Blue United eFC：End of 2024-2025Season Report

Our esports team, Blue United eFC powered by Manchester City (hereinafter, “BLU eFC”), concluded its season with an appearance in the FC Community Series 6th Finals held on August 16 at Haneda Airport Garden.

Season Highlights

Tournament

• March: youxme won the FC Community Series 3rd Finals.
• March: Tsakt represented Japan at the EA SPORTS FC™ Global Creators Cup in Spain and earned the Best Creator Award alongside Japanese soccer YouTuber “Prechan” .
• August: Tsakt and youxme competed at the Esports World Cup 2025/FC Pro World Championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• August: Tsakt won the Club Festival at the FC Community Series 6th Finals in Haneda Airport Garden.

Team activities

• Partnerships with Athleta, AuB, and JINS
• December: For the fifth consecutive year, BLU eFC’s jersey was the only Asian esports team kit featured in EA SPORTS FC™.
• March: The Blue United eFC YouTube channel was launched.
• March: Seiji Morimatsu was appointed as the new Head of Business.

Details

Tournament

• youxme wins FC Community Series 3rd Finals

In the FC Community Series, an EA SPORTS FC™ domestic tournament held again this season, youxme secured his first-ever championship. He captured the title in the 3rd installment, which featured the FUT mode where players build their own teams to compete.

• Tsakt wins FC Community Series 6th Finals

In the two Club Festival events of the FC Community Series (1st and 6th), which use existing in-game clubs, Tsakt won the 6th Finals held at Haneda Airport Garden in August, ending the season on a high note.

• Tsakt Represents Japan at the EA SPORTS FC™ Creators Cup and Wins Best Creator Award

The Creators Cup finals brought together representatives from 12 countries and regions to compete at Atlético Madrid’s home stadium, Cívitas Metropolitano. Tsakt, who earned his spot as a representative of Japan, traveled to Spain with Japanese soccer YouTuber and influencer Prechan. Although they unfortunately did not advance past the qualifiers, their efforts to energize the venue and broadcast were recognized with the Best Creator Award.

• Tsakt and youxme Competed in the Esports World Cup 2025 / FC Pro World Championship in Riyadh

Both of our players competed in the “FC Pro World Championship,” the largest EA SPORTS FC 25 tournament, held as part of the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Unfortunately, they were eliminated in the qualifiers. The tournament presented key challenges for the team to address, as there are more events planned in Saudi Arabia and we aim for Japanese players to achieve better results in the future.

Team Activities

• Partnerships with Athleta, AuB, and JINS

This season, with the support of our partners ATHLETA, AuB, Inc., and JINS Inc. we collaborated on a number of initiatives. We worked together on social media promotion, coordinated a commemorative website, held match viewing events, and participated in projects within our partner companies.

• For the 5th Consecutive Year, Our Club’s Jersey Is the Only One from Asia Featured in EA SPORTS FC™

For the 2024-25 season, the Blue United eFC jersey was once again featured in EA SPORTS FC, making it the only Asian team to achieve this for five consecutive years. This is a testament not only to our high level of play but also to the value of our club’s broader efforts. Players can now control in-game athletes wearing uniforms provided by our partner, Athleta. Our players wear the uniform both on and off-screen. In this globally popular game, which was downloaded by over 10 million people in its first week, our uniform is available for general players to download and is widely used.

• Launch of the Blue United eFC YouTube Channel

As a new initiative this season, we launched our official YouTube channel. In online games like EA FC, which receive frequent updates and have no official strategy guides, the video tutorials created by our players have been a hit with the gaming community. This channel has become a promising platform for further popularizing EA FC in Japan. We plan to expand the channel’s content to include activities with our partners in the future.

Blue United eFC YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BlueUnitedeFC

• Seiji Morimatsu Appointed Head of Business

In March, Seiji Morimatsu was appointed as the new head of business for BLU eFC. He will continue to contribute to the growth of Japan’s developing esports industry through the advancement of our team.

Tournament results

Tsakt

• FC Pro Open Cup Qualifier Asia North: 8th Place
• Creators Cup Online Finals Japan Representative Qualifier: Champion
• EA SPORTS FC 25 FC Community Series 25 Club Festival Finals: Champion (6th Event)
• EA SPORTS FC 25 FC Community Series 25 Club Festival Finals: Top 4 (1st Event)
• EA SPORTS FC 25 FC Community Series 25 Finals: Top 4 (3rd, 4th, and 6th Events)

youxme

• FC Pro Open Regional Qualifier Asia North: Best 8
• FC Pro Open Cup Qualifier Asia North: 7th Place
• EA SPORTS FC 25 FC Community Series 25 Finals: Champion (3rd Event)
• Creators Cup Online Finals Japan Representative Qualifier: Runner-up

Our official team items are now available in the globally popular soccer game, “EA SPORTS FC™ 25”! We are proud to be the only esports team from Asia featured in the game. This is a great chance to get them, so be sure to check them out. Follow our journey and team updates on  the BLU eFC official X account !

About Blue United eFC

• Name: Blue United eFC powered by Manchester City（BLU eFC）
• Established: November 15th, 2018
• Team Manager: Seiji Morimatsu
• General Manager: Takuya Yamada
• Players: youxme (Shusei Mukasa), Tsakt (Shota Sato)
• Vision: Contribute to Japanese esports business development and globalization to make it one of the top industries in the world
• HP: https://www.blueutd.com/efc/en/