According to the Sports Agency, former president Kaoru Kamata of Waseda University was appointed as the first chairman, Yuko Arimori, a former marathon player, was appointed as vice chairman, and former chairman Saburo Kawabuchi of the Japan Football Association was appointed as an advisor.In addition to centralizing universities and competition groups, training instructors and counseling for students will be provided.

　It is also expected to play a role in positioning university sports as a business, and will promote the video distribution business of games, using NCAA, which has an annual income of 1,000 billion yen or more, as a model. It aims to earn 2019 billion yen in 20.

　Daichi Suzuki, the Commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency, who received the report of the establishment from Chairman Kamada, commented, "I hope that universities and competition groups that have been involved in university sports under different ideas will start walking together on the same platform." Announced.

　Universities and organizations that have applied for membership by April 4 will be founding members.Aoyama Gakuin University, Ritsumeikan University, Hosei University, etc. have already participated, and the University of Tokyo and Waseda University, whose procedures have been delayed, are scheduled to join, but there are many leading schools that have not made clear their intention to participate.

　The sports clubs of junior high and high schools have governing organizations such as the Nippon Junior High School Physical Culture Association and the National High School Physical Culture Association, but universities have not had such organizations so far.

reference:[Japan Sports Agency] The University Sports Association (UNIVAS) was established.