4 sources Sep 14
INSOMNIA Sets INS×LAB Talk Session And Fan Meeting At Tokyo Game Show 2026
INS Inc., the company behind the professional esports club INSOMNIA, will appear at Tokyo Game Show 2026 with two programs at the CFD Sales booth in Hall 1, booth 01-C13, both sponsored by the PC parts trading company CFD Sales Inc.
Reporting from 4 sources: GAME Watch (Impress), KAI-YOU, ASCII.jp, PANORA.
Why it matters
For a club founded in January 2024, INSOMNIA is using a Tokyo Game Show booth to present its university research project and its player roster as one package, rather than treating the booth as a merchandise or recruitment showcase.
Key Facts
- INS Inc. will hold an INS×LAB Talk Session at Tokyo Game Show 2026 on Thursday, September 17, 2026, from 14:00 to 15:00.
- INS Inc. will hold an INSOMNIA Fan Meeting at Tokyo Game Show 2026 on Saturday, September 19, 2026, from 14:00 to 15:00.
- Both INS Inc. events take place inside the CFD Sales (Crowxis) booth, Hall 1, booth 01-C13, at Tokyo Game Show 2026.
- The INSOMNIA Fan Meeting lists five players: MeatPieN and Satwoshi from the VALORANT division, Jene and Wahochi from the Brawl Stars division, and Obuyan from the streamer division.
- Sota Motohashi is the representative of INS Inc., which operates the professional esports club INSOMNIA and was established in January 2024.
The first is the INS×LAB Talk Session on Thursday, September 17, running from 14:00 to 15:00 on the business day. INS Inc. representative Sota Motohashi, a University of Tokyo and Kochi University of Technology researcher listed as John, and a Keio University researcher listed as Hiramatsu will discuss concentration and performance in esports players, using research on INSOMNIA's VALORANT division and its boot camp environment. CrazyPapiyoN is the MC. The second is the INSOMNIA Fan Meeting on Saturday, September 19, from 14:00 to 15:00. It is billed as the club's first multi-division joint fan meeting, with a cross-talk program and five players appearing: MeatPieN and Satwoshi from VALORANT, Jene and Wahochi from Brawl Stars, and Obuyan from the streamer division.
- INS×LAB Talk Session: Thursday, September 17, 14:00 to 15:00, theme "How far can esports be scientified? The current state and future of pro esports teams x university research."
- Panel: Sota Motohashi of INS Inc., John of the University of Tokyo and Kochi University of Technology, and Hiramatsu of Keio University, with CrazyPapiyoN as MC.
- The session draws on research that used the boot camp environment of INSOMNIA's VALORANT division players as its subject, and covers the link between concentration, performance and condition, including sleep and physical state.
- INSOMNIA Fan Meeting: Saturday, September 19, 14:00 to 15:00, with a cross-talk program by the players.
- Player lineup: MeatPieN and Satwoshi (VALORANT), Jene and Wahochi (Brawl Stars), Obuyan (streamer division).
- Venue for both: the CFD Sales (Crowxis) booth, Hall 1, booth 01-C13, sponsored by CFD Sales Inc., a general trading company for PC parts.
- INS Inc. is based at Pulsar Ryogoku Building 6F, 2-11-1 Ryogoku, Sumida-ku, Tokyo, with Motohashi as representative director.
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