Company info01 - Company Profile
- Company name
- BLUE UNITED CORPORATION
- Address
- 1460 Broadway, New York, NY 10036
- Established
- 2015
- President
- Takehiko Nakamura
Our
History02 - Our History
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- 2015
- Founded Blue United Corporation in New York, NY
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- 2016
- Opened Nagano Operations
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- 2017
- Opened Tokyo Operations
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- 2017
- Opened Kashima Antlers New York Operations
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- 2018
- Founded Pacific Rim Cup
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- 2018
- Founded Blue United eFC
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- 2018
- Launched Blue United Athletics Service
Message03 - President & CEO Message
- Profile
- Education・Licence
- Writing・Lecturer
- Award
- 1976.04Born in Machida,Tokyo
- 1999.04 - 2001.10North American Sales Division, International Business HQ, NEC
- 2001.10 - 2002.08Consultant, for sports navigation
- 2004.05 - 2009.03Manager, International Business, Major League Soccer (Founded Pan-Pacific Championship)
- 2009.03 - 2010.03Director, International Business, FC Barcelona (North America, Asia, and Oceania Markets)
- 2010.03 - 2015.08General Manager, LeadOff Sports Marketing
- 2010.03 -Consultant, Players and International Relations, MLS
- 2011.04 - 2014.04Invited Lecturer, Real Madrid MBA
- 2015.09 -Founded Blue United Corporation
- 2015.11 -Invited Lecturer, Columbia University
- 2016.02 - 2019.12International Business Development, J.League Sports Human Capital
- 2017.01 -Adjunct Lecturer, Aoyama Gakuin University School of Global Studies and Collaboration
- 2017.01 -Global Strategy Officer, Kashima Antlers FC
- 2017.11 -Founded PACIFIC RIM CUP
- 2018.08 -International Business Development and Special Career Advisor, Pacific League Marketing
- 2018.10 -SPORTS TECH TOKYO Mentor (DENTSU x SCRUM VENTURES)
- 2019 -Global Partner, Engate Inc.
- 2019 -Supervisor & Co-Founder, SPOND Inc.
- 2020 -International Technical Advisor, Omiya Ardija
- 2020 -Business Strategy Counselor, Plus Class Sports Incubation
- 2020 -HALF TIME Global Academy Principal
- 1999.03Bachelor of Laws, Aoyama Gakuin Univ.
- 2002.09 - 2004.05MS, Sport Management, Isenberg School of Management, UMASS Amherst
- 2012 -FIFA Match Agent
- 2014.01 - 2014.12Masterʼs Degree, Global Executive Master in International Sports Law, ISDE Law & Business School
- 2019.05Leadership Principles, Harvard Business School Online Course
- 2020.07 -PhD - by Thesis only - Collaborative Research, Social-Strategic Engineering Lab., The University of Tokyo
- Aoyama GakuinUniv., Keio Univ., etc.
- Real Madrid MBA Invited Lecturer
- Japan Olympic Committee, Global Staff Course
- Lecturer, J.League Human Capital
- Invited Lecturer, Columbia University / ISDE Companion Course
- Adjunct Lecturer, Aoyama Gakuin Univ. School of Global Studies and Collaboration
- Key Note Speaker at the annual 「Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management at Isenberg, UMASS Amherst Career Fair」
- ISDE Sports Convention 2019, Panelsit (Grandes eventos y sostenibilidad)
- Industry CoーCreation Panelist 2018 & 2019 ー Future of Sport Business
- Moderator - Half Time Conference 2020 - Future of Global Sports Business FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Real Zaragoza
- Sports Management thorough Major League Soccer
- Analyzing the rapid growth of soccer in the US (Toyokan Publishing) (2019 Football Book Award Grand Prize) - Colum (Soccer Magazine ZONE, Soccer Critics, NewYork Japion, Kashima Antlers Freaks etc.)
- 2015UMASS ”Alumni on the Rise Award”
- 2017"Chairman's International Entrepreneur Award of Excellence" by the Tokyo New Business Conference
- 2018Appointed US-Japan Council Leader
- 2018 & 2019Shortlisted Finalist for SPIA Asia - Sports Industry Awards &Conference
- Best International Sporting Event of the Year - 2019Pablication : "Sports Management thorough Major League Soccer - Analyzing the rapid growth of soccer in the US (Toyokan Publishing)"
(2019 Football Book Award Grand Prize)