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Boys A Group Winner
Hikaru TAKAHASHI
- What is your goal at the Nationals?
- I only think about winning the tournament because this is my last time to play at the ABC.
I will do my best until the end to win the tournament. - Who is your favourite badminton player?
- Kento MOMOTA
- What is your dream?
- My future dream is to play for a corporate team.
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Girls A Group Winner
Marin HIROSE
- What is your goal at the Nationals?
- I want to win the tournament.
- Who is your favourite badminton player?
- Wakana NAGAHARA
- What is your dream?
- To win a medal at the Olympics.
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Boys B Group Winner
Hiroto YOKOTA
- What is your goal at the Nationals?
- To win the national tournament. To train a lot and win.
- Who is your favourite badminton player?
- Shuji SAWADA
- What is your dream?
- To win the Olympics.
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Girls B Group Winner
Mizuki TAMURA
- What is your goal at the Nationals?
- I want to do my best to win the tournament.
- Who is your favourite badminton player?
- Nozomi OKUHARA
- What is your dream?
- To appear at the Olympics.
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Boys C Group Winner
Issei MATSUSHITA
- What is your goal at the Nationals?
- I want to win the national tournament.
- Who is your favourite badminton player?
- Kento MOMOTA
- What is your dream?
- I want to become a badminton player.
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Girls C Group Winner
Fumika SUGINO
- What is your goal at the Nationals?
- I want to reach the last 4 and play at the tournament again next year.
- Who is your favourite badminton player?
- Sayo OKUDA
- What is your dream?
- A kindergarten teacher.
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Boys A Group Selection
Shuji SAWADA
- What is your goal at the Nationals?
- To win the national tournament. I am competing against 6th graders this year, so I want to maintain my ambitious spirit and aim to win.
- Who is your favourite badminton player?
- LEE Chong Wei
- What is your dream?
- To win the Olympics.
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Girls A Group Selection
Yuhi AZUMAYA
- What is your goal at the Nationals?
- To win against the 6th graders and reach the last 8.
- Who is your favourite badminton player?
- Nozomi OKUHARA
- What is your dream?
- To get into the Olympics.
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Girls B Group Selection
Sayo OKUDA
- What is your goal at the Nationals?
- I want to reach the last 8. I want to be the top player among the 3rd graders. The way I feel now is that I will never give up and will keep chasing the shuttle until the end.
- Who is your favourite badminton player?
- Nozomi OKUHARA, Wakana NAGAHARA
- What is your dream?
- A badminton player.
Toshio KUMAGAI (Hokkaido Prefecture School Children Badminton Federation Chairman)
I hope the players feel grateful that the qualifying rounds took place in such a splendid gymnasium. I would like them to keep wanting to do their best next time as well. I hope they enjoy playing badminton as they aim for their goals.
The Daihatsu staff’s greetings to the players and rubbish collecting efforts were really special.
Thanks to the provision of cheering goods and drinks, messages to the players and photo taking, it was fantastic that each player could feel close to the Japanese national players to motivate them to do their best!
- There were more competitors than we imagined, while we saw not just the upper grade players but also those in the lower grades freely swinging their racquets and nimbly moving inside the court as they passionately competed. It made us so absorbed in watching their matches that we almost forget about our supporting activities. We will continue to support the ABC Badminton National Primary School Tournament.