Ayumu Hirano - TOKIO Inkarami signed an affiliation contract
- Published on: 2021.07.01
- Updated: 2022.07.15
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Thursday, July 1, 2021
Ayumu Hirano has signed an affiliation contract with IFING Corporation (Head office: Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Eisho Fuyuhiro; Brand name: TOKIO Inkarami) effective today, July 1.
I am pleased to report to you all.
0The following is an excerpt from the press release
Ayumu Hirano won silver medals in snowboarding at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, and was selected to represent Tokyo in skateboarding this summer. She will continue her competitive activities as a member of "TOKIO Inkarami".
0Ayumu Hirano's message
We are grateful for the support we have received from TOKIO Inkarami in this Corona Disaster, and we hope to live up to their expectations by aiming even higher." Ayumu Hirano
About Ayumu Hirano.
Ø Date of birth: November 29, 1998
Ø Birthplace: Niigata, Japan
Ø Profile:
He started snowboarding at the age of 4, signed a professional contract with a manufacturer in the fourth grade, and made his mark on the halfpipe early on, winning silver medals in the men's halfpipe at the 2014 Sochi and 2018 PyeongChang Olympics. His medal at the Sochi Olympics at the age of 15 years and 74 days was recognized by Guinness World Records as the youngest Olympic medalist in snowboarding. He is a world-class snowboarder in both name and reality, winning the Winter X Games, the world's most prestigious competition, in 2016 and 2018, winning a total of three FIS World Cups, and in 2019, he was named to Forbes Japan's 30 Under 30 Japan in the sports category He is currently a member of the Tokyo Olympics. Currently, he is trying to compete in the Summer Olympics in the skateboarding "park" event, which was newly added as an official event in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, for the first time in his career, he is trying to double his sport with snowboarding.
Awards and honors
- 2018 Burton US OPEN Winner
- Silver medal, Pyeongchang Olympics, 2018
- 2018 Aspen Winter X-GAMES Winner (First Japanese)
- 2016 Oslo Winter X-Games Winner (first Japanese)
- 2016 European Open Winner
- Silver medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics (first Japanese in halfpipe)