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Rakuten Sports to debut new skateboarding event in Tokyo

Yuto Horigome of Team Japan competes at the Skateboarding Men's Street Prelims on day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

Rakuten Sports has announced the launch of Uprising Tokyo, a new international skateboarding event in the Japanese capital.

The event will be held in collaboration with professional skateboarder and Rakuten partner Yuto Horigome. The inaugural edition will take place from May 26-28 at the Ariake Arena.

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