Toyosato Rin (Yomitan High School), a fourth-year student in the Department Department of Sport Science and Health Faculty of Human Sciences, has received the 2025 Fukuoka Citizens Sports Award.
This award is given annually by Fukuoka City to organizations and individuals who have achieved outstanding results in international and national sporting competitions. Toyosato was awarded the prize in recognition of her achievements in winning a gold medal as a member of the Japanese women's basketball team at the 2025 Tokyo Deaflympics held last November.
The award ceremony was held at Fukuoka City Hall on Friday, February 6th, and Toyosato gave a speech on behalf of the award recipients, saying, "Thank you very much for receiving this very prestigious award today. All the award recipients would like to express their gratitude. We would also like to express our heartfelt thanks to everyone involved. We worked hard every day in practice and at training camps, and were able to achieve such results, so we are deeply grateful to the many people, including our families, who support us every day."
[Student Department]
