Tokyo Wilds Enters Partnership with Intage HD to Create Regional Value Through Sports

Tokyo Wilds, a professional ice hockey team supported by the social business community "Waccel" (Location: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Organizer: Yoshihiro Shimamura, General Producer: Tomohiro Sumitani), announced that it has started a partnership with Intage Holdings Inc. to create regional value through sports.

Intage Holdings Inc. and Tokyo Wilds Begin Partnership for Regional Value Creation Through Sports

Tokyo Wilds Inc. has initiated a partnership with Intage Holdings Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President and Representative Director: Yoshiya Ninji, hereafter "Intage HD") aimed at visualizing the value sports bring to the region and revitalizing the local community.

As part of this partnership initiative, Intage HD will provide sponsorship to Tokyo Wilds for the 2026-2027 season. Tokyo Wilds is highly honored to receive such support.

In this initiative, Intage Group's top-class domestic data analysis and research know-how will be combined with Tokyo Wilds' community activities and connections with fans and the local area to create new regional value through sports.

Tokyo Wilds has been striving to be a club supported by the community and growing alongside it, engaging in locally rooted initiatives such as participating in community events, collaborating with schools, and promoting ice hockey.

In this project, they will visualize data including:

- The impact sports have on the region
- The voices of fans and local residents
- The spectator experience and regional value

Through this, they will promote regional value creation through sports.

Furthermore, the insights gained from this initiative will be shared with local governments, regional companies, and educational institutions as a regional sports model.

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Intage Holdings Inc.
President and Representative Director Yoshiya Ninji
"The Intage Group has supported the decision-making of companies and local governments with the power of data under the concept of 'consumer perspective.' This collaboration is a new challenge for the EBPM model in the sports domain. We will reveal the value sports bring to regions and people through data, contributing to future community development."

Tokyo Wilds Inc.
Representative Director Hiroshi Okamoto
"Tokyo Wilds aims to be a club loved by the local community. We are extremely pleased to collaborate with Intage Group, Japan's top company in data analysis, as it is a major step forward for our developing team. Borrowing Intage Group's know-how, we will 'visualize' the power of sports and challenge further value creation as a club that can contribute to the region."

[Intage Holdings Inc.]
Intage Holdings Inc. Official Website

[Tokyo Wilds Inc.]
Tokyo Wilds Official Website

■ Social Business Community "Waccel"
A social business community that continuously inspires dreams through collaboration.
It continues to create a community where people who learn, challenge, grow, and achieve healthily gather one after another. By collaborating with prominent figures, managers, and creators active in various fields, they produce various initiatives and content.

Waccel's Initiatives:
Program distribution on YouTube/Online lectures/Publishing production/Project creation/Column, dialogue, and interview article production/News distribution/Casting for various events

Past Casting Achievements:
Saori Yoshida "SHOUT! 2024"
Kyuji Fujikawa "Fireball Straight ~Learning through Baseball Life~"
Saito Macao "Saito Macao Lecture" (Organized by Tsuruoka City Shonai Hospital Nursing Department Residents' Association)

Waccel Official HP: https://waccel.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG01_a1_jI7FcCwx0ORtw0w
X: https://x.com/waccel_academy
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waccel_staff/

Waccel Organizer Yoshihiro Shimamura
https://waccel.com/shimamurayoshihiro/
Born in Hyogo Prefecture. Started a business in his teens and has been active in various fields such as a businessman, investor, and film producer.
Currently, as an investor, he has become a major shareholder in companies such as Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc., CyberAgent, Inc., Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings Corporation, and Oricon Inc., with the valuation of his held shares reaching tens of billions of yen. He is also the top individual shareholder of TV Tokyo Holdings Corporation.

As a film producer, he continues to create works aimed at global sales. His first, second, and third works won awards at international film festivals, and his latest work ranked first and second in six countries on Netflix, achieving the number one spot upon release in US streaming.

As an individual investor and film producer, he was interviewed by Bloomberg and commented on the outlook for IP and content stocks and investment policies in 2026.
https://www.bloomberg.com/jp/news/articles/2025-12-18/T7G1RRKK3NYB00
https://www.bloomberg.com/jp/news/articles/2026-02-13/TADBFWKJH6VH00

His book "What the Millionaire Next Door Does at 5 PM" (PHP Institute) won second place in the Grand Prix and the Economy & Money Category Award at the "Business Books Chosen by Readers Grand Prix 2025." In 2025, he published "Millionaire's Community Capitalism for Surviving the 100-Year Life Era," winning seventh place in the Grand Prix and second place in the Economy & Money Category.

Yoshihiro Shimamura Official Site: https://shimamura-yoshihiro.jp/
X: https://x.com/yoshi_shimamura
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shimamura_yoshihiro/

Waccel General Producer Tomohiro Sumitani
https://waccel.com/sumitanitomohiro/
Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Mathematics. Engaged in stock investment and venture business during his studies but was unsuccessful. After graduating, he worked in sales at a major securities firm. While meeting hundreds of managers, he aspired to pursue the path of a manager himself and studied under Yoshihiro Shimamura, the organizer of Waccel, who was expanding businesses through collaboration. Implementing learnings from Shimamura, he became independent and established a corporation in 2017. Currently managing multiple companies, including tech venture firms, he assumed the position of Waccel General Producer in January 2021.

Tomohiro Sumitani Official Site: https://sumitanitomohiro