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

	Boys A Group Winner Tomoya YAZAKI What is your goal at the Nationals? My goal is to reach the last 4. I am excited because I get to compete against great players at the national competition. What is your dream? My dream is to get into the Olympics.

	Girls A Group Winner Airi TAJIKA What is your goal at the Nationals? I want to reach the final tournament. Who is your favourite badminton player? Akane YAMAGUCHI What is your dream? My dream is to become a successful badminton player and to play at international competitions.

	Boys B Group Winner Yuma ITO What is your goal at the Nationals? I am happy that I am able to play at the national tournament. I want to win the tournament. Who is your favourite badminton player? LEE Chong Wei What is your dream? I want to become the top badminton player in the world.

	Girls B Group Winner Hinano TEZUKA What is your goal at the Nationals? It is my first time to play at the national competition so I will try not to be nervous, get the most out of my training and win as many games as I can, one at a time. Who is your favourite badminton player? Nozomi OKUHARA,Kaoru SUGIYAMA What is your dream? I want to join the Japanese national team to compete against strong players from around the world.

Girls B Group Winner

Hinano TEZUKA

What is your goal at the Nationals?: It is my first time to play at the national competition so I will try not to be nervous, get the most out of my training and win as many games as I can, one at a time.
Who is your favourite badminton player?: Nozomi OKUHARA,Kaoru SUGIYAMA
What is your dream?: I want to join the Japanese national team to compete against strong players from around the world.

	Boys C Group Winner Kazuma AOKI What is your goal at the Nationals? To reach the last 4. Who is your favourite badminton player? Kento MOMOTA,LEE Chong Wei,LIN Dan What is your dream? I will keep working hard and do my best at the national competition.

	Girls C Group Winner Miyu SHINOHARA What is your goal at the Nationals? To never give up until the end. Who is your favourite badminton player? Nozomi OKUHARA What is your dream? I want to become to the top player in Japan.

Check out the exciting matches between elementary school students!

From the Nagano Prefecture School Children Badminton Federation

Hidetoshi SONEHARA(Nagano Prefecture School Children Badminton Federation Chairman)

I hope the winning players in each group at this tournament can give their best effort at the national tournament in Kumamoto, and return home with good results.
With Daihatsu as the main sponsor for this tournament, we were able to make the event in a really splendid atmosphere. It also helped to motivate the children, so I’m happy about this. We hope to continue to offer our support towards cheering for the children.

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

Nagano Daihatsu / Nagano Daihatsu Motors supported the tournament together with locals from the region!

From Nagano Daihatsu / Nagano Daihatsu Motors

With the largest ever number of players competing in this year’s qualifying tournament in Nagano prefecture, we realized how popular badminton really is. Needless to say we were impressed to see the players putting in so much effort, but we were also very happy to see the united audience showing their enthusiasm with their cheering balloons. Many thanks to the members of the federation for your help in preparing the facilities. Please keep doing your best to win the Daihatsu cup next year!