It's been announced that sports brand,�adidas Japan, has contracted�EXILE as athletes. Not as musicians modelling as athletes, but as bona fide athletes for the brand.�adidas Japan has signed many athletes before, but this is the first time they contracted with a recording artist (or in this case, artists).

They will start cooperating together to�enliven the Japanese sports scene by developing special products and sports programs. At the press conference, four of the EXILE members (AKIRA, TETSUYA, NAOTO, NAOKI) showed up wearing adida's new training wear, "adibright", which was inspired by the image of �EXILE.

A special video and interview with the 5 members will be available from November 22nd the official adidas Japan website.

Check out some of the photos from the press conference below!

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