What is the “SEKAI NI WATARU Project” that the Endo Kou and Akira brothers are working on? /As a catalyst for closing the gap in opportunities that exist within Japan /A childhood chasing after my older brother’s back →I gave up on being a professional soccer player and went on to the stage of international cooperation

Endo Akira, the younger brother of Japan’s soccer team player Endo Kou, and also serves as the director of the project, has been working overseas as a short-term volunteer at JICA Overseas Cooperation Volunteer since his university days. After graduating, he continued to engage in international cooperation both domestically and internationally. We asked about the background to starting a new challenge with his older brother, his feelings about his project, and the educational policy of families who developed an independence when he was a student who devoted himself to the sport with the aim of becoming a professional soccer player. This project will provide useful information to those aiming to enter the sports industry, including sports team staff and those involved in sports-related work at companies, by listening to the process of getting the job, their thoughts on the job, and their useful experiences they were working on during their student days, and to provide useful information to those aiming to enter the sports industry. ____ Guest: Endo Akira (Representative Director, SEKAI NI WATARU, General Incorporated Association) Born in Yokohama City in 1996. He is the younger brother of Japan’s soccer team member Endo Kou. After graduating from university, he was assigned to Bolivia, South America as the JICA Overseas Cooperation Volunteer. He later worked at the Embassy of Japan in Uganda and the JICA Sudan office, where he worked in the field of international cooperation. In June 2024, he established a corporation with his older brother Kou to support Japanese children in their overseas challenges. X: https://x.com/str_se ▼ About the SEKAI NI WATARU Project https://sekainiwataru.jp/ ____[Table of Contents]0:00 Opening____ ●AZrena is based on the concept of “telling the thoughts and stories of sports-related people from multiple angles,” and provides information on the life stories of industry people and managers who support the sports industry from behind, as well as the thinking methods and philosophy hidden inside the players and managers who compete on the front lines, and how to create a career. This media aims to give readers and viewers awareness and motivation that will be useful in life through interviews with people who are involved in sports and struggling from three perspectives: “to do”, “see”, and “supporting”. It was launched as an article media in 2016, but in August 2023, it was renewed to a media focusing on videos, with the desire to convey the passion and thoughts of the people being interviewed more directly. ●HP https://azrena.com/ ●X (Twitter) https://twitter.com/AZrena0516 ●Instagram https://www.instagram.com/azrena0516/ ●TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@azrena0516 ●Facebook https://www.facebook.com/azrena0516 ●Operated by: Link Sports Co., Ltd. Media Division https://linksports.co.jp/ #Sports #SportsBusiness #Athlete #Career #Soccer #Soccer #Endou Kou