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The following Meiji University students and graduates have been slated to participate in the 32nd Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, to be held in Tokyo from July 23, 2021. We have high hopes for their success.
Please join us in cheering on the participating athletes.

*This page introduces the confirmed participating athletes as of July 9th.
*We will update the information as needed.
*Link to the “Olympic Schedule & Results” of the Tokyo 2020 official website (external link)

Olympic Games

Athletes

Sports	Event	Name		School Year/Year of Graduation
Athletics	110m Hurdles (Men)	Shunya Takayama		Withdrawal from the School of Law in 2017
Swimming	Freestyle (Men）	Katsuhiro Matsumoto		Graduated from the School of Political Science and Economics in 2019
Rowing	Lightweight Double Sculls (2x) (Women)	Chiaki Tomita		Graduated with Master's degree from Graduate School of Political Science and Economics in 2019
Sailing	RS:X - Windsurfer (Women)	Yuki Sunaga		Graduated from the School of Commerce in 2003
Basketball	12-team tournament (Men)	Kosuke Kanamaru		Graduated from the School of Political Science and Economics in 2011
Handball	12-team tournament (Men)	Tatsuki Yoshino		Graduated from the School of Political Science and Economics in 2017
Table Tennis	Team (Men)/Singles (Men)	Koki Niwa (Team) Bronze Medal !! ＞Related Articles ・Mizutani and Niwa win bronze in the men’s team table tennis event  ・Mizutani and Niwa visit Meiji University to report on their medal win		Graduated from the School of Political Science and Economics in 2017
	Team (Men)/Mixed Doubles	Jun Mizutani (Mixed Doubles) Gold Medal !! ＞Related Article ・Mizutani takes gold in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics table tennis mixed doubles (Team) Bronze Medal !! ＞Related Articles ・Mizutani and Niwa win bronze in the men’s team table tennis event  ・Mizutani and Niwa visit Meiji University to report on their medal win		Graduated from the School of Political Science and Economics in 2013
Equestrian	Dressage	Hiroyuki Kitahara		Graduated from the School of Law in 1995
		Shingo Hayashi		Graduated from the School of Political Science and Economics in 2007
	Eventing	Yoshiaki Oiwa		Graduated from the School of Commerce in 1999
		Kazuma Tomoto		Graduated from the School of Commerce in 2006
	Jumping	Daisuke Fukushima		Graduated from the School of Agriculture in 2001
		Koki Saito		Graduated from the School of Political Science and Economics in 2014
Shooting	10m Air Rifle (Women)/ 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team/ 50m Rifle 3 Positions (Women)	Shiori Hirata		4th year in the School of Political Science and Economics
Rugby	12-team tournament (Men)	Kippei Ishida		3rd year in the School of Arts and Letters
		Ryota Kano		Graduated from the School of Arts and Letters in 2015
Baseball	Baseball (Men)	Masato Morishita Gold Medal !! ＞Related Article ・Morishita wins gold in baseball at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics		Graduated from the School of Political Science and Economics in 2020

Head Coach, Coach, Staff

Sports	Event	Name	School Year/Year of Graduation
Athletics	Coach	Kimihiro Kaneko	Associate Professor, School of Science and Technology
Basketball	Women’s Basketball Assistant Coach	Takehiko Chibana	Graduated from the school of Business Administration in 1998
Table Tennis	Men’s Table Tennis Head Coach	Yosuke Kurashima	Graduated from the School of Business Administration in 1999
	Technical Personnel	Shunsuke Togami	2nd year in the School of Political Science and Economics
Equestrian	Japanese Olympic delegation (Administrative Personnel)	Tatsumi Aoyama	Graduated from the School of Agriculture in 1986
Shooting	Japanese Olympic delegation (Administrative Personnel)	Yoko Miki	Graduated from the School of Political Science and Economics in 1988
Triathlon	Head Coach	Toshiyuki Nakayama	Graduated from the School of Commerce in 1985
Sport Climbing	Coach	Shinji Mizumura	Professor, School of Arts and Letters