TOMOTO Kazuma

World Equestrian Games

Year	Location	Eventing Individual	Eventing Team
2018	Tryon, NC, USA	23	4

CCI5*-L

Rank	Event	Year	Location
26	Eventing Individual	2019	Badminton, GBR
RT	Eventing Individual	2019	Luhmuhlen, GER

Nations Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Eventing Team	2019	Boekelo, NED
6	Eventing Team	2017	Waregem, BEL

Legend
DS - Not Started, DSQ - Disqualified, RT - Retired, WD - Withdrawn, EL - Eliminated

Kazu (telegraph.co.uk, 02 May 2019; fei.org, 07 Jul 2019)

Athlete, Coach, Horse Trainer

Commerce - Meiji University, Tokyo, JPN

Wife Keiko, one daughter

English, Japanese

Japan Racing Association [JPA] [Tokyo, JPN]

William Fox-Pitt [personal], GBR, from 2017

He has represented Japan in equestrian jumping at World Cup events. (SportsDeskOnline, 05 Aug 2019)

He first tried the sport in grade two of primary school. He began eventing in 2015, having previously competed in equestrian jumping. (Japan Equestrian Federation YouTube channel, 12 Jul 2020; telegraph.co.uk, 02 May 2019; company.jra.jp, 01 Oct 2018)

He was encouraged to try riding by the coach of his older sister. He made the switch to eventing from equestrian jumping because there was a lack of eventing riders in Japan ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "We do have many international Japanese [showjumping] riders who are based in Europe but we didn't have eventing riders there. Eventing offered more opportunities for me to get a seat for the 2020 Games. It's been a good move. I also like eventing people, who are kind, friendly, and funny." (gifu-np.co.jp, 16 Jan 2021; Japan Equestrian Federation YouTube channel, 12 Jul 2020; fei.org, 07 Jul 2019; telegraph.co.uk, 02 May 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympics Games in Tokyo. (gifu-np.co.jp, 16 Jan 2021)

Being part of the Japanese national team that finished fourth in the team eventing competition at the 2018 World Equestrian Games [WEG] in Tryon, NC, United States of America. (Japan Equestrian Federation YouTube channel, 12 Jul 2020)

His wife and his daughter. (Japan Equestrian Federation YouTube channel, 12 Jul 2020)