Touken Ranbu Online Names 20 Sword Warriors as J.League Cheer Captains
The project marks the 11th anniversary of Touken Ranbu ONLINE and pairs each J1 club with a specific Touken Danshi character, turning a mobile game promotion into a season-long stadium activation.
Reporting from 1 sources: 4Gamer.net.
The Touken Ranbu ONLINE and J.League collaboration project Shutsujin! J.League Ouen Honmaru opened a special site and began advance goods sales. Twenty sword warriors from the game serve as cheer captains for all 20 J1 clubs for the 2026/27 season, with illustrations by lack. Collaboration events at stadiums start in October.
Illustrator lack designed the 20 cheer captain illustrations, one per J1 club. The pairings include Oodou no Tsurugi with Kashima Antlers, Kashuu Kiyomitsu with Urawa Reds, and Mikazuki Munechika with Yokohama F. Marinos. Advance sales of goods, including the 20 cheer captain visuals and 125 Otonari Sanpo Ball Equipment sword warriors, run on eeo Store until July 5. The store was experiencing heavy traffic as of the announcement.
- Oodou no Tsurugi: Kashima Antlers
- Shokudaikiri Mitsutada: Mito HollyHock
- Kashuu Kiyomitsu: Urawa Reds
- Mitsutada: JEF United Chiba
- Sohayanotsurugi: Kashiwa Reysol
- Hacchou Nenbutsu: FC Tokyo
- Uguisumaru: Tokyo Verdy
- Yamanbagiri Chougi: FC Machida Zelvia
- Koryuu Kagemitsu: Kawasaki Frontale
- Mikazuki Munechika: Yokohama F. Marinos
- Yamanbagiri Kunihiro: Shimizu S-Pulse
- Kasha Kiri: Nagoya Grampus
- Yakimaru Toushirou: Kyoto Sanga F.C.
- Onimaru Kunitsuna: Gamba Osaka
- Goke Kanemitsu: Cerezo Osaka
- Kyogoku Masamune: Vissel Kobe
- Izuminokami Kanesada: Fagiano Okayama
- Heshikiri Hasebe: Sanfrecce Hiroshima
- Nihongou: Avispa Fukuoka
- Mutsu no Kami Yoshiyuki: V-Varen Nagasaki
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