Shingo Kunieda, who won the gold medal in wheelchair tennis at the Tokyo Paralympics, will receive a reward of 100 million yen from his company for his contribution to improving the status of parasports.
37-year-old Kunieda, who was also the captain of the Japanese team at the Tokyo Paralympics, won the gold medal for the first time in two tournaments in the men's singles for wheelchair tennis.
FAST RETAILING, which operates "UNIQLO" to which Kunieda belongs, is that Kunieda's success in the Tokyo tournament transcends the boundaries between general sports and parasports, and contributes to improving the status of parasports. He announced on the 9th that he would pay a special reward of 100 million yen to Kunieda for encouraging people.
This is the second person to pay a 100 million yen bounty since Kei Nishikori, who won second place at the US Open in 2014.
Kunieda commented, "I received the maximum evaluation, and when I first heard it, I was trembling. I would like to continue to perform well so as not to be ashamed of this evaluation."
Kunieda will participate in the wheelchair section of the US Open, the four major tennis tournaments to be held in New York from the 10th of Japan time.