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

	Boys A Group Winner Sogo ABE What is your goal at the Nationals? My goal is to be the champion of course! I look forward to it!! Who is your favourite badminton player? LIN Dan What is your dream? I haven’t decided yet.

	Girls A Group Winner Rio SUGAI What is your goal at the Nationals? I want to play my matches by concentrating on one shot at a time, so that I can get the most out of all the training that I have done until now. Who is your favourite badminton player? Mayu MATSUMOTO What is your dream? To be a Japanese national team badminton player, so that I can wear the Japanese flag and be a champion on a big stage.

Girls A Group Winner

Rio SUGAI

What is your goal at the Nationals?: I want to play my matches by concentrating on one shot at a time, so that I can get the most out of all the training that I have done until now.
Who is your favourite badminton player?: Mayu MATSUMOTO
What is your dream?: To be a Japanese national team badminton player, so that I can wear the Japanese flag and be a champion on a big stage.

	Boys B Group Winner Yura SAITO What is your goal at the Nationals? My goal is to be the champion! I will keep training hard for the tournament! Who is your favourite badminton player? Yuta WATANABE What is your dream? Getting into the Olympics.

	Girls B Group Winner Hinano KIMURA What is your goal at the Nationals? My goal is to reach the last 4. Who is your favourite badminton player? Akane YAMAGUCHI What is your dream? Getting into the Olympics.

	Boys C Group Winner Kanata AKASAKA What is your goal at the Nationals? I will work hard to reach the last 4. Who is your favourite badminton player? Misbun SIDEK What is your dream? Becoming a member of the Japan national team.

	Girls C Group Winner Yui ITABASHI What is your goal at the Nationals? Winning the tournament. I will concentrate and work hard for the national competition. Who is your favourite badminton player? Aya OHORI What is your dream? An Olympic player.

Check out the exciting matches between elementary school students!

From the Miyagi Prefecture School Children Badminton Federation

Masayoshi UEMATSU (Miyagi Prefecture School Children Badminton Federation Vice-President)

Every match was of high quality and had a tense atmosphere in it, moving towards the national tournament. Congratulations to everyone who was selected as a national player.
I feel that we also got attention from people who don’t play badminton, thanks to Daihatsu supporting us from this year. Looking into the future, I hope all the teams from the prefecture can come together and expand our stage from the prefecture to the national level, so that we can develop players who can achieve success.

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

MIYAGI DAIHATSU supported the tournament together with locals from the region!

From MIYAGI DAIHATSU

Elementary school students have lots of energy since early morning. Thanks to this energetic sight of seeing all the guardians who came cheering, it also made us felt more vibrant, even though we don’t usually do enough exercise. It was a great chance to experience badminton from up close. I can’t stop feeling excited at the thought that some of these players might compete on the world stage. I will keep supporting all of you!