HPSC eSports Lab Opens to Apply Olympic Sports Science to Competitive Gaming
The lab extends Japan's Olympic and Paralympic training infrastructure to eSports ahead of the 20th Asian Games, where eSports is an official medal event.
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The HPSC eSports Lab opened at the Ajinomoto National Training Center East, applying sports medicine and science from Olympic and Paralympic support to eSports. The facility includes well-being, eSports, and virtual sports zones. Demonstrations featured Puyo Puyo eSports and eFootball players, with plans to measure brainwaves and vital data.
The HPSC eSports Lab opened on July 31 at the Ajinomoto National Training Center East, with a press event showing practice sessions by Puyo Puyo eSports and eFootball players. The facility is part of the High Performance Sports Center, which supports about 2,100 Olympic and Paralympic athletes.
Director Takeshi Kukidome said the lab expands the multidisciplinary support model used for Olympic athletes to eSports under a concept called total conditioning. The space is split into three zones: a well-being zone, an eSports zone, and a virtual sports zone.
Collaboration with the Japan eSports Union began in March 2024, and the lab was established in June 2026. Previous training camps included sports medicine, nutrition, psychology, and sleep support, plus brainwave and vital data measurement. Kukidome said research findings will be shared through conditioning handbooks.
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