UP-FRONT esports club

UP-FRONT esports club (sometimes stylized as e-sports with a hyphen) is an eSports club for talent that was formed in December 2017 and made its competitive debut in January 2018.

Members

 * Yaguchi Mari (矢口真里) Supervisor
 * Furukawa Konatsu (古川小夏)
 * Arai Manami (新井愛瞳)
 * (宮澤茉凛)
 * Yokoyama Reina (横山玲奈)
 * Kajishima Aya (鍛治島彩)

History
On December 20, 2017, club was initially announced under the name "UP-FRONT Team" with former Morning Musume member Yaguchi Mari, Up Up Girls (Kari) members Furukawa Konatsu and Arai Manami, and LoVendoЯ guitarist as the four founding members.

The UP-FRONT esports club made its competitive debut on January 8, 2018 at the Dai Ichi Kai eSports Star Battle Championship, which was streamed live on the official eSports Star League Twitch channel.

On July 27, 2018, Morning Musume '18 member Yokoyama Reina and Up Up Girls (2) member Kajishima Aya joined the club.

On August 6, 2018, the club will compete in the Dai Ni Kai eSports Star Battle Championship, which will held on the Special Stage of the TV Asahi・Roppongi Hills Natsu Matsuri SUMMER STATION and streamed live on AbemaTV's Ultra Games Channel.

Competitions Participated In

 * [2018.01.08] Dai Ichi Kai eSports Star Battle Championship (第一回eスポーツスターバトルチャンピオンシップ)
 * [2018.08.06] Dai Ni Kai eSports Star Battle Championship (第二回eスポーツスターバトルチャンピオンシップ)

Trivia

 * Club supervisor Yaguchi Mari said that she loves gaming, but admits that she is not good at it.
 * Up Up Girls (Kari) created a YouTube gaming channel named in September 2017, which Arai Manami is the most frequent member on the channel followed by Furukawa Konatsu.
 * is a fan of Pokémon, Monster Hunter, Dynasty Warriors, and Samurai Warriors games.
 * Yaguchi Mari has attended the Tokyo Game Shows in 2016 and 2017 as an official supporter of the Japan eSports League and eSports Communications. Up Up Girls (Kari) attended in 2017, where they played mobile games on the Exvision. Stage.
 * Kajishima Aya live streams on her SHOWROOM channel while she plays video games such as Mario Kart and Splatoon 2.