【Aiming for 3rd Consecutive League Title with 3rd Consecutive Initiative!】Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Player Kensuke Kondoh Continues Performance-Linked Donations to Support Children in the 2026 Season!
Kensuke Kondoh will continue his performance-linked donations for the third consecutive year.
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- 📰 Published: March 30, 2026 at 01:23
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks player Kensuke Kondoh has decided to make performance-linked donations to Child Fund Japan (a specified non-profit organization, Suginami-ku, Tokyo; Secretary-General: Katsuhiko Takeda) in the 2026 season as well. This initiative, which began in 2024, marks its third consecutive year and aims to continue supporting children and achieve a third consecutive league championship.
Children's Smiles and Motivation for Games Supported by "Performance-Linked Donations"
Player Kondoh started "performance-linked donations" from the 2024 season, donating 100,000 yen for each home run and 10,000 yen for each hit. Since the start of this initiative in 2024, the team has won the league championship for two consecutive years, and in 2024, he achieved the Pacific League MVP as an individual, and in 2025, the team won the Japan Series. At the certificate of appreciation ceremony held in February 2025, he stated, "When I think that my performance leads to supporting children, I feel an even stronger desire to work harder. It has become a great motivation in my daily games," indicating that this initiative also serves as a driving force in his games.
Over the past two seasons, he has recorded a total of 30 home runs and 229 hits, with total donations amounting to 5.29 million yen. The received donations are utilized through Child Fund Japan to support children in developing countries and conflict-affected regions such as the Philippines, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. This initiative contributes to SDGs Goal 1 "No Poverty" and Goal 4 "Quality Education," among others.
The Challenge of Connecting Baseball Performance with Social Contribution Enters its Third Year
It has been decided that Player Kondoh will continue his donations under the same conditions as before (100,000 yen per home run, 10,000 yen per hit) in the 2026 season.
Child Fund Japan has been supporting Player Kondoh's activities through SNS posts with "#BatConnectsChildSupport" and the presentation of cricket bats with messages of support from children in Sri Lanka. This season marks the third consecutive year of this initiative. Along with Player Kondoh's individual performance, our organization will continue to fully support him towards the goals of a third consecutive league championship and a second consecutive Japan Series title.