LEIFRAS Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: LFS)

Leifras Co., Ltd is a Japanese sports and social business company that provides sports education and community services through its sports school operations and social business activities.

The company generates revenue mainly from membership fees for its sports schools, fees from seasonal camps tournaments and other events, sales of sports merchandise, royalty income from franchisees, and service fees from its school club support after school daycare facility management and elderly healthcare programs.

The company operates through the following segments: Sports School Business and Social Business.

• Sports School Business: offers a variety of sports classes such as soccer baseball basketball tennis martial arts and multidiscipline programs, collects membership fees, hosts seasonal camps and tournaments, sells merchandise, collects franchise royalties and provides commissioned guidance services.

• Social Business: provides school club support services to public and private schools, operates after school daycare services for children with developmental needs, manages facilities at public sports venues and delivers exercise programs for the elderly.

Leifras Co., Ltd is recognized as one of Japan's largest operators of children's sports schools in terms of membership and facility count, holds multiple certifications from government agencies such as the Sports Yell Company certification and Tokyo Metropolitan Government Sports Promotion recognition, differentiates itself through a full time coach model that emphasizes long term instructor retention, focuses on noncognitive skill development rather than purely athletic performance, and has built an instructor platform that supports scalable operations and strong relationships with schools municipalities and corporate partners.

The company serves children and their parents through its sports school programs, works with local boards of education and municipal governments for school club support, provides after school daycare for children with disabilities and their families, and offers exercise classes to elderly participants at community centers and healthcare facilities. Specific customers include the Nagoya City Board of Education, the Suita City Board of Education and the Japan Sports Agency.