Rugby popularization 2020 is the year of the game at 6:10 on January 2
For the Japanese rugby world, 2020 will be a year of competition for rooting in the unprecedented excitement of the World Cup Japan Games held last year as a culture.
Last year's World Cup Japan tournament, Japan beat Ireland, one of the top candidates in the first league, and Scotland, a mighty player, to advance to the top eight for the first time in history. We showed unprecedented excitement.
2020 will be a year of competition that will not end this excitement with a temporary boom but will be rooted in culture.
In the Top League, which kicks off on the 12th of this month, the SNS calls for followers, which have more than tripled, will be energetically promoted, and information on unreserved seats and Japanese national goods will be sold together with companies around the match venue. To increase the number of fans in the area, aiming for a record-high 600,000 audience.
The sales of tickets in the opening round are strong, so it is likely that the point will be to establish so-called "Niwaka fans" who are interested in the World Cup.
The debate on the establishment of a new professional league, which is being promoted to revitalize domestic rugby, is likely to have a significant impact.
The preparatory committee of the Japan Rugby Association has decided to continue discussions as one league, including the current top league, with the aim of opening next fall, but there are some cautious opinions.
As the word "ONE TEAM", which symbolized the Japanese national team and became the grand prize of new words and buzzwords, it is required that all concerned parties work together to clear issues and accelerate discussions.