Lesson Bags Presented to New 1st Graders! Expanded to Ashiya City This Year

Rakuten Vissel Kobe, Inc. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Kobe City; CEO: Yuki Chifu) announces that this year, it has once again presented celebratory lesson bags to new 1st-grade students (174 schools, approximately 10,000 students) at elementary schools and special needs schools in Kobe City. Additionally, starting this year, the presentation has been expanded to include new 1st-grade students in Ashiya City, alongside Kobe City. Accordingly, a presentation ceremony was held on Thursday, April 9, the day entrance ceremonies took place at public elementary schools in Kobe City. We would like to share the details of the event. ■ Outline of the Initiative Since 2017, Vissel Kobe has been giving lesson bags as a congratulatory gift for school entrance to new 1st graders in Kobe City, which are useful for commuting to and from school and for school life. Furthermore, as a club born on the day of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, we are putting effort into awareness activities to improve disaster prevention consciousness. The bags use a quilted fabric so that they can be used to protect the children's heads as an alternative to disaster prevention hoods in the event of an emergency. ■ Presentation Details Lesson bag *Features: Includes an illustration of the club mascot, Movi. Can be used as a substitute for a disaster prevention hood during a disaster. ■ Presentation Ceremony Overview - Presentation Ceremony Date: Thursday, April 9, 2026 - Presentation Ceremony Venues (Representative Schools): Kobe Municipal Higashinada Elementary School, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Hearing Impaired Special Needs School - Appearances: Movi, Vissel Sereia Movi and Sereia visited the entrance ceremony and presented lesson bags to two new 1st-grade students. After the presentation ceremony, there was a disaster prevention lecture by the Kobe City Fire Bureau.