
President and Representative Director, The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings

Hironori Inagaki

Representative Director, Council for Sports Ecosystem Promotion
Partner, Nishimura & Asahi
Moderator

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Guy Reinenbergh

Corentin Segalen

Tom Nairn

Francisco Portugal

Minoru Iwaki

Latest Global Developments in Tackling Illegal Sports Betting

Guy Reinenbergh

National Coordinator for Sport Fraud, Belgian Federal Police

Corentin Segalen

Chair, Group of Copenhagen
Network of National Platforms

Tom Nairn

Detective Inspector, Sporting Integrity Intelligence Unit, Victoria Police
Online participation

Francisco Portugal

INTERPOL
Online participation

Minoru Iwaki

Director, Council for Sports Ecosystem Promotion
Representative Director, President and CEO, Mynet Inc.
Moderator

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Guest Addresses (Speaker affiliations and titles are as of the date of the conference.)

Hironori Inagaki

Toshikazu Yamaguchi

Sadayuki Sakakibara

Toshiaki Endo

Hirofumi Ryu

No.1

Opening Remarks

Hironori Inagaki

Representative Director, Council for Sports Ecosystem Promotion
Partner, Nishimura & Asahi

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No.2

Opening Remarks

Toshikazu Yamaguchi

Councilor, Council for Sports Ecosystem Promotion
President and Representative Director, The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings

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No.3

Guest Address

Sadayuki Sakakibara

Chairman, Nippon Professional Baseball Organization
Commissioner, Nippon Professional Baseball
Chairman of the Board, The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
Honorary Chairman, Keidanren

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No.4

Guest Address

Toshiaki Endo

Member of the House of Representatives, Liberal Democratic Party
President, Japan Sport Association

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No.5

Guest Address

Hirofumi Ryu

Member of the House of Representatives
Chair, Diet Affairs Committee, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan

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