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  3. TV Aichi records a special in public, with Abareru-kun and Nana Suzuki at a pickleball taster

TV Aichi records a special in public, with Abareru-kun and Nana Suzuki at a pickleball taster

2026 9/28
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11 August 20262026年9月28日
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テレビ愛知が、特別番組『街角プレーヤー発掘!みんなでピックルボール』の公開収録を、2026年8月22日(土)に三井ショッピングパーク ららぽーと愛知東郷(愛知郡東郷町)で実施した。ゲストはあばれる君と鈴木奈々。収録の前後には、プロ選手が直接教える無料体験会が二部制で開かれ、来場者はその場でラケットを握ることができた。放送は2026年9月に予定されていた。地上波局が番組づくりと初心者の入口を一つの会場でまとめてつくる構図は、日本のピックルボール普及がテレビ局を動かす段階に入ったことを示している。

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300 seats for the recording, free tasters in two parts with nothing to bring

番組はあばれる君チームと鈴木奈々チームの対決を軸に進む。公開収録は14時から17時で、観覧は定員300名の事前申込制。その前後に置かれた無料体験会は、第一部が10時から12時半、第二部が17時から19時という構成だ。どちらも手ぶらで参加でき、初心者を主な対象にしている。参加にはひとつ条件があり、三井ショッピングパークポイント「メンバーズページ」の登録画面を提示する必要がある。会場は1階中央の「メインスクエア」、開催時間は10時から19時の通しで、観覧も体験も費用はかからない。後援は一般財団法人ピックルボール日本連盟が務めた。

Time slot Details Conditions for taking part and watching
10:00〜12:30 Free taster, part one (taught by pro players) Nothing to bring; show the Members Page registration screen
14:00〜17:00 Public recording of the special program "Street Player Hunt! Pickleball for Everyone" 300 seats, advance application required
17:00〜19:00 Free taster, part two (taught by pro players) Nothing to bring; show the Members Page registration screen

Terrestrial TV came to build an entry point to the sport, not just an audience for a show

What stands out about this day is that the station sets up a celebrity matchup as the draw while opening beginner courts on either side of it. A recording alone would only need an audience. But by splitting the taster into a morning and an evening part and making it possible to come empty-handed, families who came to watch the show can hit their first ball right there.

In the Kanto region, TV Asahi's five-minute program Tsunagaru Pickle brought a court to a summer festival site for 37 days, earning far more contact time on the ground than its airtime. TV Aichi's version here is a one-off but close in thinking. Spread awareness over the air, and provide the same brand of experience on the ground. In Pickleball One's market survey, awareness of the sport is still low at 13.1%, while interest among those who know it is high. Television is one of the few routes that reaches the people who do not know it.The case of TV Asahi putting a permanent court at a summer festivalset beside it, and a flow of broadcasters stepping into the practical work of growing the sport comes into view.

Daniel Moore, Aoi Nakata and Saki Oyama on the beginner courts

体験会にはダニエル・ムーア選手、中田あおい選手、大山紗輝選手が入り、来場者に直接手ほどきをした。番組の対決を沸かせるプロが、そのまま初心者の隣でラケットの持ち方から教える。この距離の近さは、市場の小ささと表裏一体だ。ピックルボールワンの推計で日本の競技人口はおよそ33万人。前年のおよそ4.5万人から一年で大きく増えたとはいえ、参加者が2024年に約1,980万人(米SFIA調べ)に達した米国とは桁がふたつ違う。

Because the market is small, top players can stand in a free beginners' slot. In Shibuya Ward, active players sent to international events continue coaching at the ward's parent-and-child classes, and some rounds have gone to a lottery after being oversubscribed.The case of a free class in Shibuya Ward going to a lotteryと同じく、東郷町の会場でも「本来なら有料級の指導が無料で受けられる」時間が生まれた。コーチ業に相場がつく前の、今だけの光景だ。

Why a commercial facility becomes the venue, and what it means to plant seeds in Tokai

The choice of LaLaport as the venue is calculated too. On weekends, shopping malls are crossed by crowds of families who have never once searched for pickleball. The entry point to the sport is placed not in a gymnasium where interested people gather, but beside a walkway used by people with no interest at all. The requirement to show a members-page registration screen also works for the mall as a device for collecting visitor data and tying it to promotions. The broadcaster and the mall find their separate aims meeting on a single court.

Regional conditions are part of the background. In Pickleball One's survey, interest is distributed with Kanto at 66.5% and Kansai next at 13.5%, while Tokai stays at 6.8%. Aichi is still a thin market, and a local station is dropping a program and a hands-on session into it together. The picture is of TV Aichi pulling a sport that has warmed up in Kanto into its own broadcast area.An article analyzing how far pickleball has spread in Japanalso names building touchpoints outside the big cities as the next area for growth.

What the September broadcast will leave on Tokai's courts

8月22日の一日は、芸能人の対決とプロの指導、そして手ぶらの体験が同じ会場に同居した。テレビ愛知にとっては番組の素材集めであり、来場者にとってはラケットを初めて握る場になった。番組が電波に乗るのは9月。その日に体験会で続いた一本のラリーが、東海のコート数や教室の増加に跳ね返るかどうかは、放送のあとに受け皿となる常設施設と練習の場がどれだけ用意されるかにかかっている。テレビが灯した火を、地元がどこまで絶やさずに運ぶか。答えは秋以降の東郷町のコートに出る。

Sources

  • TV Aichi Corporation press release (PR TIMES, August 3, 2026)
  • Street-Corner Player Hunt! Pickleball for Everyone | TV Aichi official site
  • Japan Pickleball Market Survey 2026 (Pickleball One Inc.)
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I'm a pickleball enthusiast in my third year living in Vietnam. In high school I was on the badminton team, spending every day chasing the shuttle. Now, amid the buzz of Ho Chi Minh City, I'm fully immersed in the speedy volleys my badminton background enables and the strategic mind games unique to pickleball. I'll casually share the real playing scene in Vietnam—local court info and improvement tips that only a former badminton player would know!

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