For this match, we have prepared a special event that will ignite the Kashima night in the lingering summer heat, featuring some of Antlers' most combative players as image characters. This year, in addition to the four players from last year, Hayato Nakama has joined the "Festival for Men" members.
■Comment from Player Nakama
"I may be shorter than the other members, but height doesn't define a man. I will compete with my masculinity and character. I will show on the pitch what a true man is."
This year's "Festival for Men" forms a triple tag team with New Japan Pro-Wrestling, which Naomichi Ueda loves, and Weekly Pro-Wrestling. On the day of the match, a limited quantity of the Weekly Pro-Wrestling x "Festival for Men" special "Igniting Pamphlet" will be distributed to attendees. In addition, the Kashima DANDAN Hiroba will host an "Igniting Performance Show," making it a special event that ignites from before the match, so please invite your friends and family and come to Kashima Stadium!
Target Match
Saturday, September 21, Kick-off at 18:00 (Gates open at 15:00)2024 Meiji Yasuda J1 League Matchday 31 vs Kashiwa Reysol
*Congestion at the entrance is expected an hour before kick-off. Please allow ample time for your arrival.
Venue
Kashima Soccer Stadium"Kashima Antlers x New Japan Pro-Wrestling x Weekly Pro-Wrestling" Special Project
1) Player Ueda featured in the September 11 issue of "Weekly Pro-Wrestling"!
For the second consecutive year, an interview with Player Ueda, the team's most combative player, and Tetsuya Naito, the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion of New Japan Pro-Wrestling, the man Ueda admires, has been realized! It will be published in the September 11 (Wednesday) issue of Weekly Pro-Wrestling. It's a must-read, covering how to "ignite the switch" for the match, and stories about each of them watching matches at wrestling venues and Kashima Stadium!
2) On the day of the match, "Igniting Pamphlet" collaboration between Weekly Pro-Wrestling and "Festival for Men" will be distributed!
A special "Festival for Men" pamphlet created by Weekly Pro-Wrestling has been electrifyingly produced! It will be distributed to the first 15,000 attendees.
This special booklet, available only on this day, includes an unreleased talk between Player Ueda and Naito, explaining the characteristics of the "Festival for Men" members, and an "Igniting Photo Collection" of Players Ueda, Suzuki, Chinen, Sekigawa, and Nakama. Read this and get ready to ignite your spirits for the match!
■Distribution Locations
Gate 1, NIPPON STEEL Gate, Gate 3, Gate 5, Gate 6
*Distribution will end once supplies run out at each gate.
Special Events Outside the Stadium
1) "Igniting Performance Show" to be held at Kashima DANDAN Hiroba!
An "Igniting Performance Show" will be held by high school and amateur brass bands from Ibaraki Prefecture.
On the day, in conjunction with "Hitachi City Day" of Friendly Town Days, brass bands from Ibaraki Prefectural Hitachi Daiichi High School and Meishu Gakuen Hitachi High School from Hitachi City will participate, performing a special show with igniting music and screening play footage of Antlers players. Furthermore, calligraphy performances by the Calligraphy Club of Ibaraki Prefectural Aso High School and Shorinji Kempo demonstrations by Seishin Gakuen High School will be presented. Also, Aoki Philharmonic Brass Band, whose specialty song is "Honoo no Fighter" (Flaming Fighter), used in Player Ueda's chant, will appear and perform the standard chant for player entrances.
■Planned Schedule
14:15-14:30 Opening Ceremony
14:30-14:50 Aso High School Calligraphy Club Calligraphy Performance
14:55-15:15 Meishu Gakuen Hitachi High School Brass Band Performance
15:20-15:40 Seishin Gakuen High School Shorinji Kempo Club Demonstration
15:40-16:00 Hitachi Daiichi High School Brass Band Performance
16:30-17:00 Aoki Philharmonic Brass Band Performance
*Schedule may be subject to change.
2) "A Festival for Men, Igniting the Lingering Summer Heat" Special Goods for Sale!
We will be offering special lion mark goods in collaboration with New Japan Pro-Wrestling, as well as a T-shirt collaborating Player Ueda with Tetsuya Naito's unit "Los Ingobernables de Japon" (Spanish for "The Ungovernables of Japan"), and other passionately igniting goods this year! Details on the lineup will be announced sequentially.
3) Limited to this match! "A Festival for Men, Igniting the Lingering Summer Heat" Large-scale Decoration Appears!
On the day of the match, a large tarpaulin featuring the main visual design will be installed! Please use it as a photo spot to commemorate your visit!
Additionally, a large map will be displayed, so please use it during the match.
■Installation Location
Near Gate 4 outside the stadium
■Display Design Image
Purchase tickets for the Kashiwa Reysol match on "Kashi-Tike"!
Details on various events will be announced later in the "Fan Guide".