KONAMI eSports Academy won the "e-Construction Equipment Challenge" held at the Kansai Expo in Osaka, Japan! 15-year-old high school student became the youngest winner in the history of the event.

KONAMI eSports Academy, operated by Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. has announced that it has won the "eConstruction Equipment Challenge" held at Expo in Kansai, Osaka. The 15-year-old high school student is the youngest ever winner of the "e-Construction Machinery Challenge".

Two high school students won the e-Construction Equipment Challenge!

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The e-Construction Machinery Challenge is an e-sports-like game in which participants compete for time and accuracy by remotely operating machinery at construction sites from a distance. In the e-Construction Equipment Challenge Osaka-Kansai Expo, hydraulic excavators and carrier dump trucks located in Chiba Prefecture were operated remotely from the Expo Hall Shine Hat in Osaka Prefecture, 450 km away, in a time trial format.

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At the age of 15, a player from the KONAMI eSports Academy was the youngest ever winner of the "e-Construction Machinery Challenge". This experience will not only give the players confidence, but will also encourage more e-sports players to enter the construction industry and contribute to the industry. We look forward to his future success.

In addition, KONAMI eSports Academy is focusing on industry-academia collaboration. The current open school also introduces why they are working on the "e-Construction Equipment Challenge," so if you are interested, please visit the official KONAMI e-Sports Academy website and apply for the open school. Applications are accepted from first-year junior high school students.

For other details, please visit the official KONAMI eSports Academy website.

KONAMI eSports Academy Winner's Comment

Rikuto Yamamoto, 15 years old, a first-year high school student

I came all the way to the Kansai Expo in Osaka with my family cheering me on, so I am happy to have set the top time. If I have a chance next time, I want to play well so that I don't get penalized.

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Hiroki Harada, high school sophomore, age 16

First of all, it was a fierce competition to select the members who would participate in the "e-Construction Machinery Challenge" in the school. I was determined to do my best to make up for those who couldn't make it. This time, I made more mistakes than in practice, which added to my time, but I am happy to have achieved a satisfactory result.

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Comment from Mr. Shigeki Umemura, Principal of KONAMI e-Sports Academy

I am very happy to have achieved this first place result. I would like to thank everyone involved and the parents for their cooperation. I am honored to have had the opportunity to participate on the stage at the Osaka Kansai Expo and to have achieved this first place result.

KONAMI eSports Academy is a school for learning eSports, but it is not only about game techniques. Even if you do not become a professional gamer or streamer, which everyone aspires to be, there are many places where you can be active with the skills you have acquired.

The transportation and construction industry is an unusual exit for an e-sports school, but I think it is a big step forward for the e-sports industry to be able to prove that what students have learned at the school has an affinity with industries other than the game and e-sports industries. KONAMI e-Sports Academy will continue to work to increase the number of such cases while aiming for victory in the next "e-Construction Equipment Challenge" as well.

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