ARAI Daisuke

Japan
Wheelchair Tennis
14 May 1988
33
Male
WT
TOKYO
 
Japan

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
WTE Wheelchair Tennis Men's Singles 17
Men's Doubles
JPN
Arai / Miki
 9

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
6th on Centre Court 		Ariake Tennis Park Centre Court
Men's Singles First Round
ISR
SASSON GSASSON Guy
 Sport Class: WT
1
1
JPN
ARAI DARAI Daisuke
 Sport Class: WT
6
6
Finished
7th on Centre Court 		Ariake Tennis Park Centre Court
Men's Doubles First Round
THA
Khlongrua / Suwan
6(2)
3
JPN
Arai / Miki
7
6
Finished
Ariake Tennis Park Court 1
Men's Singles Second Round
JPN
ARAI DARAI Daisuke
 Sport Class: WT
0
2
SWE
OLSSON SOLSSON Stefan
 Sport Class: WT
6
6
Finished
2nd on Court 3 		Ariake Tennis Park Court 3
Men's Doubles Second Round
ARG
Fernandez / Ledesma
6
2
6
JPN
Arai / Miki
2
6
3
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Athlete
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Wife Fumi
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Japanese
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BNP Paribas [Japan]
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Yoshihiro Nakazawa [national], JPN
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Right (itftennis.com, 31 May 2021)
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2016 for Japan (100yes.net, 07 Apr 2017)
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He began playing wheelchair tennis in 2014 at age 26 in Kakamigahara, Japan, and took up the sport seriously the following year. (parasapo.tokyo, 17 Dec 2018; edu-kakamigahara.com, 27 Nov 2017; athkatsu.com, 06 Feb 2021)
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His friend invited him to join the able-bodied tennis club at his middle school. He then met a wheelchair tennis player when he was working in the wheelchair department at an assistive equipment manufacturing company. He decided to focus on the sport after he injured his right leg, where he usually wears a prosthesis, and also underwent surgery on his left leg due to a torn meniscus. (ssl.allez-japan.com, 20 Aug 2017; 100yes.net, 07 Apr 2017; athkatsu.com, 06 Feb 2021)
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To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (npparibas.jp, 28 Oct 2020)
Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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