Future Design Shibuya
“Hip-hop” addition & “U-12 limited battle” are popular entries for the street sports competition “Next Generations Games 2022” held in November!
“Valueence” and “MUGENYOYO” are newly decided as event partners
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The street sports project “Next Generations,” in which young people can actively participate, with the aim of promoting street sports and raising awareness of improving manners, supervised by Shibuya Mirai Design (Representative Director: Hideki Koizumi, hereinafter referred to as Shibuya Mirai Design). ” is a street sports competition for U-15 (junior high school students and younger), which has been held since 2018 and will be held for the fifth consecutive year in 2022. , It is being accepted from October 12th.
The “Next Generations Games 2022” will add hip-hop to the new sports, and will implement 4 events in 3 sports, including Breaking, which will be held for the 5th consecutive year, and Double Dutch, which will be held for the 4th consecutive year. Like last year, the venue will be Yoyogi Park Zelkova trees, a traditional place for street sports, which is said to be the “Mecca” of street sports from all over Japan. In addition, as a spin-off competition, the “Next Generations Games 2022 U-12 Limited Battle”, which is set to U-12 (elementary school students and below), will be held at Shibuya Cast Garden on Saturday, November 12th.
For both “Next Generations Games 2022” and “Next Generations Games 2022 U-12 Limited Battle”, entries for participating players are being accepted on the official website from Wednesday, October 12th. Already, nearly 100 athletes have entered in total for both events, and second-year elementary school athletes have entered the “U-12 Limited Battle”.
Furthermore, as a new event partner, “Valuence Holdings Co., Ltd.”, which joins D.LEAGUE, the world’s first professional dance league from Japan, as “Valuence INFINITIES”, and a new event that fuses digital and physical. Two companies, “MUGENYOYO (Takara Tomy Co., Ltd.)”, which breathes the wind of play into the street scene, have been decided. Both companies are considering various projects such as collaboration at events.
Details such as how to watch the event, measures to prevent infection with the new coronavirus infection, and live distribution will be announced on the official website as soon as they are decided. Since TOKYO 2020, in the street sports scene that continues to attract attention, please pay attention to this event where next-generation athletes who are expected to be active in the future will gather from all over the country.
-About new event partners-
Valuence Holdings Co., Ltd.
Through our support for the Next Generations, we will continue to implement initiatives aimed at the materiality of “product footprint,” “responsible business activities,” “diversity inclusion,” “culture and education,” and “development of future leaders.” I will continue. – Securities code: 9270
– Established: December 28, 2011
– President and Representative Director: Shinsuke Sakimoto
– Head office location: Shinagawa Season Terrace 28F, 1-2-70 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo
– Business content: Strengthening management and management of the entire group, planning and formulating strategies, maximizing corporate value
Official site https://www.value.inc/
Official Twitter https://twitter.com/value_group
MUGENYOYO (Takara Tomy Co., Ltd.)
The Mugen Yo-Yo is a new type of play where you can hold up an app to a yo-yo that continuously rotates electrically and add various AR effects. By linking yo-yo play and digital, you can create your own expression and share it on social media.
Please take a look at Takara Tomy’s new challenge that combines toys and digital, which can be enjoyed according to each play style, from children to adults.
Official site https://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/mugenyoyo/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@mugenyoyo
-Overview of Next Generations Games 2022-
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Title: STREET SPORTS U-15 CHAMPIONSHIPS “Next Generations Games 2022” Date: November 23, 2022 (Wednesday/holiday) 10:00 – 16:00 *Cancelled in case of rain
Venue: Yoyogi Park Zelkova trees
Contents: Street sports competition for U-15 (junior high school students and younger)
Competition: Breaking Solo (Boys/Girls) / Double Dutch Solo (Mix) / Hip Hop Solo (Mix)
Eligibility: Men and women in the third year of junior high school and younger Free entry fee
Format: Judges for each competition and detailed contest schedule will be announced on the official website as soon as they are decided. Prizes: 1st, 2nd, 3rd place trophies and supplementary prizes Entry: Accepting entries on the Next Generations official website until November 20th (Sun)
*Athletes are scheduled to meet at around 9:30 on the day
*Please see the official website for details on entry.
How to watch: Both watching at the venue and live streaming will be announced on the official website as soon as the details are decided. Organizer: Next Generations Executive Committee (Supervision: Future Design Shibuya)
Support: The Nippon Foundation
Sponsors: KDDI Corporation / GoPro LLC / Shibuya Television Co., Ltd. / Tokyu Corporation / Tokyu Land Corporation / Valuence Holdings Co., Ltd. / Takara Tomy Co., Ltd.
Sponsored by: Shibuya Ward / Shibuya Ward Board of Education / Japan Dance Sports Federation (pending) / Japan Jump Rope Union (pending) Management cooperation: Sports Biz Co., Ltd. / IAM Co., Ltd. / OVER THUMPZ Co., Ltd.
Contact: info@nextgenerations.jp
*Japan’s largest street dance festival “Shibuya StreetDance Week 2022*” will be held at Yoyogi Park Event Square on the same day. Together, we will liven up the street culture of Shibuya.
* Organizer: Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture Arts Council Tokyo / Shibuya StreetDance Week Executive Committee -Next Generations Games 2022 U-12 Limited Battle Overview-
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Title: Next Generations Games 2022 U-12 Limited Battle
Date: November 12, 2022 (Sat) 10:00 – 16:00 *Cancelled in case of rain Venue: Shibuya Cast Garden
Contents: Street sports contest for U-12 (elementary school students and younger)
Competition: Breaking Solo (Boys/Girls) / Double Dutch Solo (Mix) / Hip Hop Solo (Mix)
Participation Eligibility: Boys and girls under the sixth grade of elementary school Free entry fee
Format: Judges for each competition and detailed contest schedule will be announced on the official website as soon as they are decided. Prizes: 1st Place Trophy/Supplementary Prize and Next Generations Games 2022 Final Tournament Seed
2nd Place/3rd Place Trophy and Supplementary Prize
Entry: Accepting entries on the Next Generations official website until November 8th (Tue)
*Athletes are scheduled to meet at around 9:30 on the day
*Please see the official website for details on entry.
How to watch: Announced on the official website as soon as the details are decided *There are no plans for live distribution
Organizer: Next Generations Executive Committee (Supervision: Future Design Shibuya)
Support: The Nippon Foundation
Sponsors: KDDI Corporation / GoPro LLC / Shibuya Television Co., Ltd. / Tokyu Corporation / Tokyu Land Corporation / Valuence Holdings Co., Ltd. / Takara Tomy Co., Ltd.
Sponsored by: Shibuya Ward / Shibuya Ward Board of Education / Japan Dance Sports Federation (pending) / Japan Jump Rope Union (pending) Management cooperation: Sports Biz Co., Ltd. / IAM Co., Ltd. / OVER THUMPZ Co., Ltd.
Official website URL: http://nextgenerations.jp
Contact: info@nextgenerations.jp
*From November 8th (Tuesday) to 13th (Sunday), it will be held as one of the experience contents in conjunction with the Shibuya idea conference “SOCIAL INNOVATION WEEK SHIBUYA 2022 (SIW2022) *” held in various places in Shibuya Ward. increase.
* Organizer: Future Design Shibuya Planning and production: SOCIAL INNOVATION WEEK SHIBUYA Executive Committee
-Last year-
It was held in an event area specially set up in the middle of the zelkova trees in Yoyogi Park, and while measures to prevent infection with the new coronavirus infection were being implemented, a total of 1,000 visitors and a total of 20,700 online viewers gathered for young talent. I supported the conflict. Breaking (Boys) RA1ON, Breaking (Girls) YUMETO, Double Dutch (Mix) Yu-Yu won each event. RA1ON showed a spectacular performance that won the second consecutive victory following 2020. YUMETO used the results of the second place in 2020 as a springboard to win the championship. In 2021, Yu-Yu won the Double Dutch Delight Advanced Division, an all-Japan tournament, both as a team and as an individual.
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-About Next Generations-
Focusing on the “next generation” that will expand the possibilities of Shibuya and the city, the “next generation” will “encounter” sports, “learn” from sports, create a place to “shine” with their favorite sports, and be proud. This is a “next generation” sports scene creation project launched in 2018 through
industry-government-academia-civil collaboration to design a city that has Shibuya, the epicenter of fashion and culture, is also a city where our predecessors pioneered street sports and their culture. We aim to recreate a place (playground) that has been lost with the development of the city, promote street sports and enlighten people on manners, foster a sports culture that is unique to Shibuya, and revive it as “Shibuya = Mecca for street sports”.
Next Generations https://nextgenerations.jp
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nextgenerationsjp/
Official YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAZs1wIlh7wTC0qdlcA4lIA
-About SSDW (Shibuya StreetDance Week 2022)-
With the aim of establishing street dance as a new form of art and culture that is supported by a wide range of people, and disseminating high-quality entertainment from Shibuya, the mecca for street dancers, both domestically and internationally, and making Shibuya a more vibrant city. Started in 2015 by the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture Arts Council Tokyo and others. It is one of the largest dance events in Japan, attracting a total of 114,000 people over the past seven years and gaining about 100,000 views online. Official site https://www.streetdanceweek.jp/
-About Future Design Shibuya-
Based on diversity and inclusion, Future Design Shibuya collects the ideas and talents of the diverse people who gather in Shibuya, such as those who live, work, learn, and visit Shibuya, transcending boundaries, and contributes to society through open innovation. It is an industry-government-academia-citizen collaboration organization that designs solutions and possibilities for global issues. By presenting Shibuya to the world as a new possibility of urban life, we aim to lead to the sustainable development of not only Shibuya Ward but also society as a whole.
Future Design Shibuya https://www.fds.or.jp
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