{"id":23029,"date":"2026-05-15T13:20:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/23029\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T13:20:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:20:50","slug":"executive-fight-night-2026-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/23029\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive Fight Night 2026 | Living"},"content":{"rendered":"

Executive Fight Night<\/a> (EFN) is back for its annual event on May 29th, 2026. Once again, Tokyo executives will face off at Roppongi\u2019s Grand Hyatt Tokyo in front of hundreds of cheering fans in a Vegas-style boxing event to benefit Shine On! Kids (SOK)<\/a>, an NPO that supports children with cancer and other serious illnesses at hospitals throughout Japan.<\/p>\n

Guests indulge in a four-course dinner, drinks and the chance to win fabulous prizes from sponsors Emirates, Grand Hyatt and jeweler Alok Rakyan, and all the glitz and glamour associated with a Vegas-style boxing event.<\/p>\n

What makes Executive Fight Night compelling, in addition to the excitement of the battles in the ring, is the theme of\u00a0Fighting for Fighters. \u201cThe metaphor of the fighters in the ring representing our kids fighting through their personal treatments is powerful,\u201d says SOK co-founder Kimberly Forsythe-Ferris. <\/p>\n

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\u201cEveryone in life has to fight at one time or another. The battles are different, but as humans, we all have challenges we have to overcome.\u201d Each fighter fights for a family with a child suffering from a serious illness. They meet during the training process for fun and mutual support. <\/p>\n

For the children, having someone to cheer on and give support to is as important as knowing the fighter is in their corner. \u201cEveryone\u2019s always telling them to \u2018ganbatte.\u2019 Today, they get to say it to someone else, which is really special and empowering,\u201d Forsythe-Ferris explains.<\/p>\n

Once again, this year\u2019s Executive Fight Night is raising funds for SOK\u2019s Hospital Facility Dog Program<\/a>. This is the first of its kind in Japan. A nurse pairs with a specially-trained therapy dog to work full-time in a children\u2019s hospital. Together, they improve outcomes and the children\u2019s approach to medical treatment through various animal-assisted interventions. One example is accompanying kids during medical procedures and visiting them regularly during their hospital stay. <\/p>\n

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Patients tell of the power of the dogs. For example, \u201cJust having Annie there makes me feel safe and gave me peace of mind. I will never forget when I started practicing walking. She walked with me slowly as if she cared about me. My worries about whether I would be able to walk by myself disappeared.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shine On! Kids manages the event in collaboration with Club360<\/a>, Empire Entertainment<\/a>, and other corporate partners.<\/p>\n

Even though the cause is serious, the event promises to be hugely enjoyable\u2009\u2014\u2009necessarily so. This represents the positivity of SOK\u2019s joyful mission. May\u2019s championship will be the 14th Executive Fight Night. The event is famed for its luxurious food, wine and spectacular Vegas-style boxing\u2009\u2014\u2009a rarity in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

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Finally, for the many people who work under these executives, Executive Fight Night fulfills a fantasy that is hard to find elsewhere: Seeing your boss get punched in the face. And as it\u2019s for a good cause, you don\u2019t even need to feel bad about it.<\/p>\n

Executive Fight Night will take place at Grand Hyatt Tokyo on May 29. Tickets to the event are available here<\/a> and sell out fast, so hurry!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Executive Fight Night (EFN) is back for its annual event on May 29th, 2026. Once again, Tokyo executives…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8,18165,52],"class_list":{"0":"post-23029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tokyo","8":"tag-japan","9":"tag-things-to-do-in-tokyo","10":"tag-tokyo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}