April 15, 2022
Dentsu Digital Co., Ltd.
Dentsu Digital Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Soichi Kawakami, Dentsu Digital) announced on April 1 that Mitsuya Tanaka of Para Taekwondo and Kaede Kuwano of Boccia. Fuka) We are pleased to inform you that we have hired a player as an employee.
Dentsu Digital is engaged in various initiatives related to diversity and inclusion, one of which is supporting the recruitment of people with disabilities and the activities of para-athletes. Currently, we have Shoichi Asai (para table tennis), Hironori Arikuma (para-athletics / wheelchair fencing, 100m), Masayuki Arita (boccia), Ryohisa Ohno (CP soccer), Saki Komatsu (paracanoeing). , Kakuda Shigeru (wheelchair fencing) Nagao Keinaga (wheelchair tennis), Yamauchi Yuki (para-athletics), Wakiyama Rikuhisa (para-athletics / wheelchair), Wakao Yuta (para-athletics / spear throwing) I am enrolled * 1.
The newly hired Para Taekwondo player, Tanaka, won numerous international competitions such as the 2018 “Kim Eun Young International Para Taekwondo Open” and participated in the 2021 “Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games”. In addition, Boccia’s Kuwano won the runner-up at the 2013 Asian Youth Para Games Malaysia 2013, and has achieved good results in both domestic and overseas competitions. Dentsu Digital will continue to contribute to the spread and promotion of parasports, including supporting the activities of both athletes.
Dentsu Digital aims to contribute to the sustainable growth of companies and society under the new Purpose * 2 that “moves people’s hearts, creates value, and changes the way the world is.” In the field of sports as well, we will continue to support athletes and competitions aiming to realize their dreams, and at the same time, we will promote the creation of a diverse environment where people with disabilities can work comfortably in the rapidly changing digital society. ..
* 1: Former wheelchair basketball player Ikumi Takubo has retired from active duty and is currently engaged in business support and parasports promotion activities for his athletes as a Dentsu Digital employee.
Para-athlete Ikumi Takubo (wheelchair basketball) Retirement and future activities (announced on January 27, 2022)
https://www.dentsudigital.co.jp/news/release/csr/2022-0127-001235
* 2: Dentsu Digital sends out its new purpose (announced on April 1, 2022)
https://www.dentsudigital.co.jp/news/release/management/2022-0401-1-0017
https://www.dentsudigital.co.jp/para-athlete/
Mitsuya Tanaka
Main event: Para Taekwondo * Reinforcement designated player
Date of Birth: July 22, 1992
Congenital bilateral upper limb defect disorder. He has been involved in various sports since childhood and continues to play soccer until college. After getting a job at a related organization to be involved in the spread of sports for people with disabilities, he decided to change his career as a para-athlete. Focusing on Taekwondo, where he can make the most of his sports experience, he started the competition in earnest in 2017. Fascinated by the sense of speed and intensity, he improved his ability and was selected as a designated player for strengthening from the same year, and participated in the 2021 “Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games”. Aiming to be an athlete who can contribute to people and society by disseminating his competitive activities and experiences.
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Awards / representative battle history:
2018 Pan America Para Taekwondo Open Champion (K43 / 75kg class)
In the same year, Kim Ung-yong won the International Para Taekwondo Open (K43 / 75kg class)
2019 US Open Para Taekwondo Championship Champion (K43 / 61kg class)
Winner of the 2020 Saint-Marie Cup (K44 / 61kg class)
2021 Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games 9th place (K44 / 61kg class)
[Comment by Tanaka]
As with Dentsu Digital, which constantly takes on challenges toward a society with digital, I myself will continue to take on new challenges as a member and as a player. In addition to pursuing the results of the Paralympics and international competitions, I would like to aim to be an employee who can give energy and change to many people inside and outside the company and society as a whole by disseminating the process and attitude. .. I myself am very excited about such a future.
Kaede Kuwano (Fuka Kuwano)
Main event: Boccia (BC3)
Date of Birth: August 18, 1996
Extremity trunk dysfunction due to congenital cerebral palsy. He first learned about boccia on television and started playing at the age of 14. In the BC1 class, he has achieved good results in world competitions such as the 2013 “Asian Youth Para Games Malaysia 2013” individual runner-up. He developed cervical spondylosis in 2020 and changed his class to BC3 from 2022. He restarts and continues to challenge his next goal.
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Awards / representative battle history:
2013 14th Japan Boccia Championship Best 8 (BC1)
In the same year, the 13th National Sports Tournament for the Disabled 3rd place (group)
The same year Asian Youth Para Games Malaysia 2013 runner-up (BC1)
2017 Dubai 2017 Asian Youth Para Games Best 8 (BC1)
2019 6th Fukuoka Boccia Festa Paravocha Tournament Runner-up (BC1)
[Comment by Kuwano]
I think that the motto of “Challenge everything and do not give up until it is achieved”, which I have advocated in my life, is similar to Dentsu Digital’s approach to clients sincerely as a business growth partner. increase. As an athlete, I will continue to strive to achieve results by constantly repeating self-analysis and research, such as what is lacking in order to produce results and what kind of training is required. And, through such a figure, I would like to aim to be a player who can support everyone as a member of Dentsu Digital.
* In alphabetical order
Shoichi Asai
Main event: Para table tennis (class 8)
Left hemiplegia. When he entered university, he encountered para table tennis and started his activities in earnest. He has a good record in national competitions.
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Hironori Arikuma
Main event: Athletics Long jump / 100m (T38 class)
Cerebral palsy (left hemiplegia). He started the competition in 2016, won medals in the competitions he has participated in since then, and set a new 800m Japanese record.
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Masayuki Arita
Main event: Boccia (BC3) * Reinforcement designated player
Congenital intractable spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Former Japan national team for electric wheelchair soccer, Boccia has turned to competition since 2017. He won the 2021 Japan Championship.
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Ryohisa Ohno (Tomohisa Ohno)
Main event: CP soccer (FT1) * Reinforcement designated player
Right hemiplegia. He started the competition in 2016 and was elected to the Japanese national team two months later. From 2018 he will also be the deputy captain. He led his team to victory in the All Japan Championships in Japan.
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Saki Komatsu
Main event: Paracanoeing (VL2) * Reinforcement designated player
After playing an active part as a volleyball player, he suddenly became ill and became paralyzed in both lower limbs. He started competing in 2021 and finished second in the national competition in just two months and fifth in the World Cup two months later. In the same year, he participated in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
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Shigeru Tsunoda (Akira Tsunoda)
Main event: Wheelchair fencing (Category B)
At the age of 23, the lower limbs function was completely abolished due to a traffic accident. Taking advantage of his pre-accident martial arts experience, he started the competition in 2016. Since then, he has participated in numerous international competitions.
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Keito Nagaro
Main event: Wheelchair tennis (main class) * Reinforcement designated player
At the age of 17, he suffered an accident and suffered a total abolition of both lower limb functions due to spinal cord injury. He has achieved results in numerous competitions and has been selected as a designated player for strengthening next-generation training.
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Yuki Yamauchi
Main event: Shooting 10m air pistol
An accident occurred at the age of 17, and the nerves of the entire right hand were paralyzed. He started competing in 2014 and participated in the international competition for the first time in 2017.
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Riku Wakiyama
Main event: Athletics 100m / 200m / 400m / Half Marathon (T54 class)
Congenital spina bifida. He started competing in 2013 and won medals at international competitions when he was a junior.
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Yuta Wako
Main event: Athletics Javelin throw (F12 class) * Strengthening designated athlete
At the age of 20, he developed Leber’s hereditary disorder and became visually impaired. He has been devoting himself to javelin throw since 2018 and set a Japanese record the following year.
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