ePARA Inc. Corporate Website – Do a Combo of Challenges.

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2025.04.20
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Barrier-Free Esports

We plan, organize and support “barrier-free esports” played in an environment that allow us to participate regardless of their age, gender, time, place and whether with or without disabilities. We are committed to operating projects in a way to open up the potential of people with disabilities by bringing their perspectives into planning.

* “Barrier-Free Esports” is a term coined by ePARA that refers to esports played in an environment where anyone can participate regardless of their age, gender, time, place and whether with or without disabilities.

Support for esport events

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Our members with disabilities join and support events run by companies, public organizations, local governments or universities/research institutions. Through workshops, presentations or discussion sessions, we drive understanding towards diversity and aim for enhancing potential of people with disabilities.

Organizing esport events

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We run esport events enjoyable for everyone regardless of their disability. And it’s people with disabilities who take the lead there. In cooperation with public organizations, we solve social issues through esports that everyone can join.

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Barrier-Free Esport School

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It’s a futuristic business training led by our members with disabilities and great personalities. We create a space to get immersed, feel the diversity and laugh together to learn the strength to live through.

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Employment Support

We help people with disabilities to bring out their full potential in working.

By offering esport-powered employment continuity support (type A) and employment transition support, we help their upskilling and self-actualization in partnership with employment support organizations.

Employment Support

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We support people with disabilities to work to their full potential. By offering esport-powered employment continuity support (type A) and employment transition support, we help their upskilling and self-actualization in partnership with employment support organizations.

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“Breakthrough Course”

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Under this dedicated program for people with disabilities, they get help from peer supporters and carrier consultants and work to expand employment opportunities through learnings and trainings (e.g. social media account operation, narrating), community activities, or involvement in ePARA’s events.

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Demonstrations / Hands-Ons

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We promote understanding towards diversity through meet-ups with and presentations by people with disabilities. We also offer opportunities to review and experience products/services aimed at improving accessibility.

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Co-Creation

We work on co-creation, demonstration and advertising in order to dig up personalities and build a future that go beyond the existing welfare.

We embody the DE&I through practical experiences such as designing, video production, accessibility check, web marketing or works related to digital content. This way, we strive towards the improvement of well-being of people with disabilities.

Contribution to Accessibility

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We work together with people with disabilities to contribute in product/service/technology development to improve accessibility. Partnering with other companies and organizations, we drive innovation and inclusive product development.

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Inclusive Projects

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We promote DE&I and create a sustainable society through co-creation of projects with companies/organizations. People with disabilities collaborate with them in planning, movie production, web marketing or digital content creation before and after events, while also act as players or MCs in front of an audience.

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About

ePARA supports social participation of people with disabilities through esports, enabling them to engage meaningfully and authentically in society. As part of our initiatives, we curate and distribute news related to barrier-free esports and organize accessible esports tournaments and competitions.

Mission – Dig up personalities and build future.

We aim to create an environment where everyone can be proud of their individuality and shine regardless of disability. Seeing yet-hidden personality as “treasure” of our society, we bring out and polish it to create a sustainable future where diversity is respected.

Vision – Go beyond the commonplaces of welfare.。

While deeply respecting what welfare has achieved so far, we continue to take on new challenges that go beyond it. We pursue a world where people with disabilities shine as role models and their personalities provide the driving force to open up the future.

Value – Go beyond the commonplaces of welfare.

As we keep on smiling, take on challenges and value harmony, we strive to behave with “charm” that attract supports from people around.

News

President

Daiki Kato

President of ePARA Inc. / Director of NPO Citizens Guardianship Support Association
Born in 1981 in Nishikasugai District, Aichi Prefecture (currently Kitanagoya City).
Graduated from Tokai High School; Chuo University Faculty of Law, Department of Law; Hosei University Law School, Graduate School of Law.
After quitting working as a court clerk (national civil servant), Daiki joined a social welfare corporation Shinagawa Ward Council of Social Welfare.
While working for the Council , he teamed up with friends he met in the welfare industry and planned an e-sports tournament for people with disabilities. Then he established “ePARA Inc.”

OFFICIAL PARTNER

Sponsoring companies who aid and support ePARA across its activities

Sycom Co., Ltd.
Yogibo Inc.
JR East Start Up Co., Ltd.
JAPANNEXT Corp.
Fukuju Corporation
KIJ Inc.

Collaborative partner

Business partners who offer services, collaborate or conduct demonstrative experiments on any of ePARA’s three business areas [list not exhaustive]

IWASAKI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
JR East Sports Co.,Ltd.
Shiodome Certified Social Insurance & Labor Consultant Office
Joshin Denki Co., Ltd.
ByoWave
MUTEKIJIKAN
REJECT Inc.
Bewith, Inc.

Joint innovation project

Projects that we have offered services, collaborated or conducted demonstrative experiments on any of ePARA’s three business areas [list not exhustive]

Sound Design in
Street Fighter 6
(CAPCOM CO., LTD.)
“Cross the Border” in
Make a Move Project
Mobility for ALL
(Toyota Mobility Foundation)

Scholarly Partner

Universities, laboratories and researchers who aid and support ePARA across activities from academic standpoints [list not exhaustive]

Junichi Ushiba Laboratory / Masaki Takahashi Laboratory
Keio University
  • Dr. Ko Hayakawa, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo
  • Dr. Takeshi Nishijima, Graduate School of Human Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University
  • Dr. Yoichi Otsubo, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University

media partner

Media partner who continuously runs articles about ePARA’s activities

Sustomo
(LY Corporation)

medical partner

Partner we engage with in medical aspects for collaboration and co-creation on ePARA’s activities

General Incorporated Associations
Dr. GAMES

company information

Company NameePARA Inc.
Date of EstablishmentNovember 29, 2016
Capital23.1 million yen (as of April 1, 2023)
Head Office14-8, Shimomae 1-chome,
Toda City, Saitama
Japan
ZIP Code : 335-0016
Company RepresentativeDaiki Kato (President)
Number of Employees8 (as of March 1, 2024)
Our news sitehttps://epara.jp/

group company

Company NameHARUMOKEA, Inc.
Date of EstablishmentAugust 26, 2016
Head Office1st Floor, 421-5 Kanegasaku,
Matsudo City, Chiba
Japan
ZIP Code : 270-2251
Company RepresentativeKatsunori Hokao
URLhttps://life-square.net

contact

If you have any questions, including about this site or ePARA’s events, please contact us from the form below.(Japanese only)

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