Official | Stade de Reims announce Japan pre-season tour | OneFootball

Stade de Reims have today announced in an official communiqué written in French and Japanese, that the club from the Champagne region will embark on a Summer pre-season tour in Japan for the first time in the club’s history.

It comes as an opportunity for Les Rouges et Blancs’ two Japan internationals, Junya Ito and Keito Nakamura to connect with the club’s growing audience in their home country.

“It is a great honour and a source of pride for Stade de Reims to travel to Japan as part of this summer tour,” said Mathieu Lacour, managing direct of Reims, on the newly announced Summer trip to the Land of the Rising Sun. “This is a new stage in the Club’s development, which once again demonstrates its broad appeal. This major event demonstrates the strong attachment to this new community created around the SDR and our commitment to strengthening the ties that bind us to it from now on.”

The trip has been organised with sponsor Yasuda Group, who’s CEO Keisuke Yasuda said “This unprecedented opportunity demonstrates our commitment to developing Stade de Reims’ presence in the Japanese market and building links with fans across the country.”

Ito and Nakamura both featured for Japan in the Asia Cup in January, and have racked up seven goals and eight assists together for Reims this season.

GFFN | George Boxall