Ending the Dilemma of 'Sports vs. Career': Dual Grit FC Launches Crowdfunding for JFL Promotion

Dual Grit FC (DGFC), a football club aiming for JFL promotion while requiring full-time employment for its players, will begin a crowdfunding campaign for night-time training facilities on Monday, May 25th at 6:00 PM.

As the challenge for JFL promotion intensifies, securing a stable night-time training environment is a vital foundation for players who balance full-time work during the day with competitive training at night.

DGFC aims to transform the dual-career struggle—faced by many athletes—from a difficult choice between 'sports or career' into a viable societal option by implementing the balance of work and athletics as a standard, not an exception.

This crowdfunding initiative seeks support for training facility improvements, primarily night-time lighting equipment, to provide an environment where players can continue their serious pursuit of JFL promotion while maintaining their professional careers.

About Dual Grit FC

- The Challenge of Dual Grit FC: Promoting JFL Ambitions alongside Full-time Work

DGFC is a dual-career football club where players seriously aim for the JFL, the highest level of amateur competition, while holding full-time jobs.

Rather than just continuing sports while working, the club aims to prove that athletes can truly strive for greatness while employed.

The night-time training environment is the crucial pillar supporting this challenge.

While many corporate athletes train in the morning and work in the afternoon, DGFC’s commitment to full-time employment restricts activities to evening hours.

Consequently, securing grounds equipped with floodlights for night sessions is essential, resulting in significantly higher costs compared to daytime usage.

This campaign focuses on funding these night-time ground costs to facilitate an environment where players can continue to aim for the pinnacle of competition.

- Changing the Very Structure of 'Sports vs. Career'

Many athletes face the reality that as their athletic pursuits continue, professional career development becomes harder, and vice-versa, forcing them to choose one over the other.

Our objective is to change this very structure.

We operate DGFC as a platform to implement the balance of professional work and sports as a new choice, rather than as an exceptional challenge.

This crowdfunding campaign is more than just a source of operational funds; it is an initiative to invite others to join us in realizing a society where one can seriously pursue both.

Through this, we hope to present new choices to athletes who were forced to choose, and to nurture role models for future challengers seeking the same dual-career path.

Instead of a society where you must choose between work or sports, we aim for a society where you can seriously aim for both.

DGFC will continue to challenge existing norms to create this new reality.

We invite all those who share our vision to support DGFC and join us in this challenge.

- Crowdfunding Overview

Project Name: "Sports or Career?" We want to end that dilemma. The challenge of Dual Grit FC.

Start Date: Monday, May 25, 2026, 6:00 PM

Purpose: Strengthening Dual Grit FC's operational foundation and night-time training environment.

Primary Use of Funds: Ground rental costs for night-time (floodlight) practice.

Organizer: Dual Grit FC

Comments from Representative

Yuki Aizu | General Manager of Dual Grit

DualGrit aims to create a society where athletes can move beyond the binary choice of sports or career, opening new possibilities through the synergy of work and athletics.

I personally hold a strong desire to create an environment where those who are serious about sports do not have to narrow their career choices. This crowdfunding campaign is a significant step toward advancing that vision and an initiative to walk forward with those who empathize with the DualGrit philosophy.