Hello again. I am Kajii from the Strengthening Headquarters. I look forward to hearing from you. I will now give you an update from the Strengthening Headquarters.

The content of my report will consist of a reconfirmation of our season goals, an analysis of our results from the first half of the season, and an explanation of what is to come in the second half of the season.

First of all, this season, we have set three goals for strengthening the team: "player development, cooperation with the academy, and strengthening scouting activities." In terms of developing young players, the J3 League has started this season. We are planning to actively send players from Gamba to the J3 U-22 selected team. In fact, Ogawa, Uchida (Yutaka), Tajiri, Ideguchi, and Nishino are doing their best on the U-22 selected team. Among them, Ogawa, Uchida (Yutaka), and Ideguchi are also candidates for the U-19 national team. Also, Nishino has been selected for the Japanese national team for the U-21 Asian Games, which was announced the other day.
In cooperation with the academy, we have started to hold joint training sessions once a week with our top players and promising youth players. As for strengthening our scouting activities, up until now we have only visited overseas players on a spot basis, but starting this summer, we have begun to visit players on a long-term basis to assess their performance.

Our goal as a team this season is to compete for the championship in all domestic competitions. We have also started the season with the aim of aiming high in Asia and the world. As for the league matches, we have started the season with specific numerical goals of 70 points, 65 goals scored, and 35 goals conceded.

The results up to the second round are 15 points short of the target of 28, 14 goals scored rather than 25, and 19 goals conceded rather than 14, so they are below the target in all measures.

We analyzed the first half of the game. The first problem was a lack of scoring power. The cause of this was the injury of Usami, but the first striker was not functioning, there was a lack of awareness of shooting, or the accuracy of shooting was low. The team was 12th in the league with a total of 14 goals, and their scoring rate was 9.6%, so the reason for this was their very low scoring power. Also, in terms of game control, they have not been able to win a single game in which they conceded the first goal. Once they conceded the opening goal, they had no ability to turn the game around. As for the time of conceding goals, 13 of the 19 goals were conceded near the end of the first and second halves, so we have analyzed that the balance between offense and defense was very poor when they took risks.

With this in mind, we took three steps to make up for the league break. First, we strengthened our team. We acquired Anderson PATRIC Aguiar Oliveira, who excels at forward momentum. In addition, through two training camps, we worked to improve the flanks and the precision of our techniques and tactics in order to address the issues we mentioned earlier.

As a result, since the league resumed, we have won five games, drawn one game, and lost one game. Our goal for the third round was 42 points, but we have now managed to get 31 points. We have scored 32 goals, conceded 24, and our goal difference is plus 8.

Based on yesterday's result, we have risen to 7th place. With 34 points, we are 10 points behind the leader Urawa. We are now 6 points behind 3rd place Kashima, who will qualify for the ACL. We are also favored in terms of goal difference, so our challenge going forward is how to maintain this situation.

To achieve our goal, we will definitely win at home and never lose consecutively. Everyone will show their willingness to contribute to the team and work hard to win. We will work together with the front office to make the best preparations and fight until the end, so please continue to support us. Thank you very much.

Thank you very much. Next, we will have someone from the Academy Headquarters, Ninomiya, give a presentation.

This is Ninomiya from the Academy Headquarters. Nice to meet you.

The content will include reports on the results for junior high school students, the results for high school students, and upcoming schedules.

These are the results of the first half of the Junior Youth team. The Japan Club Youth National Tournament was held in Obihiro, Hokkaido. For the past three years, we have monopolized 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, but this year, out of 48 teams that participated, we finished in the best 32. In the 1st Leg of the final tournament, we narrowly lost to Nagoya. Nagoya made it to the best 4, and Kashima Antlers won the championship. The Kansai Sunrise League has 12 teams participating. We have won for the past four years in a row, and at the moment we are in 5th place, but we have a good chance of winning, so we would like to fight with all our might in the remaining 7 games.

Next, the results of the youth teams. In July of this year, the Japan Club Youth Tournament was held mainly in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture. 32 teams participated, and we finished in the best 8. We beat Kashima Antlers in the first match of the final tournament, but lost to JFA Academy Fukushima in a penalty kick in the match to advance to the best 4. The winner was a club called Mitsubishi Yowa SC from Tokyo. There are 10 teams participating in the JFA Premier League, and we are currently in 3rd place. There are 8 games left, and Nagoya Grampus is currently in 1st place, but we still have a good chance of winning, so we will continue to do our best.

As individuals, two players have been consistently and stably selected for the Japanese national team. First, there is Takagi Akito, a high school sophomore representing the under-17 team. He is a forward and has a talent for scoring goals. In August, he toured the Czech Republic for about 10 days. As for the under-16 team, there is Ritsu DOAN, a high school freshman. He is a left-handed dribbler with excellent technique. He is currently on tour to Thailand for the AFC U-16 tournament.

As for the upcoming schedule for the junior youth teams, the Prince Takamado Trophy Kansai Tournament will be held in November, and if they win that they will move on to the national tournament in December.

Finally, here are the upcoming youth schedules. The number of teams in the J Youth Cup is increasing every year, and this year 44 teams will participate, with a four-team league match against Oita, Kitakyushu, and Okayama, and the first place team will advance to the final tournament. The final will be held at Nagai on December 23rd.
I will do my best to win the championship. That's all. Thank you very much.

Thank you very much. Next, I would like to hear from Mr. Okude of the Planning and Operations Department.

I'm Okude from the Planning and Management Department. I'd like to report on the details of the planning and management.

Regarding the PR department, we have been renovating our website since February this year to make it easier to understand and to communicate the appeal of the club. At the last supporters' meeting, we said that we wanted to start an official Twitter account around summer, and we started it on June 10th, and currently we have 9,991 followers. Regarding Gamba TV, we have signed a contract with MBS, and it will be broadcast once a week during the season.
In the future, we aim to increase exposure that will lead to attracting more fans, and we would like to continue our efforts by utilizing local cable television and free papers, including announcing games to people in our hometown area.

Regarding match management, in order to create a safe and secure stadium, we removed the smoking area behind the goal at home from this season because it was on the path and very dangerous. Instead, we set up a smoking area outside the stadium during halftime, and we are working on separating smoking areas with the cooperation of everyone. As a major initiative, we cooperated with Osaka University to hold a heat stroke prevention lecture for staff and customers. Last year, 22 people suffered from heat stroke and came to our medical office, but this season there have only been two cases. Although this is due to the weather, we really do not take heat stroke lightly, and we will make sure to inform the public and support comfortable watching of the games. In the future, we would like to create a new Osaka International University Enjoy Park with the support of Osaka International University.

As part of our Asian strategy, the U-13 GAMBA OSAKA Youth team toured Indonesia from August 3rd to 10th for an academy match. One of the events was a soccer school for local elementary school students, which was really well received by the locals. We played three matches, playing against the U-14 team, a grade above them, but with one win, one loss and one draw, we finally played against a select team that will be competing in the world championships, where we were defeated 2-9. Indonesia is quite skilled, and it was a good learning experience for us.

There are three issues regarding future efforts in the Asia strategy. One issue is the difficulty of holding a match in Asia, as a match against a top team in June was canceled one week before due to the presidential election, which is something that rarely happens in Japan. We also want to develop our Asia strategy going forward by building local connections and getting support from our partners Panasonic, Daiken Corporation, and Osaka International University. As for future efforts, we are currently adjusting the schedule as we have been asked by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to hold a soccer class in Indonesia, including merchandise sales, with Gamba and the local Panasonic as part of a project.
Panasonic has also asked us to lend Gamba's strength to Myanmar, so we would like to expand into Asia, including as a sponsor. As for the top team, the season was suspended in June, so we are currently considering the schedule. This concludes my report. Thank you very much.

This is Ito from the Business Division. Nice to meet you.

Initially, we set a goal of 1.9 billion yen for sponsors and partners this year. Last year, we were relegated to J2, and sponsorship alone dropped by 204 million yen. This is an increase of 168 million yen compared to last year. The major ones are Osaka International University, Nagata Brewing Machinery, and Duskin, and we have signed a partnership agreement with Osaka University, so they are helping us in various ways. We currently have partnerships with six universities alone.

We have been working in various ways in our hometown and have been strengthening it since 2004.We started as GAMBAssist, using money we receive from the local community to carry out activities for local children and eco-activities.We have currently raised about 15 million yen, and we hope to eventually double that amount.

Regarding tickets, the average attendance is about 14,000 people. The Expo can accommodate about 21,000 people, and 19,000 people will be almost full. Of that, the capacity rate is about 70%. Starting this year, we have changed the invitation ratio. We are offering preferential treatment to customers who have come by invitation until now, and free invitations to local children. As you know, Urawa Reds earn about 2 billion yen. About 2 billion yen for 20 games, so about 100 million yen per game. We are not there yet, so we would like to make paying customers happy.
We were able to maintain the number of seats for the year from the previous year.

Regarding merchandise, sales are currently sluggish, but I think we can make a comeback. We would like to think of various ways to plan things, and if there are any requests from you to make more merchandise, we would like to make them, so please look forward to it.

As for the fan club, we are trying to reach our goal of 20,000 members. In that sense, I think you are all members, but we are now down to about 200 members. We will soon begin recruiting for the 2015 fan club. We are aiming to double the current number at the new stadium. The fan club will be the base for annual seat customers and regular customers at the next new stadium, so we would like to see a big change there.

Looking at the total figures, the partners in 2012 were 1.84 billion yen. This year, the goal is 1.9 billion, so the amount is steadily increasing. The total average for the J1 League is 3.2 billion, and for J2 it is about 1 billion. Last year, Gamba dropped by about 500 million. Looking at the average, the average for J2 is 1 billion, while Gamba stood out with 2.7 billion, so it is natural that they would win in that respect, but this year we are aiming for 3.3 billion. Last year's average for J1 was 3.1 billion. We are trying to increase by 100 million from 2012, when we were in J1.
Unless we can spend 4 billion or 4.5 billion yen on the new stadium, the club will not develop, so we would like to carry out the Asian strategy and other big activities mentioned earlier. We also need to double the number of seats per year and have a fan club of regular customers, so we would like to create a good environment. Thank you very much.