KURODA Tomonari

Football 5-a-side

Date of Birth: 9 Oct 1978

Age: 42

Gender: Male

Sport Class: B1

Place of birth: YATSUSHIRO

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : TAMA

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Football 5-a-side	Men JPN Japan	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #01 JPN Japan 4 FRA France 0	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #06 BRA Brazil 4 JPN Japan 0	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #09 JPN Japan 0 CHN China 2	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Men's 5-6 Classification Match #14 JPN Japan 1 ESP Spain 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championship
6	Men	2014	Tokyo, JPN
8	Men	2010	Hereford, GBR

Tomo (parasapo.tokyo, 07 Aug 2021)

Previous names:

Tomonari Tanaka

Occupation:

Athlete, Teacher

Kurume University, Japan

Languages spoken:

Tama Hassas [Japan]

Satoshi Takada [national], JPN

Position style:

Forward (web.gekisaka.jp, 31 Dec 2019)

2002 for Japan Against Republic of Korea, Friendly Match (web.gekisaka.jp, 31 Dec 2019; news.yahoo.co.jp, 16 May 2021)

He took up the sport in 2002. (ntv.co.jp, 16 Aug 2021)

He was a fan of the Japanese manga series 'Captain Tsubasa', which is about footballers, but there was no football team at his school for visually impaired children. Later he participated in a football 5-a-side workshop. (web.gekisaka.jp, 31 Dec 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (news.yahoo.co.jp, 16 May 2021)

He was a Paralympic torch bearer during the relay ahead of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. His leg of the relay was in Yatsushiro, Japan. (news.yahoo.co.jp, 16 May 2021)

He was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] at the national championship in Japan in 2006, 2007 and 2008. (city.tama.lg.jp, 05 Aug 2021)

General Interest

Classification
B1 (IBSA, 24 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (isas.ibsasport.org, 24 Aug 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (web.gekisaka.jp, 31 Dec 2019)

Impairment Details
He was diagnosed with cancer in his left eye at three months old, and underwent surgery to remove the eye. His other eye was also removed, at age six, after his vision in his right eye had deteriorated. (ntv.co.jp, 16 Aug 2021; web.gekisaka.jp, 31 Dec 2019)

General
OCCUPATION
He has worked as a teacher at Tokyo Metropolitan Hachioji School for the Blind in Japan. (ntv.co.jp, 16 Aug 2021; jsad.or.jp, 30 Jul 2021)

FURTHER EDUCATION
He has studied for a master's degree at the University of Tsukuba in Japan. (web.gekisaka.jp, 31 Dec 2019)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011345130221

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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