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

	Boys A Group Winner Shoto OKAMOTO What is your goal at the Nationals? To progress to the final tournament. To reach the last 16 or higher. Who is your favourite badminton player? Kento MOMOTA, Kenichi HAYAKAWA, Hiroyuki SAEKI What is your dream? A badminton player.

	Girls A Group Winner Arisa KANAMORI What is your goal at the Nationals? I will work hard to reach the last 8 while competing against players from older grades. Who is your favourite badminton player? Nozomi OKUHARA, Ryota ICHII What is your dream? To get into the Olympics.

	Boys B Group Winner Shin HIRATA What is your goal at the Nationals? This is my first national tournament and I will aim for the last 16. Who is your favourite badminton player? Ritsuki HIRATA (my older brother) What is your dream? A YouTuber. A badminton player.

	Girls B Group Winner Yuzuki INADA What is your goal at the Nationals? I want to reach the last 4 at the national tournament. Who is your favourite badminton player? Nozomi OKUHARA What is your dream? I want to win a medal at the Olympics.

	Boys C Group Winner Eito ATAKA What is your goal at the Nationals? To reach the last 8. I will never give up and do my best to win as many games as possible. Who is your favourite badminton player? Mana AKITA, who is from the same club as me What is your dream? I want to become a badminton player.

	Girls C Group Winner Rina KITAMURA What is your goal at the Nationals? To win as many matches as possible. Who is your favourite badminton player? Nozomi OKUHARA What is your dream? A badminton player.

	Boys A Group Selection Yuki EMI What is your goal at the Nationals? To come first to become the national champion. I still have weaknesses, so I want to fix these and perform well at the national tournament. Who is your favourite badminton player? Kento MOMOTA What is your dream? I want to get into the Olympics, which only happens once every 4 years, and experience the joy of winning the tournament.

Boys A Group Selection

Yuki EMI

What is your goal at the Nationals?: To come first to become the national champion. I still have weaknesses, so I want to fix these and perform well at the national tournament.
Who is your favourite badminton player?: Kento MOMOTA
What is your dream?: I want to get into the Olympics, which only happens once every 4 years, and experience the joy of winning the tournament.

	Girls A Group Selection Mana AKITA What is your goal at the Nationals? To win the tournament. I want to become the number 1 badminton player in Japan. Who is your favourite badminton player? Akane YAMAGUCHI, TAI Tzu Ying What is your dream? To win the national tournament. I want to play at the Olympics and get to stand on the podium.

Check out the exciting matches between elementary school students!

From the Okayama Prefecture School Children Badminton Federation

Tetsuya MATSUMOTO (Okayama Prefecture School Children Badminton Federation Chairman)

We are grateful to Daihatsu for providing sports drinks as the participation prize. There were many fun activities in the lobby for the players to enjoy after their matches.
For the players who will appear at the main tournament, I hope they can play their best and win as many matches as they can.
We want to continue to develop as many players as possible who can reach a high rank at the national ABC tournament and the national primary school tournament.

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

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

From OKAYAMA DAIHATSU

It was great to see the dedicated performances of the primary school students. We felt proud that our name Daihatsu was on the tournament banner and the tournament guidelines. We were also so glad to hear words of thanks from the players and their families as they left. We will continue to support the tournament.