Q & A

When and where you began playing, and why this sport?
"He began the sport at age seven."

Your equipment sponsor and current racket model?
"Yonex"

Sporting awards / Honours (so far)?
"In 2019 he received the Big Sports Special Award at the 53rd TV Asahi Big Sports Awards in Japan. In 2019 he was given the Minoru Yoneyama Award by the Yonex Sports Foundation in Japan. In 2018 he received the Kagawa Prefecture Sports Glory Award in Japan."

Sporting ambitions?
"To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo."