Sports & Life Innovation Co., Ltd.

Sports & Life Innovation Co., Ltd. (株式会社スポーツ＆ライフ・イノベーション) is a Japanese company headquartered in Minoh, Osaka, that builds and operates membership-based children's education and sports businesses. According to its corporate profile, the company was established on August 25, 2011, and employs 58 people including contracted staff. Its representative director and president is Yuhei Miki (三木侑平), with directors Yuya Handa (半田裕也) and Koichiro Ueki (植木幸一郎). The company's core activities are dance school operations, sports classes, stage production, education, and new business creation. Its best-known consumer-facing brand is Lydia Dance Academy (リディアダンスアカデミー), a kids' dance school that it operates directly and expands nationwide through a franchise (FC) model. Beyond dance, the company runs cheerleading schools and a backflip/acrobatics class taught by former national-team and world-champion instructors, as well as a reading school. It also supports businesses in converting their existing operations into membership-based models. On the entertainment side, Sports & Life Innovation handles stage production, including work as stage director for well-known artists and support for comedy and theater company performances, offering one-stop event planning through operation. The company presents itself under the mission phrase 'The pursuit of growth' (成長の追求) and the slogan 'Growth is the heart of innovation. Always challenge, always ahead.' (成長は革新の心臓。常に挑戦、常に先へ。). It also lists affiliated athletes and produces video content documenting its academy's recitals and camps, including performances connected to Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai.

Sports & Life Innovation Co., Ltd. was established on August 25, 2011, according to its corporate profile. It is headquartered in Minoh, Osaka, at the ICC Building, and describes itself as a company that pursues growth through sports and related education businesses. The company's business has developed around membership-based children's programs. Its flagship school brand, Lydia Dance Academy (リディアダンスアカデミー), operates kids' dance classes and is expanded nationwide through a franchise model. The company also runs cheerleading schools and a small-group backflip class taught by former national-team and world-champion instructors, as well as a reading school. In addition to direct school operation, it advises other businesses on converting their existing operations into membership-based models. A second pillar is stage production. The company handles stage direction for well-known artists and supports performances by comedians and theater companies, providing one-stop event planning through operation. This connects its education and entertainment activities, and its academy produces public recitals and camps that are documented in video content. Recent posted videos include Lydia Dance Academy recitals at Umeda Arts Theater under the B-BOX 2025 banner and a performance connected to Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai. As of its corporate profile, the company employs 58 people including contracted staff. Its leadership includes Representative Director and President Yuhei Miki, with directors Yuya Handa and Koichiro Ueki. The company states a mission of 'the pursuit of growth' and a slogan, 'Growth is the heart of innovation. Always challenge, always ahead.'

• Company established.

• Lydia Dance Academy recital B-BOX 2025 held at Umeda Arts Theater; ending videos posted.

• Lydia Dance Academy Summer Camp 2025 digest movie posted.

• Lydia Dance Academy recital 'Ring in Osaka-Kansai Expo' digest movie posted.

A membership-based children's education and sports business operator that combines direct school management with nationwide franchising and stage production services.

• Lydia Dance Academy

  Kids' dance school brand operated directly and expanded nationwide through franchising.

• Kids' cheer school

  Cheerleading school for children.

• Backflip class

  Small-group acrobatics class taught by former national-team and world-champion instructors.

• Reading school

  Reading school taught by former national-team and world-champion instructors.

• Stage production

  Stage direction for artists and support for comedy and theater performances, with one-stop event planning and operation.

1. 1株式会社スポーツ＆ライフ・イノベーションsl-i.co.jp
2. 2会社概要 - 株式会社スポーツ＆ライフ・イノベーションsl-i.co.jp
3. 3Wikidata Q140736794wikidata.org