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Here are the players who earned a ticket to the national tournament!

	Boys A Group Winner Zenji HIKOTA What is your goal at the Nationals? I want to reach the last 4 at the national tournament and make my parents happy. Who is your favourite badminton player? Kento MOMOTA, Akane YAMAGUCHI What is your dream? To get into the Olympics and getting a gold medal.

	Girls A Group Winner Nanami FURUTACHI What is your goal at the Nationals? I will not give up until the end and play with my full ability, to win as many games as possible! Who is your favourite badminton player? TAI Tzu Ying What is your dream? I wanted to become a pastry chef and a nursery teacher when I was younger, but now my dream is to live a happy life together with all my family.

	Boys B Group Winner Kosuke YAMAWAKI What is your goal at the Nationals? I want to be number 1 in Japan for the second time. Who is your favourite badminton player? LIN Dan What is your dream? Number 1 in the world rankings.

	Girls B Group Winner Saki MATSUMOTO What is your goal at the Nationals? I will do my best to win the tournament. Who is your favourite badminton player? Akane YAMAGUCHI What is your dream? A badminton player.

	Boys C Group Winner Kirari HIKOTA What is your goal at the Nationals? To win the tournament. Who is your favourite badminton player? Kento MOMOTA What is your dream? To get a gold medal for badminton at the Olympics.

	Girls C Group Winner Ayuna MOTOHASHI What is your goal at the Nationals? I will do my best to win as many games as possible. Who is your favourite badminton player? Akane YAMAGUCHI, Ayaka TAKAHASHI, Misaki MATSUTOMO What is your dream? To get into the Olympics.

	Boys A Group Selection Shota NATSUKA What is your goal at the Nationals? I will work hard and never give up on behalf of those who didn’t make it to the national tournament. I will beat the strong sixth graders and reach the last 4. Who is your favourite badminton player? LEE Chong Wei, Kevin Sanjaya SUKAMULJO What is your dream? A professional badminton player who can achieve on the world stage.

Boys A Group Selection

Shota NATSUKA

What is your goal at the Nationals?: I will work hard and never give up on behalf of those who didn’t make it to the national tournament.
I will beat the strong sixth graders and reach the last 4.
Who is your favourite badminton player?: LEE Chong Wei, Kevin Sanjaya SUKAMULJO
What is your dream?: A professional badminton player who can achieve on the world stage.

	Girls A Group Selection Yua YAMAMOTO What is your goal at the Nationals? My goal is to reach the last 8 among competitors who are one grade above me. Who is your favourite badminton player? Akane YAMAGUCHI What is your dream? To reach the podium at the Olympics.

Check out the exciting matches between elementary school students!

From the Aichi Prefecture School Children Badminton Federation

Yoshio NAGAI (Aichi Prefecture School Children Badminton Federation Chairman)

Thanks to Daihatsu being the main sponsor, we were able to prepare a trophy for the winner from this year.
The tournament has been revitalized thanks to the distribution of cheering goods and sports drinks, as well as the free car inspection service. This has led to a rise in the children’s motivation.
As we move forward with improving our leadership and organization, we also want the children to achieve results so they can aim towards their dreams and goals.

We received messages of support to the Japanese national players from the players and spectators!

NAGOYA DAIHATSU / MIKAWA DAIHATSU supported the tournament together with locals from the region!

From NAGOYA DAIHATSU / MIKAWA DAIHATSU

We were impressed by the intense, high quality matches. We were very pleased that the players and families appreciated the drinks and cheering goods that we distributed to them. Everyone was well-mannered and we were surprised to see there was almost no rubbish left on the seats and in the aisles after the tournament ended. It was our first time to join the supporting activities so we couldn’t really get amongst the tournament, but we would like to take our cheering to another level next year.