{"id":21788,"date":"2026-05-22T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T01:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.valuence.inc\/?p=21788"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T05:25:12","slug":"captain-tsubasa_la-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.valuence.inc\/en\/news\/2026\/05\/22\/captain-tsubasa_la-galaxy\/","title":{"rendered":"Valuence has announced a collaboration with the six-time MLS Cup Champion LA Galaxy using the &#8220;Captain Tsubasa&#8221; IP!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A limited-edition scarf will be distributed as part of the Japanese Heritage Ticket Pack at the LA Galaxy game on May 23rd, which is expected to attract approximately 20,000 attendees.<\/h2>\n<p>Valuence Japan Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Mitsutoshi Tomita) will collaborate with the LA Galaxy, the most successful club in Major League Soccer (MLS), a professional soccer league in the United States, as part of its IP (intellectual property) business using characters from &#8220;Captain Tsubasa&#8221;.<br \/>\nThis collaboration will take place through the &#8220;Japanese Heritage Ticket Pack &#8221; hosted by the LA Galaxy in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 23, 2026. On that day, a limited edition scarf (one design) featuring a Captain Tsubasa design will be produced and distributed as a special novelty item to attendees who purchase a ticket package.<\/p>\n<h3>Promoting global expansion utilizing the &#8220;Captain Tsubasa&#8221; IP<\/h3>\n<p>The Valuence Group shares the philosophy of Nankatsu SC, which aims to deliver dreams and hope to children through soccer, and has been supporting them as an official partner since March 2021. Furthermore , in August of the same year, Sakimoto, the representative director of Valuence Holdings, was appointed as a director of Nankatsu SC , and is directly involved in the club&#8217;s management.<br \/>\nThen, in 2022, we officially launched the &#8220;Captain Tsubasa&#8221; IP business, leveraging our domestic and international sales network and global network to promote product development and licensing businesses in collaboration with partner companies.<br \/>\nThrough these initiatives , we aim to increase awareness of the work and enhance its brand value, while also contributing to strengthening the club&#8217;s management foundation and improving the environment for player development by returning the profits earned to Nankatsu SC.<br \/>\nA key feature of this initiative is maximizing the synergistic effects created by the collaboration between IP (Intellectual Property) and sports clubs, thereby contributing to the development of both content and real sports.<\/p>\n<h3>Creating a new fan experience through collaboration with the LA Galaxy<\/h3>\n<p>The LA Galaxy is the most successful club in MLS, and has produced numerous star players, enjoying high international recognition. Currently, the team has players such as Maya Yoshida and Miki Yamane, who have also played for the Japanese national team, making it a team with strong ties to Japan.This Japanese Heritage Ticket Pack and collaboration t is a significant opportunity to promote Japanese culture locally and has garnered support from many attendees.<br \/>\nThis collaboration will leverage events with such cultural context to expand awareness of &#8220;Captain Tsubasa&#8221; in the North American market and to promote the appeal of Japanese content to local fans and the Japanese-American community. Furthermore, it will create new points of contact with the series through tangible novelty items distributed as a Captain Tsubasa booth within the LA Galaxy\u2019s pre-game Soccerfest.<\/p>\n<h3>\u25a0Captain Tsubasa \u00d7 LA Galaxy Collaboration Overview<\/h3>\n<p>\u30fb Date: Saturday, May 23, 2026 <br \/>\n\u30fb Event: Japanese Heritage  Celebration (organized by the LA Galaxy)<br \/>\n\u30fb Content: Production of limited edition scarves with a &#8220;Captain Tsubasa&#8221; design and distribution to attendees (1 item)<br \/>\n*Ticket packages are already sold out.<\/p>\n<p>Valuence Japan will continue to promote partnerships both domestically and internationally utilizing the &#8220;Captain Tsubasa&#8221; IP, working to enhance brand value and strengthen its global expansion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A limited-edition scarf will be distributed as part of the Japanese Heritage Ticket Pack at the LA Galaxy game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/www.valuence.inc\/?p=21784","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-21788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-36","en-US"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valuence.inc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valuence.inc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valuence.inc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valuence.inc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valuence.inc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21788"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.valuence.inc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21790,"href":"https:\/\/www.valuence.inc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21788\/revisions\/21790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valuence.inc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valuence.inc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valuence.inc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valuence.inc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}