TOKAIRIN Dai

Date of Birth: 9 Mar 1999

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Sport Class: S14,SM14

Place of birth: YAMAGATA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : YAMAGATA

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 100m Butterfly - S14
	Men's 200m Individual Medley - SM14	4
	Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay - S14 JPN Japan	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Butterfly - S14 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay - S14 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Individual Medley - SM14 Heat 3	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Individual Medley - SM14 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
1	200m Individual Medley - SM14	2019	London, GBR	2:08.16
3	100m Butterfly - S14	2019	London, GBR	58.14
6	4x100m Freestyle Relay - S14	2019	London, GBR	4:01.01
9	200m Freestyle - S14	2019	London, GBR	1:59.19
Asian Para Games
1	100m Butterfly - S14	2018	Jakarta, INA	57.67
1	200m Individual Medley - SM14	2018	Jakarta, INA	2:12.07
2	100m Breaststroke - SB14	2018	Jakarta, INA	1:08.86

Painting, photography. (Athlete, 11 Sep 2019)

Languages spoken:

Mitsubishi Corporation [Japan]

2015 for Japan (Athlete, 11 Sep 2019)

He began swimming at age four at Yamagata Dolphin Club in Japan. He took up the sport seriously in 2014 with the aim of competing in the Paralympic Games. (yamagata-np.jp, 26 Oct 2016; Athlete, 11 Sep 2019; sports.jtb.co.jp, 09 Aug 2019)

He enjoyed playing in the water and was persuaded to pursue the sport by his older brother. "According to my mother, when I was a child I would get soaked in the river, and I broke the bathtub at home when I dived in with my brother." (parasapo.tokyo, 09 Nov 2019; yamagata-np.jp, 26 Oct 2016; journal.paraswim.jp, 05 Mar 2016)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (yamagata-np.jp, 26 Oct 2016; tokyo2020.org, 05 Feb 2021)

He trains six days a week. He swims for three hours a day and spends 30 minutes on athletics training. (parasapo.tokyo, 11 Sep 2019)

US swimmer Michael Phelps, Japanese swimmer Daiya Seto. (Athlete, 11 Sep 2019)

His parents. (tokyo2020.org, 05 Feb 2021)

Philosophy:

"Be positive, smile and enjoy. Believe in your infinite possibilities and work hard." (tokyo2020.org, 05 Feb 2021)

In 2019 he received the Yamagata Prefecture Sports Grand Award in Japan. (pref.yamagata.jp, 22 Feb 2019)

In 2015 he was given a Sports Achievement Citation Award by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan. (yamagata-np.jp, 26 Oct 2016)

General Interest

Classification
S14, SB14, SM14 (IPC, 2021)

Type of Impairment
Intellectual impairment (journal.paraswim.jp, 05 Mar 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 11 Sep 2019)

Impairment Details
He was diagnosed with autism at age four. (tokyo2020.org, 05 Feb 2021)

General
SWIMMING DIARY
He began writing a diary in order to maintain his mental focus following a suggestion from his father. "It is all about controlling my mind. If I could have done that, I wouldn't have been defeated [in the qualification meet for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro]. I followed his advice, thinking that writing down what went well may help me work hard again the next day. When you actually write it, it makes it stand out. As I continued writing in my 'notebook of success', I became less and less negative, and was eventually able to tackle tough training with a positive frame of mind, even when I was up against the odds." (tokyo2020.org, 05 Feb 2021; parasapo.tokyo, 09 Nov 2019)

OCCUPATION
He works as a cleaner at a retirement home in Yamagata, Japan. (parasapo.tokyo, 09 Nov 2019; pref.yamagata.jp, 22 Feb 2019)

Legend

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

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