Hiroshima Prefecture Qualifying Rounds Report | DAIHATSU-BADMINTON.COM | Light you up

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

	Boys A Group Winner Hiromichi SAKAI What is your goal at the Nationals? To bring out 100% of my ability and reach the last 8 at the national tournament. Who is your favourite badminton player? LEE Chong Wei, Kodai NARAOKA What is your dream? A badminton player.

	Girls A Group Winner Ayu MASUDA What is your goal at the Nationals? The last 4. I am very happy. Who is your favourite badminton player? Nozomi OKUHARA, Akane YAMAGUCHI What is your dream? To become the top badminton player in Japan.

	Boys B Group Winner Daiki MASUDA What is your goal at the Nationals? To come first. Who is your favourite badminton player? Kento MOMOTA, Yuta WATANABE, Kodai NARAOKA, Yudai OKIMOTO What is your dream? A badminton player.

	Girls B Group Winner Kozue YAMASHITA What is your goal at the Nationals? To reach the last 8. I want to work hard and become stronger. Who is your favourite badminton player? Akane YAMAGUCHI What is your dream? A veterinarian and a badminton player.

	Boys C Group Winner Masaki OGAWA What is your goal at the Nationals? I will work hard so I can win. Who is your favourite badminton player? Nozomi OKUHARA What is your dream? A badminton player.

	Girls C Group Winner Anon OKIMOTO What is your goal at the Nationals? My goal is to win the tournament. I will work hard to win the tournament. Who is your favourite badminton player? Nozomi OKUHARA What is your dream? To get into the Olympics as a badminton player.

	Boys A Group Selection Takumi NAKAMURA What is your goal at the Nationals? I will do my best to reach the last 4. Who is your favourite badminton player? Yuta WATANABE What is your dream? A badminton player.

Check out the exciting matches between elementary school students!

From the Hiroshima Prefecture School Children Badminton Federation

Masanori YAMAZAKI (Hiroshima Prefecture School Children Badminton Federation Chairman)

Only the winners of the prefectural qualifying rounds get to participate in the ABC tournament so it is a tough battle. You can hear the players say that they are happy, relieved or frustrated. Although they are rivals, they are also fellow badminton players, so it was heartwarming to see them cheerfully chatting with each other.
The role of the federation is to send stronger children to the national tournament, but in order to do so we need to popularize and spread badminton among more and more children while discovering new talent.

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

DAIHATSU HIROSHIMA / ONOMICHI DAIHATSU supported the tournament together with locals from the region!

From DAIHATSU HIROSHIMA / ONOMICHI DAIHATSU

This was the 2nd time we carried out our supporting activities, and we always look forward to meeting the energetic players every year. They put so much effort into writing messages to the Japanese national players, while we also took many photos of their smiling faces. We were surprised to see their faces change to a focused gaze when they played their matches. It pleased us to see them using the provided goods to cheer for the matches. We want to keep supporting the children’s badminton dreams.