Terms of Service

Article 1 (Application)

These Terms of Service ("Terms") set out the conditions for using "Footbolster Competition" (the "Service"), a football/futsal competition and league management support service provided by Footbolster, Inc. (the "Company"). All persons who use the Service ("Users") shall use the Service upon agreeing to these Terms.

Article 2 (Definitions)

1. "Competition Organizer" means a User who organizes and operates a competition or league using the Service.
2. "Participating Team" means a team, and its representative, that enters a competition or league organized by a Competition Organizer.
3. "Match HQ Staff" means a person who enters match records and carries out electronic approval procedures for an individual match.
4. "Entry Fee Payment Collection" means the function by which the Company collects, through an affiliated payment provider (including Stripe, Inc. and its affiliates; the same applies hereinafter), entry fees paid by Participating Teams to a Competition Organizer, and remits the amount to the Competition Organizer after deducting the prescribed collection fee.

Article 3 (Registration)

1. A person wishing to use the Service shall apply for registration in the manner prescribed by the Company, and registration is completed upon the Company's approval.
2. The Company may refuse or revoke registration if it determines that the applicant falls under any of the following:

• The registration information contains false statements, errors, or omissions
• The applicant falls under Anti-Social Forces, etc. (Article 15)
• The applicant has previously been suspended from using the Service for violating these Terms
• The Company otherwise determines that registration is not appropriate

Article 4 (Content of the Service)

The Service provides the following functions necessary for a Competition Organizer to run a competition or league. The functions provided may be added to or changed at the Company's discretion.

• Entry acceptance and approval management
• Automatic generation of fixtures (league format, knockout tournament, and group stage plus knockout)
• Entry of match records (goals, cautions, dismissals, substitutions, etc.) and electronic approval by relevant parties
• Automatic tallying and updating of standings, and public disclosure via a public URL
• Various notifications via email and the official LINE account (entry results, approval requests, match results, deadline alerts, etc.)
• Competition operations dashboard (team status, progress management)
• Entry fee payment collection (provided as part of certain paid plans)

Article 5 (Fees and Payment)

Fees for the Service consist of two types: "Single Event," applied for per competition, and an "Annual Plan," which allows a User to run multiple competitions under an annual contract. All prices are shown inclusive of Japanese consumption tax.

1. The fee for Single Event is a base fee of ¥4,980 (tax included) per competition, and the base fee covers up to 10 matches in the Scheduled Total Match Count.
2. If the Scheduled Total Match Count exceeds 10 matches, the User shall pay an additional fee of ¥300 (tax included) per match for the 11th and each subsequent match. There is no upper limit on the number of matches.
3. The base fee arises when a competition is created and shall be paid by the method prescribed by the Company.
4. The additional fee under the preceding paragraph is determined based on the Scheduled Total Match Count at the time the User performs the "Start competition" operation, or any equivalent operation, on the Service, and shall be paid by the method prescribed by the Company.
5. "Scheduled Total Match Count" means the total number of matches scheduled for the competition, as calculated by the Service based on the competition format, stages, fixtures, and other competition structure set at the time the competition starts. A match whose opposing teams are not yet determined, or for which individual match data has not yet been generated, is included in the Scheduled Total Match Count if it is scheduled to be played under the competition structure.
6. The User shall register a payment method to be used for paying additional fees when paying the base fee or at another time designated by the Company, and the Company may charge additional fees and other fees arising under these Terms to that payment method.
7. Under an Annual Plan, if the number of competitions or matches exceeds the limit prescribed for the contracted plan, the Competition Organizer shall bear the overage fees set by the Company.
8. Fees once paid will not be refunded, except where a refund is legally required. Even if an Annual Plan is cancelled partway through its contract period, no prorated or other refund of fees already paid will be made. Whether the base fee is refunded when a competition is cancelled after it is created but before it starts shall be as separately prescribed.
9. The Company may change its fee structure by giving prior notice on the Service or by email. A change to the fee structure under this paragraph does not apply retroactively to competitions already contracted and paid for at the time of the announcement or notice of the change.

Article 6 (Fees and Refunds after a Competition Starts)

1. The Scheduled Total Match Count determined when a competition starts is the basis for calculating the fees for that competition.
2. Even if all or some of the scheduled matches are not played after a competition starts — due to the convenience of the organizer or participants, weather, postponement, cancellation, walkovers, forfeits, deletion of matches, or any other reason not attributable to the Company — the Company in principle does not automatically reduce or refund fees.
3. Refunds or adjustments where the cause is attributable to the Company, or where the Company otherwise considers it appropriate, shall be made by a method separately prescribed by the Company.

Article 7 (Failed Payments)

1. If an additional fee arises when a competition starts, the User in principle cannot start the competition until payment of that additional fee is completed.
2. If payment using the registered payment method fails, the User shall update the payment method, complete additional authentication, or make the payment again, by the method prescribed by the Company.
3. When new matches are added after a competition starts, the registration of those additional matches may not be confirmed until payment of the corresponding additional fee is completed.

Article 8 (Entry Fee Payment Collection)

1. A Competition Organizer may use the Company's entry fee payment collection function to entrust the Company with collecting entry fees from Participating Teams.
2. The Company shall remit to the Competition Organizer the amount collected from Participating Teams, after deducting a collection fee (10% of the amount collected).
3. Entry fee payment collection is conditioned on the completion of account opening and identity verification (KYC) procedures with the affiliated payment provider. Until these procedures are completed, all or part of this function may be unavailable.
4. If a competition is cancelled or not carried out and refunds of entry fees to Participating Teams become necessary, the Competition Organizer shall be responsible for, and bear the cost of, handling such refunds. Any refund fees charged by the affiliated payment provider shall be borne by the Competition Organizer.
5. Even in the case of a refund under the preceding paragraph, the collection fee already received by the Company (equivalent to 10% under paragraph 2) is not subject to refund and will not be returned to the Competition Organizer.
6. The Company may change or discontinue the entry fee payment collection function due to changes in the affiliated payment provider's terms or screening criteria, among other reasons.

Article 9 (Prohibited Acts)

When using the Service, Users shall not engage in any of the following acts:

• Acts that violate laws, regulations, or public order and morals
• Registering or entering false information (including creating fictitious competitions or match results)
• Acts that infringe the intellectual property rights, rights of publicity, privacy, or other rights of the Company or third parties
• Unauthorized access to the Service's systems, or interference with its operation
• Using the entry fee payment collection function for money laundering or other unauthorized fund transfers
• Any other act the Company deems inappropriate

Article 10 (Suspension, Modification, and Termination of the Service)

1. The Company may suspend all or part of the Service, after giving prior notice to Users, for reasons such as system maintenance or responding to a failure (notice may be given after the fact in an emergency).
2. The Company may change the content of the Service or terminate its provision, after providing a reasonable period of advance notice.

Article 11 (Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability)

1. The Company does not warrant, expressly or impliedly, that the Service is free of defects in fact or in law (including defects relating to safety, reliability, accuracy, completeness, validity, or fitness for a particular purpose).
2. Decisions concerning the operation of a competition itself — such as cancellation or postponement of matches, or referee decisions — belong to the Competition Organizer, and the Company bears no responsibility for them.
3. Except where caused by the Company's willful misconduct or gross negligence, the Company's liability to a User for damages shall be limited to the amount of fees paid to the Company by that User in the month in which the direct cause of the damage occurred.

Article 12 (User's Responsibility)

Users shall use the Service at their own responsibility and are responsible for the accuracy of information they enter into the Service (such as match records and entry information). Competition Organizers are also responsible for complying with applicable laws themselves regarding the handling of entry fees and the collection and use of personal information from Participating Teams.

Article 13 (Intellectual Property Rights)

Intellectual property rights relating to the Service belong to the Company or to third parties who have licensed them to the Company. A license to use the Service under these Terms does not constitute a license to use any intellectual property rights of the Company or such third parties relating to the Service.

Article 14 (Handling of Personal Information)

The Company appropriately handles personal information obtained in the course of providing the Service in accordance with its separately established Privacy Policy.

Article 15 (Exclusion of Anti-Social Forces)

Users represent and warrant that they do not currently, and will not in the future, fall under organized crime groups, members of such groups, businesses affiliated with such groups, or other anti-social forces.

Article 16 (Changes to These Terms)

The Company may change these Terms after notifying Users through an announcement on the Service or other reasonable means, if the Company determines it necessary. The revised Terms take effect from the time they are announced in the manner prescribed by the Company, or from the effective date set by the Company.

Article 17 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)

These Terms are governed by the laws of Japan. Any dispute arising between the Company and a User in connection with the Service shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court as the court of first instance.

Article 18 (Miscellaneous)

Matters not provided for in these Terms shall be governed by applicable laws and customary practice. Even if any provision of these Terms is held invalid, the remaining provisions shall remain in effect.