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Monday, April 1, 2024

We are pleased to announce that boccia player Hidetaka Sugimura has signed an affiliation agreement with our company IFING Corporation (Head office: Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Eisho Fuyuhiro; Brand name: TOKIO Inkarami) effective April 1, 2024.
We have also signed a Gold Partner Agreement with the Japan Boccia Association.

We are pleased to inform you that we have signed a Gold Partner Agreement with the Japan Boccia Association.
(A press conference was recently held on April 19, 2024 to announce the affiliation.

(From left to right: Fuyuhiro and Hidetaka Sugimura of our company)

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Date of birth: March 1, 1982
Birthplace: Shizuoka Prefecture

Started playing boccia when he was a senior in high school after being shown a video at school.
Since her first appearance at the London 2012 Paralympics, she has competed in three consecutive games.

He contributed to the team silver medal at the Rio 2016 Paralympics and won the individual gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics,
At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, she won an individual gold medal and a bronze medal in the team.

She has congenital cerebral palsy, which prevents her from moving her hands and feet freely.
With cerebral palsy, which makes it difficult for her to balance her body, she rarely trains physically, but after the Rio 2016 Paralympics, she adopted core training and won the individual gold medal she had longed for at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.