Chiba Jets Funabashi Co.

What Chiba Jets Funabashi Co. does

Chiba Jets Funabashi Co., Ltd. (株式会社千葉ジェッツふなばし) operates a professional men's basketball club competing in Japan's B.LEAGUE, headquartered in Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture. The operating entity was incorporated in 2010 as ASPE Inc., entered the bj league in 2010, joined B.LEAGUE for the 2016-17 season, and rebranded to Chiba Jets Funabashi on July 1, 2017, embedding the home town into the team identity. The club is consolidated under MIXI GROUP and is one of the most decorated in Japanese basketball, with three consecutive Emperor's Cup titles (2017-2019), a B.LEAGUE championship in 2020-21, and the hosting rights for the B.LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME 2025 at LaLa arena TOKYO-BAY. Home games are played at Funabashi Arena.

The commercial offering centres on live professional basketball entertainment and an integrated fan economy. Core products include (i) the 6TH MAN CLUB tiered membership programme (Premier/Gold/Red/Youth/Mail Magazine) with capacity-capped paid tiers, a mileage points system, ticket priority, exclusive events, and an official mobile app; (ii) merchandise sold via the B.LEAGUE e-commerce storefront (bleague-shop.jp/cj) and on-site goods booths; (iii) food and beverage, including arena concessions, the Jets Flight BOX nationwide gourmet delivery service, and THE OFFCOURT cafe near Funabashi Station; (iv) Academy programmes covering basketball schools, basketball clubs, cheerleading schools and STAR JETS youth; and (v) community initiatives under the JETS ASSIST umbrella covering environmental cleanup, youth sports support, traffic safety, and children's cafeteria programming. Underlying technology is non-proprietary: the platform is built on standard SaaS integrations (Google Analytics, Freshdesk, Putmenu, SnapWidget, B.LEAGUE Ticket) with no documented AI/ML capability or public API.

The business model is a hybrid direct-to-consumer entertainment brand monetised across six streams: ticket sales (single-game, season, special events), fan club subscriptions (annual membership fees), F&B concessions and delivery (transaction fees), hardware-style merchandise sales, licensing/sponsorship income from a multi-tier corporate partner stack (TOP PARTNER MIXI, with Keisei, PUMA, Chiba Bank, Chiba Kogyo Bank, Mitsui Fudosan, Dai-ichi Life, Nippon Life, JAL, Logisteed, Keiyo Energy, Panasonic Electric Works, Chiba Nippo, and others), and subscription-style Academy tuition. Geographic focus is regional — Funabashi and the broader Kanto Region — though merchandise e-commerce and Jets Flight BOX extend a nationwide reach. Distribution spans the Funabashi Arena (primary), 17 wrapped FamilyMart stores across Funabashi, LaLaport Tokyo-Bay, online channels, and a Keisei Line rail partnership that has run branded "Jets Train" wrap livery for 12+ consecutive years.

Name

Chiba Jets Funabashi Co.

Legal name

株式会社千葉ジェッツふなばし

Website

https://chibajets.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Chiba Jets Funabashi Co., Ltd. operates a professional men's basketball club in Japan's B.LEAGUE, based in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, and owned by MIXI Group. The club generates revenue through home games, fan club memberships, merchandise, concessions, corporate sponsorships, and youth academy programmes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Sports (Basketball Club)

NAICS

Sports Teams and Clubs (711211)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Basketball Leagues (MPAKAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Team Sports Matches (Club & National) (MPAGAMAB), Sports Collectibles, Fan Gear & Licensed Merchandise Retail (CRAMABAO), Fan Apparel & Wearables Retail (Licensed) (CRAMAOAE)

Keywords

• Professional basketball
• Sports entertainment
• Fan club membership
• Team merchandise sales
• Sports ticketing

Headquarters

HQ city

Minato-machi

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Ticket sales: Revenue from individual game tickets, season tickets, and special event tickets sold at home games at Funabashi Arena.
2. Official merchandise: Revenue from the official online shop and on-site goods sales at home games, including apparel, accessories, and limited items.
3. 6TH MAN CLUB fan club memberships: Annual membership fees from multiple tiers (Premier, Gold, Red, Youth) with prioritized access, exclusive events, and other benefits.
4. Food and beverage: Concession sales at home games, including food lounge, drinks, and specialty items such as the Jets Flight Box delivery service.
5. Corporate partnerships and sponsorship: Sponsorship revenue from multiple corporate partners across various categories including TOP PARTNER, official partners, and boost companies.
6. Academy programs: Revenue from basketball schools, cheerleading schools, and youth programs under the Academy division.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Chiba Jets Funabashi operates a professional basketball club that competes in Japan's B.LEAGUE and delivers live game entertainment at home matches played at Funabashi Arena. Its central commercial offerings are the multi-tier 6TH MAN CLUB fan membership (annual subscriptions), team apparel and merchandise sold through an online shop and on-site retail, B.LEAGUE season and single-game tickets, an academy running basketball and cheerleading schools, locally co-produced food and beverage products (Chiba Red Hash Beef, Chiba Jets Ale, Jets Flight BOX), and corporate sponsorship packages anchored by a TOP PARTNER relationship with MIXI.

Product overview

Chiba Jets Funabashi operates as a professional basketball club in Japan's B.LEAGUE, offering a portfolio of products and services centered around game attendance and community engagement. The core offering is the 6TH MAN CLUB fan membership program with tiered grades (Premier, Gold, Red, Youth, Mail Magazine) providing ticket priority, exclusive events, and mileage benefits. Supporting products include official merchandise through the online shop, the Jets Flight BOX gourmet delivery service, and THE OFFCOURT cafe/restaurant. Community initiatives through JETS ASSIST include children's meal programs, environmental projects, and youth sports support. The club also operates an Academy offering basketball schools, cheerleading programs, and youth teams, as well as special programs like the one-day pro player contracts for mascots.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 6TH MAN CLUB: Official fan club of Chiba Jets Funabashi with membership tiers including Premier, Gold, Red, Youth, and Mail Magazine categories.
• STAR JETS
• JETS ASSIST
• フライトクルー (Flight Crew)
• ホームタウンふなばし (Home Town Funabashi)

Products and services

• B.LEAGUE Game Tickets (Single-Game and Season Tickets) Tickets to home games played at Funabashi Arena, sold as individual game tickets and season ticket packages through the B.LEAGUE official ticketing platform. Special discount nights (Home Town Funabashi Night) offer ¥500–¥1,500 seats for residents/workers/students.
• 6TH MAN CLUB Fan Club Membership Annual-tiered fan membership with Premier, Gold, Red, Youth, and free Mail Magazine levels. Members receive ticketing priority, exclusive events, sign meetings, the Jets Mileage points system, member card certificates, and access to the official app.
• Academy (Basketball School, Basketball Club, Cheerleading School) Recurring youth basketball and cheerleading instruction across multiple age groups, including a basketball school, basketball club, cheerleading school, and STAR JETS youth squad. Targets children and youth in Funabashi and surrounding areas.
• Official Online Shop (Team Merchandise) E-commerce storefront on bleague-shop.jp/cj selling official team apparel, accessories, limited-edition and collaboration items, and co-branded local food products. Available nationwide.
• Jets Flight BOX (Gourmet Food Delivery) Gourmet food delivery service delivering team-themed bento boxes with items including salad, fried chicken, fish cutlet, mini cheese burger, octopus sausage, and chocolate cake. 1-person serving ¥1,800, 2-person serving ¥3,400, plus ¥1,100 flat shipping nationwide.
• Chiba Red Hash Beef (Co-branded Local Food Product) Locally sourced SDG-themed food product made with Chiba Prefecture beef, Funabashi carrots, tomatoes, and pears. Priced at ¥700 (tax included) and sold at home game goods booths and via the online shop.
• Chiba Jets Ale (Limited-Edition Collaborative Beer) Limited-edition collaborative craft beer with local Komaine Brewery, featuring a team-themed label design and Chiba local ingredients.
• THE OFFCOURT (Cafe and Beer Restaurant) Cafe and craft-beer restaurant near Funabashi Station promoting local Chiba ingredients and SDGs. Features player collaboration menu items, public viewing of away games, point cards, and a 10% discount for 6TH MAN CLUB paid members.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3 consecutive Emperor's Cup championships (2017, 2018, 2019) and B.LEAGUE 2020-21 championship
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered core, top, major and standard.

• 船橋市 (Funabashi City)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2016The team signed a hometown partnership agreement with Funabashi City in May 2015, establishing the city as its home town. The city provides support for home games at Funabashi Arena, and the team engages in extensive community activities including youth sports support, environmental initiatives, and city promotion events. The Funabashi City Hall Backer organization (ふなばし・千葉ジェッツ後援会, chaired by Mayor Matsudo) provides additional community backing.
• MIXItopStrategic or Co-development PartnerMIXI is listed as the TOP PARTNER of Chiba Jets Funabashi. MIXI supports the team as a major corporate sponsor and collaborates on team events and community initiatives.
• 新京成電鉄 (Keisei Electric Railway)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKeisei Electric Railway operates the 'Jets Train' (ジェッツトレイン/千葉ジェッツトレイン), a specially wrapped train featuring team branding running for 12 consecutive years. The partnership also includes direct shuttle buses from Keisei's Kita-Narashino Station to Funabashi Arena on game days.
• 日本生命 (Nippon Life Insurance)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNippon Life Insurance partnered with B.LEAGUE Hope and Chiba Jets Funabashi for the 'B.LEAGUE Hope × 日本生命 地域を元気に！バスケACTIONふなばし三番瀬クリーンアッププロジェクト', a collaborative environmental cleanup initiative held on April 12, targeting 100 participants from Funabashi area families.
• ロジスティード (Logisteed)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLogisteed co-sponsored the traffic safety flag donation project delivering Chiba Jets-branded safety flags to all 45 public elementary schools in Matsudo City. The company also provided volunteers from its athletics team for the safety awareness event at a local school.
• 株式会社サテライトオフィス (Satellite Office)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSatellite Office is a consistent partner in JETS ASSIST community programs, supporting donations of basketballs and practice bibs to all minibasketball teams, junior high school basketball clubs, and high school basketball teams in Funabashi City across multiple seasons since 2020.
• 京葉エナジー (Keiyo Energy)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKeiyo Energy co-presents the 'ひろ街' (Hiroba) community cleanup activity with Chiba Jets Funabashi, in collaboration with JT's 'Hiroeba Machi ga Suki ni Naru Undo'. The initiative has collected over 24kg of waste across multiple sessions.
• 株式会社千葉銀行 (Chiba Bank)majorGTM or Marketing PartnerChiba Bank is listed as an official partner/sponsor on the team's website, providing financial sector partnership support.
• 千葉興業銀行 (Chiba Kogyo Bank)majorGTM or Marketing PartnerChiba Kogyo Bank is listed as an official partner/sponsor on the team's website, providing financial sector partnership support.
• PUMAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPUMA is the official uniform and apparel partner, supplying team uniforms and equipment. The partnership includes collaboration on athlete appearances and community events.
• 三井不動産 (Mitsui Fudosan)majorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as an official partner on the Chiba Jets website, providing real estate and commercial facility partnership.
• 京成電鉄 (Keisei Electric Railway) — Keisei LinecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Keisei Line provides transportation infrastructure supporting fan attendance at home games, including shuttle bus service from Kita-Narashino Station to Funabashi Arena on game days.
• 株式会社千葉日報社 (Chiba Nippo)standardGTM or Marketing PartnerChiba Nippo newspaper is listed as an official partner, providing local media coverage and promotional support.
• 日本航空 (JAL)standardGTM or Marketing PartnerJapan Airlines is listed as an official partner on the team website.
• THE OFFCOURT (株式会社JWA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTHE OFFCOURT is a team-procuded beer cafe near Funabashi Station (opened December 8, 2021) operating as a permanent physical retail touchpoint. It features Chiba-produced ingredients, player collaboration menu items, public viewing of away games, and offers 10% discount to 6TH MAN CLUB paid members. Run by 株式会社JWA.
• FamilyMart (17 stores in Funabashi)majorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor17 FamilyMart stores in the Funabashi area were wrapped with Chiba Jets player branding (December 2024 to June 2025), creating localized retail visibility with each store featuring a different player's design.
• ららぽーとTOKYO-BAY (LaLaport Tokyo-Bay)majorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMitsui Shopping Park LaLaport Tokyo-Bay hosts a 'Chiba Jets Support Zone' featuring player shoe displays, lucky draw using IC cards, life-size photo spots, and live game viewing. Located at Kita-kan 1F Central Plaza.
• 船橋ビール醸造所 (Funabashi Beer Brewery)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunabashi Beer Brewery collaborated on limited-edition craft beer products including a 10th anniversary memorial label set (3 varieties: American Pale Ale, Stout with local clams, White with Funabashi carrots) sold as a set for 1,950 yen.
• JAいちかわ (JA Ichikawa / JA Chiba Ichikawa)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJA Ichikawa partnered on the 'Funabashi Carrot' project including a Chiba Jets-branded shipping box design and 'ALL CHIBA' initiative promoting local agricultural products. They also collaborated on the Chiba Red Hashd Beef product using local beef and vegetables.
• Panasonic Electric WorksstandardGTM or Marketing PartnerPanasonic Electric Works is listed as an official partner on the Chiba Jets website.
• 大同生命 (Daiichi Life Insurance)standardGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as an official partner on the Chiba Jets website, providing financial sector partnership.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Osaka Evessa: B.LEAGUE founding-era club with long-tenured corporate partnership network and similar merchandise/ticketing model. Comparable brand maturity and sponsorship tier structure in the Japanese basketball space.
• Alvark Tokyo: B.LEAGUE's flagship metropolitan club with extensive corporate partnerships and national brand presence. Provides comparable benchmark for upper-end B.LEAGUE sponsorship scale and fan club monetization.
• Nagoya Diamond Dolphins: B.LEAGUE club operating with similar fan club membership tiers, academy programs, and corporate sponsorship. Comparable mid-tier B.LEAGUE economics and brand positioning.
• Yokohama B-Corsairs: B.LEAGUE Kanto-region peer with similar fan club structure, corporate sponsorship model, and game-day revenue focus. Direct competitor for Kanto-area sponsorship dollars and fan attention.
• Shiga Lakestars: B.LEAGUE club with similar single-venue home arena economics and community-engagement branding. Directly comparable in scale and operational model.
• Hiroshima Dragonflies: Another B.LEAGUE professional basketball club operating under similar business model of tickets, merchandise, fan club memberships, and sponsorships. Direct head-to-head league competitor in the same Japanese professional basketball ecosystem.
• Ryukyu Golden Kings: B.LEAGUE club also operating with home arena, fan club tiers, corporate sponsorship, and academy programs. Similar championship pedigree and diversified revenue model in the Japanese basketball market.
• Levanga Hokkaido: B.LEAGUE club with similar community-based identity and diversified revenue from tickets, merchandise, sponsorships, and academy. Comparable mid-tier professional basketball club economics.
• Kawasaki Brave Thunders: Kanto-region B.LEAGUE rival with similar tiered fan club structure, corporate partnerships (e.g., Fujitsu), academy programs, and merchandise operations. Comparable scale and brand positioning.
• Kyoto Hannaryz: B.LEAGUE club with comparable revenue diversification across tickets, merchandise, sponsorships, and fan club memberships. Same league, same business model archetype.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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