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This study aimed to understand the characteristics of students who registered for the ASASPO Club and those who did not. Data were collected from 3683 students who participated in a questionnaire survey on exercise ability tests and exercise, sports, and lifestyle and from students who have not received exercise ability tests; those students who did not answer all the questionnaires were excluded from the analysis. Therefore, analysis was conducted on the data collected from 3196 participants; among the male respondents of the survey, 122 had registered for the ASASPO club and 1716 had not registered. Also, 1164 female respondents did not register for the club and 194 had registered. Respondents' basic characteristics and factors related to registration were recorded. On the basis of this information, the students with high exercise ability and those with high weight and BMI were registered with ASASPO Club while the difference in basic characteristics was not related to registration among female students. Factors related to registration were analyzed using decision trees. This analysis was based on the results obtained from a questionnaire survey concerning to exercise, sports, and lifestyles conducted in a class of first-year university students. The results of the analysis indicated that "sex" was the most important factor affecting registrations to the ASASPO Club. Further, male students intending to begin exercising within six months or those who were already engaged in continuous fitness activities tended to register for the club. Female students desirous of exercising for less than 30 minutes were tended to register with the club to use its on-campus facilities even after the end of the physical education. Furthermore, it became clear that the faculty to which the student belongs and the month when the classes were conducted also affected registrations to the ASASPO Club. It is necessary to understand the characteristics of registrants in further detail and to improve continuity in program participation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]