TAKEFUJI CORPORATION   15-1 Nishi-Shinjuku 8-chome,Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-8654 Japan February 22, 2006 For release    Immediately Representative Hikaru Kondo, President Contact Investor Relations Tel: 81-3-3365-8011 Fax: 81-3-3365-8070 Stock Code No. 8564 TYOSE Takefuji BAMBOO advances to the 12th V-league Final Tournament As of February 5, Takefuji BAMBOO ranked 4th out of 10 teams with 14 wins 10 loses. On February 11, BAMBOO went into de facto playoff to secure Best 4 position, and the team won the game in Tokorozawa, Saitama, against SEAGULLS with 3-1. Takefuji BAMBOO rode a wave of winning that the team won the following game held on February 12 with 3-0 against Mobara ALLCUS. And since SEAGULLS lost their game on that day, Takefuji BAMBOO got the ticket to the final. Takefuji Corporation is pleased to announce that Takefuji BAMBOO, a female professional volleyball team belonging to the V-league, will advance to the 12th V-league final tournament having 16 wins and 11 loses record as 4th position in the league for the first time in these three years after last regular round game was completed on 19th February 2006. Only 2 teams out of 4 teams will be able to go to the grand final, which will start on March 3. Prior to the Grand Final, Takefuji BAMBOO enters the semi-final round games that will be held on February 25 and 26. Now that Takefuji BAMBOO is setting their goal to the first championship, your warm cheering and support will be highly appreciated. <12th V-league Tournament Final Round Schedule> Feb. 25(Sat) Winner Enters the gameon 26th Feb. Loser Called 4th place on12th V-leaguetournament Feb. 26(Sun) Loser at (i) VS Winner at (ii) Winner Enters the Final games starts on Mar. 3 Loser Called 3rd place on12th V-leaguetournament Mar. 3 (Fri) Grand Final (2wins in 3 games system) The winner is the first to score the second of a maximum three games.Note: If the winner is determined on March 4, there won't be the game on March 5. Mar. 4 (Sat) Mar. 5 (Sun) <Voices from Takefuji BAMBOO : For the Final Round> Coach: Akihisa Ishihara Though it was regrettable to say that we were not able to win at the last game of the regular round, we believe that it gave us a chance to reconfirm our conditions for piling continuous wins. All members of Takefuji BAMBOO intend to come into their perfect condition next week. At the first leg in Osaka as well as second leg for Grand Final in Tokyo like sudden death playoffs, we are focusing to the top place and fighting through all games with our best. I hope the brave figure of each player will remain in your heart deeply. Captain: Hitomi Imura The final round is about to start! The game in Osaka should be hard one that determines our position in the league for this 12th season. However, we will do our best and hopefully we will step into the second leg for Grand Final in Tokyo. We will never give up until all games are done! Chie Yoshizawa We get each of us going to the final. Advancing to the final round has not been realized without warm support from Takefuji BAMBOO fans. We will fight as much as we can in Osaka, so please cheer us! Haneef Tayyiba Last weekend we finished regular season and are very excited to go into the final round. It has been our goal all season to make it to Osaka and we have worked very hard to get there. Our fans have been very supportive and have encouraged us to keep fighting. But making the finals isn't enough, we all want to win and we will do our best to become a V-league champion. Go Bamboo!! Rumi Adachi We are so excited that we have made going to the final round for the first time in these three years, and our opponent has been called. Our team ranked at 4th in the regular round, to become a champion, there is no other way but keep winning! Please join us and cheer us up to the top! Takefuji BAMBOO Takefuji BAMBOO was established in August 2001. The name "Takefuji BAMBOO" was named with the hope of 'growing to the sky without bending like a fresh green young bamboo". And Princess Kaguya*, the team's logo mark, is derived from the name of such young bamboo. Takefuji BAMBOO has focused on social contribution activities in order to send "Dreams" and "Sensation" from local communities to all over Japan. As part of such activities, the team has cooperated on the sitting volleyball** team and given volleyball lessons to elementary school, high school students as well as adult volleyball circles. * Princess Kaguya is featured in one of Japanese traditional old tales - Taketori. Baby Kaguya, who was originally sent from the moon world, was found in a bamboo tube and brought up by finders with lots of love.) ** Sitting volleyball: floor volleyball played by physically handicapped people Back by Takefuji co.