OSP Group (Headquarters: Tennoji-ku, Osaka City; President: Matsuguchi Tadashi) is pleased to announce that its partner women's rugby team, Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix Rugby Club (operated by Tokyo Athletic United, a general incorporated association; location: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo), has won the 10th National Women's Rugby Football Championship.

In the final match of the tournament held at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium (Minato-ku, Tokyo) on Saturday, February 3, 2024, Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix Rugby Club, ranked first in the Kanto tournament, defeated PEARLS (Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture), ranked first in the Kansai tournament, and won the championship for the second consecutive year following last year. Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix: 40 points (21 points in the first half, 19 points in the second half) PEARLS: 24 points (12 points in the first half, 12 points in the second half)

■ Initiatives as partners

The OSP Group has had a partnership agreement with the team since May 2014, and in addition to sponsorship fees, they provide some of the stickers that are distributed to visitors at matches and events, and they also host the OSP CUP as a place for practice matches for club teams, university and high school teams mainly based in Western Japan. They also employ players, and the position hooker, Kokaji Ayumu, from Osaka Prefecture, is registered with OSP Holdings, which is part of the OSP Group.

[Comment from Kokaji]

■ Promotion of three sports: rugby, basketball, and hockey

The OSP Group supports sports clubs, athletes, and stadium management with the idea of "contributing to society through sports that foster healthy bodies and rich minds." The group also hopes that this will encourage employees to become interested in sports and raise health awareness, and that by supporting teams and athletes, they will have common topics to talk about in the workplace and promote active communication. In addition to women's rugby, the group is also a partner of the professional basketball team, Osaka Evessa, and in the field of hockey, it has acquired the naming rights to Shiga Prefectural Ibuki Stadium, renaming it "OSP Hockey Stadium."

About OSP Group's Sports Promotion

■OSP Holdings Company Profile

• Company name: OSP HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

• Address: 6-8 Ajihara Honmachi Tennoji-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

• Representative: Matsuguchi Tadashi

• Founded: 1969

• Business description: Business planning and management of the corporate group and related operations

• URL: https://www.osp-holdings.co.jp/

Founded in 1927, the OSP Group is a comprehensive packaging company with a total of 15 companies (9 domestic and 6 overseas), and has 18 production bases nationwide to fulfill its mission of social infrastructure, mainly food distribution. Since its founding, the company has expanded its business scope in response to changes in the times, such as customer needs and the social environment. Currently, the company provides products and services that enrich society and the lives of customers through the planning, design, and manufacturing of stickers and labels, Carton Package, and promotional materials. In order to achieve high quality and stable supply, the group also operates in a wide range of areas, from material procurement, development and manufacturing of sticker and label printing base paper and printing peripherals, to designing and research and development of labeling systems.