Business 04 — Tunagura
Baseball Glove Rental
Making baseball easier to start,
and easier to keep playing.
Tunagura is a rental service for baseball gloves in Japan. Gloves and mitts for hardball, rubber-ball baseball, and softball are available from 550 yen per month (tax included).
The name combines the Japanese words for "connect" (tsunagu) and "glove": we take gloves that families no longer use, restore them, and pass them on to the next player who needs one.
- Launched
- 2021
- Total users
- More than 50
- Price
- From 550 yen per month
Why
Why rent a glove?
Fewer children in Japan are playing baseball, and one reason is the cost of equipment. Paying hundreds of dollars up front for a sport a child may not continue is a hard decision for parents, and gloves need replacing as children grow or change positions.
Our CEO heard this again and again from parents at his baseball clinics. A concern raised that often on the ground is a problem worth solving, and Tunagura is our answer.
Features
Three options
Return it when you're done
Rent a glove only for as long as you need it, then send it back. It is an easy way to start before you know whether baseball will stick.
Exchange it when it no longer fits
If you grow or change positions, switch to a different glove instead of buying a new one.
Buy it if you love it
A glove that has molded to your hand can be purchased outright, so you decide after you have used it.
Lineup & Price
Lineup and pricing
Gloves available
Adult and youth gloves for hardball and rubber-ball baseball, plus softball, with models for pitchers, catchers, first basemen, infielders, and outfielders.
Pricing
From 550 yen per month (tax included). See the official website for details.
See pricing (Japanese)Flow
How it works
- 01
Choose a glove
Pick a glove by type and position on the official website.
- 02
Apply
Submit the form and we send you payment instructions.
- 03
Receive it
Once payment is confirmed, we ship a restored glove.
- 04
Return, exchange, or buy
Send it back when you are done, swap it, or keep it.
Sustainability
Used × restored × rented
Many homes in Japan have gloves that are no longer used but still perfectly usable. Tunagura collects and restores them and rents them out, so that anyone can get a glove when they need one, at an affordable price.
Keeping usable equipment in use is also a way of circulating resources. Alongside rentals, we sell restored used gloves.