“Captain Tsubasa” will revitalize the town, and a soccer field will be built in Katsushika Ward, Tokyo.

Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, which is promoting town revitalization using the popular soccer manga "Captain Tsubasa," plans to acquire a playground near JR Shinkoiwa Station with the aim of constructing a soccer stadium within the ward.

This is what the ward side showed at the Katsushika ward assembly committee on the 23rd.

According to that, it is a policy to acquire a site of 68,000 square meters near JR Shinkoiwa Station and build a stadium dedicated to soccer that can accommodate 15,000 spectators.

Since Katsushika Ward is the hometown of the original author of the popular soccer manga "Captain Tsubasa," they are aiming to build a museum with the theme of "Captain Tsubasa" along with the soccer field.

It is said that the ward plans to soon exchange an agreement with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's affiliated organization "Japan Private School Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation" that owns the site.

According to the ward, the acquisition cost is expected to be about 35 billion yen, and if the construction is realized, it will be possible to create a stadium dedicated to soccer in the 23 wards of Tokyo that can accommodate more than 15,000 people, which is the J League J1 standard. is the first time.

However, after the ward receives the real estate in March next year, it plans to open it to residents as a sports ground for a while, and the construction time of the stadium is undecided at this time.

Yoichi Takahashi, originally from Katsushika Ward and the original author of "Captain Tsubasa," created an adult team with the same name as "Nankatsu SC," which the main character of the manga belonged to, 10 years ago, and built a soccer stadium to serve as a base for their activities. has been proposed.

"Nankatsu SC", owned by Mr. Takahashi and belonging to the Kanto 1st division league, is aiming to be promoted to the J League, and the ward wants to use the stadium built as a home stadium for "Nankatsu SC" in the future. and

Takahashi said, "Ten years ago, our goal was to enter the J. I want to go up," he said.

On top of that, ``When I started writing manga, there was no J. I am very excited and excited to think that it will be possible and that a match of world-class players may be held."