[Nutrition x Sports] Toyota Motor Corporation's Corporate Baseball Team "Red Cruisers" Introduces "FAM Athlete Meal" in Conjunction with 2025 Physical Strengthening Reform

FAM, which supports athletes' body building and conditioning based on sports nutrition, announces that it is providing its high-protein, low-fat meal service "FAM Athlete Meal" to the prestigious corporate baseball team "Red Cruisers" of Toyota Motor Corporation (Location: Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture).

The Toyota Motor Corporation corporate baseball team has announced "physical strengthening through weight training" as a team reform starting in 2025.
While balancing corporate duties and intense practice, the players manage their daily meals through a combination of cooking for themselves and eating out. To align with this new physical strengthening policy and powerfully back up their body building from a nutritional standpoint, the team has introduced the "FAM Athlete Meal," which features a nutritional design specialized for athletes.

## Comment from Katsutoshi Satake, Vice Manager of Toyota Motor Corporation Corporate Baseball Team (Former Toyota Ace)
"As a team, starting in 2025, we are working to put extra effort into physical conditioning on top of our usual practices. I believe that practices aimed at fully utilizing the body allow you to output 100% of the 100% potential you have, and weight training is what turns that 100% into 120% or 130%. Therefore, balancing both is crucial.
On the other hand, regarding meals, my impression was that everyone is really just cooking for themselves now. Especially in the mornings when there is no time, I was concerned (about nutritional imbalance) that they were probably finishing meals with something quite simple. After introducing FAM, looking at the reactions of coaches and others, everyone is saying 'their bodies have gotten bigger.' I believe that is, of course, partly due to the impact of FAM.
In the future of corporate baseball, I believe that nutritional management will become a weapon for winning."

## Comment from Kohei Fujiwara, Manager of Toyota Motor Corporation Corporate Baseball Team
"I consider (body building) to be the true foundation. We work with the mindset that if the foundation isn't wide, the top (technical skills) won't grow high either. Since last year, under the theme of 'base-up,' we have been putting effort into physical practice and training. Actually, for pitchers, pitching speeds have clearly increased, and I feel that swing speeds have also changed and increased compared to the past.
Regarding meals, whether going to work or coming to practice, having to prepare them oneself is tough. Being able to just heat something up and eat it immediately (like FAM) is, I think, helping the players tremendously."

## About Toyota Motor Corporation Corporate Baseball Team "Red Cruisers"
Founded in 1947. A powerhouse corporate baseball team based in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture. The team boasts an impressive record of 7 championships in the "Japan National Championships" and 2 championships in the "Intercity Baseball Tournament," and has produced numerous professional baseball players. With the goal of achieving three consecutive victories in the Intercity Baseball Tournament, the team engages in rigorous daily practice.
Team name: Toyota Motor Corporation Corporate Baseball Team (Nickname: Red Cruisers)
Founded: 1947
Home ground: Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture
Major records: 7-time Japan National Championship winner, 2-time Intercity Baseball Tournament winner
• Official website: https://toyotatimes-sports.toyota/teams/redcruisers/