Connect! e-Sports TOKYO
~People with and without disabilities can compete and interact through e-sports~

2026 January 1

Looking for opponents for exhibition match with para e-sports players

 At the Tokyo Esports Festa 2026, which will be held on Friday, January 9th, Saturday, January 10th, and Sunday, January 11th, 2026, we will be hosting "Connecting! Espo Tokyo," a forum for people with and without disabilities to interact through esports. We look forward to your participation.

Venue: Tokyo Big Sight [South Halls 1 and 2]

Connect! eSpo TOKYO flyer

1. e-Para Sports Exchange Event

We will be welcoming special guests Atsuto Uchida and Asodog, and using "UDe-Sports," people from welfare facilities will play against each other in an online exchange event. Visitors to the venue are also welcome to participate.

■ Schedule
January 9, 2020 (Friday) 12:45-14:15 ■ Location
Tokyo Big Sight South Hall 1 & 2 North Stage ■ Guest
Former Japanese national soccer team member Atsuto Uchida and bedridden comedian Asodog

Atsuto Uchida
Asodog-san
Last year's image

(Image from last year)

Ude

■ For details on the e-Para Sports project, click here↓
FY7 Project to Promote Sports Participation for People with Disabilities Using Digital Technology (e-Para Sports Project)

2. Exhibition match with para esports players

 In order to provide an opportunity for people with and without disabilities to compete on an equal footing through e-sports initiatives, we will be holding a competitive meet and greet between para e-sports players and general participants using the popular fighting game "Street Fighter 6." Please come and watch and cheer them on at the venue.
Miraitowa and Someity will also be appearing at this stage event!
Please come visit us!

■ Schedule
January 10, 2020 (Sat) 10:30-11:30 ■ Location
Tokyo Big Sight South Hall 1 & 2 North Stage ■ Performers
Para eSports player

Jeni
ePARA

Jeni, a professional gamer who controls the game with her chin

NAOYA
ePARA

NAOYA, a player who was born completely blind

special guest

Yuka Kuramochi
G-STAR

Yuka Kuramochi

MC

NO MOTION.

NO MOTION.

*For details of the performers, please see the following page
https://www.sports-tokyo-info.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/suru/Para_esports_player_exhibition_match.html

■ Contents of fighting games
Street fighter 6

 This popular fighting game was released in 2023 and sold over 5.2 million copies worldwide by June 2025. It features a "Modern Type" control mode that allows players to perform special moves without having to input complex commands, and a new feature not seen in previous games in the series: "Sound Accessibility" that supports a gaming experience without visual information (such as being able to tell the distance between you and your opponent through sound). Jeni and NAOYA also participated in the development as sound design supervisors.
Street fighter 6

3 e-Para sports, virtual sports experiences and exhibitions

 You can experience "e-Para Sports" using welfare equipment developed to make it easy and fun for anyone to play, and "Virtual Sports" using home game consoles to get your body moving according to the type and degree of your disability.

■ Schedule
Friday, January 9, 2020 - Sunday, January 11, 10:00 - 18:30

■ Location
Tokyo Big Sight South Hall 1 & 2 Exhibition Area ■ Exhibition contents
・"E-Para Sports" experience ・"Virtual sports" experience ・Exhibition of welfare equipment ・Exhibition of parasports manga panels and other content from Tokyo's parasports support project "TEAM BEYOND"
e-Para sports experience and exhibition

Fit Boxing3 © Imagineer Co., Ltd.

(reference)
・Virtual sports "Smile Paraspo"
e-Para sports experience and exhibition
 Link: https://www.sports-tokyo-info.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/suru/smile_paraspo.html
・E-Para Sports Project
e-Para sports experience and exhibition
 Link:
  https://www.sports-tokyo-info.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/suru/forthedisabled_digital.html
BEYOND

[Reference] Overview of Tokyo Esports Festa 2026
 XNUMX Name
Tokyo eSports Festa 2026  XNUMX dates
January 9th (Friday) – January 11th (Sunday), 2020  XNUMX Venue
Tokyo Big Sight South Halls 1 and 2 (3-11-1 Ariake, Koto-ku) Video distribution sites (YouTube, Niconico Live Broadcasting, OPENREC.tv, Twitch)  4. Official website
https://tokyoesportsfesta.jp/  XNUMX Sponsored by
Tokyo eSports Festa Executive Committee Tokyo Japan Esports Association Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association Japan Online Game Association Tokyo Big Sight Inc.
TOKYOe Sports Festival

【contact information】

Project Coordination Officer, Parasports Division, Sports Promotion Department, Sports Promotion Headquarters
Phone: 03-5000-7243 (direct)