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LEIFRAS Co., Ltd. reports developments tied to its Japan-based sports and social business, including children’s sports schools, sports events, and community engagement programs. Recurring updates cover youth sports education, school club activity management, local-government contracts, partnerships with sports and educational organizations, and social business projects that dispatch coaches for community needs.
The company’s news also includes financial results, operating updates for its sports school and social business activities, and initiatives connected to Japan’s transition toward community-based school club activities. Its American depositary receipts trade under the symbol LFS.
Leifras (Nasdaq:LFS) announced an official collaboration with the popular soccer anime/manga BLUELOCK and the launch of the inaugural shoot-focused soccer tournament “SIX SHOOT PREMIER 0” on August 10, 2026.
The event will showcase elite youth strikers across six shooting scenarios, aligning BLUELOCK’s “world’s greatest striker” theme with Leifras’ SIX SHOOT development platform to boost youth engagement and brand visibility.
Leifras (Nasdaq:LFS) expanded its after-school developmental support network by 45%, growing from 20 to 29 facilities nationwide. The company opened nine new locations in April–May 2026, completed a business acquisition of four facilities in Miyagi, and launched new brands FLEI and ILFE.
According to Leifras, this scalable, synergy-focused model in developmental support is expected to help drive achievement of its consolidated earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.
Leifras (Nasdaq:LFS) signed fiscal 2026 outsourcing contracts to manage school club activities with 24 municipalities and 8 private junior high schools across Japan.
The company targets an estimated JPY500 billion market and believes these wins support its consolidated earnings forecast for the year ending December 31, 2026.
LEIFRAS (Nasdaq:LFS) announced the June 2026 launch of 1v1 DRIBBLE ACADEMY D-UNLOCK across six schools in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Developed with dribble designer Masakazu Okabe, the program combines his “99% Unstoppable Dribble Theory” with Leifras’ nationwide youth sports infrastructure of approximately 4,500 locations.
The curriculum standardizes Okabe’s 150,000-word dribbling analysis into reproducible coaching, aiming to build both technical skill and non-cognitive abilities such as confidence and resilience. LEIFRAS plans to expand D-UNLOCK nationwide to help foster a “culture of challenge” among children in Japan.
Leifras (Nasdaq:LFS) signed a Stock Transfer Agreement on May 20, 2026 to acquire 100% of Tokai Sports, a 40-year-old Japanese sports school operator, which is expected to become a wholly owned subsidiary on June 1, 2026.
The deal adds about 1,200 members, operations at roughly 20 kindergartens/daycare centers, and strengthens Leifras' position in the Nagoya and Owariasahi areas. Leifras plans to integrate its non-cognitive skills program, roll out digital management systems to improve productivity, maximize LTV via a seamless pathway from early childhood to junior high, and continue a roll-up strategy that includes four after-school day service facilities acquired in May 2026.
Leifras (Nasdaq:LFS) has been ranked No. 1 in Japan for supported school club activities, with 2,120 club contracts as of December 31, 2025, based on Tokyo Shoko Research.
Leifras also holds top positions in contracted schools and children's sports schools, with supported clubs up about 8% year over year.
Leifras (Nasdaq:LFS) has been re-selected by Fukuoka City to provide swimming lesson support for 1,757 sessions across 43 elementary schools in the West Block for the 2026 season, a 62% increase in sessions versus 2025.
The contract runs from April 8, 2026 to February 26, 2027 and involves dispatching trained instructors to support teachers, reduce workloads, and enhance safety and instructional quality in physical education classes.
LEIFRAS (Nasdaq: LFS) was awarded the "FY2026 Shingu Town Public Junior High School Weekend Club Activity Management and Operation Contract" by Shingu Town, Fukuoka Prefecture. The contract runs from March 13, 2026 to March 31, 2027 and covers weekend club instruction, supervision, and stakeholder coordination at Shingu Town Junior High School.
Leifras will provide certified instructors, safety oversight, parent-school-community coordination, and aims to reduce teacher workloads while supporting Japan's national shift to community-based club activities. Fiscal 2025 social business sales were JPY 3,168.3 million (+32.8% YoY) with 360 schools contracted (+9.8% YoY).
LEIFRAS (Nasdaq: LFS) signed an Agreement on Training Dispatch with Kamikawa Town, Hokkaido, to dispatch specialized personnel for a sports-driven regional revitalization project from April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027.
The one-year Project places staff in the town's Future Design Division to run four initiatives: supporting club activities, gym training support, adult exercise programming, and event planning (including Baseball 5), aiming to boost resident health, expand the related population, and create a model for regional revitalization across Hokkaido and Japan.
LEIFRAS (Nasdaq: LFS) will launch "L-Spo", a multi-sport school for preschool and early elementary children, opening its 14th sports school on April 23, 2026. The program sets a low monthly fee of JPY4,800, removes mandatory uniform purchases, uses partner facilities, and emphasizes safety with 2–3 instructors per class.
The School aims to lower enrollment barriers, broaden youth participation, and feed LEIFRAS's long-term growth pipeline while offering transition benefits to the company's existing sports schools.