Esports x Municipality x People with Disabilities (2021)
Esports x Kumamoto City (2021)
An e-sports tournament was held in Kumamoto City on the 19th, in which people with severe disabilities and children form a team to play soccer games.
This tournament was held by the Prefectural Soccer Association, and five teams fought in the soccer game “Winning Eleven” in a tournament format, with people with disabilities and elementary school students belonging to the team forming a team of two.
Some people with disabilities participated online from home using welfare equipment that can be controlled by their eyes, and a heated game was held by connecting five venues.
Kumamoto (熊本市, Kumamoto-shi) is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, the city has an estimated population of 738,907 and a population density of 1,893 people per km2. The total area is 390.32 km2.
Greater Kumamoto (熊本都市圏) had a population of 1,461,000, as of the 2000 census. As of 2010, Kumamoto Metropolitan Employment Area has a GDP of US$39.8 billion.[3][4] It is not considered part of the Fukuoka–Kitakyushu metropolitan area, despite their shared border. The city was designated on April 1, 2012, by government ordinance.
Pro Evolution Soccer (abbreviated as PES and currently branded as eFootball PES), known in Japan as Winning Eleven[a] (currently branded as eFootball Winning Eleven[b]), is a series of association football simulation video games developed and released annually since 1995. It is developed and published by Konami. It consists of eighteen main instalments and several spin-off style titles and it has seen releases on many different platforms. It is itself a sister series of Konami’s earlier International Superstar Soccer and has been released under different names before the name Pro Evolution Soccer was established worldwide. The series has consistently achieved critical and commercial success.
PES has also been used in esports. eFootball.Open (formerly known as PES World Finals or PES League) is the esports world championship held by Konami annually since 2010.
In association football circles, Pro Evolution Soccer has a longstanding rivalry with EA’s FIFA series.[1] PES is the second largest association football video game franchise after FIFA, with the rivalry between the two franchises considered the “greatest rivalry” in the history of sports video games.[2] Listed as one of the best-selling video game franchises, the PES series has sold 111 million copies worldwide, in addition to 400 million mobile game downloads, as of December 2020.[3] Konami also created a similar mobile game called PESCM or Pro Evolution Soccer Club Manager.
