Tokyo Yakult Swallows / Yakult Swallows Co., Ltd. (Minato-ku, Tokyo, Acting President and CEO: Tsuyoshi Kinugasa) invited guests to the Giants match (18:00 match start, Jingu Stadium) on March 29, 2022 (Tuesday). We will hold a solo singing and opening ceremony.
The details are as follows.
March 29 (Tuesday)
| National Anthem Solo | Ceremonial first pitch |
| Tomotaka Okamoto | Momoka Muraoka |
Tomotaka Okamoto Profile
Born in Sukumo City, Kochi Prefecture. He is a soprano (male soprano singer). He is a very rare “natural male soprano singer” in the world. After graduating from Kunitachi College of Music, he completed the Poulenc Conservatory in France at the top.
The one-of-a-kind singing voice that echoes warmly in the depths of the heart is called “miracle singing voice”, and the unique characters and costumes are also highly sought after not only in the classical world but also in various fields. Its repertoire is wide-ranging, including religious songs, operas, crossovers, Japanese songs and pops, and you can hear its true value in the Fuji TV figure skating broadcast theme song “Bolero”, which has been in charge since 2006. ..
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In 2014, he sang the national anthem at the “Sochi Olympics Japanese Players Uniting Ceremony”.
In 2016, she appeared in the Takarazuka Revue OG version of the Broadway musical “Chicago” at the David H. Koch Theater in New York, USA.
In 2017, he sang the national anthem at “84th Japan Derby”.
“Boléro IV ~ New Breath ~” at the 2019 World Figure Skating Championships 2019
Live performance, national anthem singing.
2021 “Tokyo 2020 Olympics Closing Ceremony” Olympic hymn solo.
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Momoka Muraoka Profile
At the age of four, he became paralyzed in the lower half of his body due to illness and became unable to walk, leading to a life in a wheelchair.
I met outrigger skiing when I was in the third grade of elementary school, and since then I have enjoyed skiing as a hobby once or twice a year. In the second year of junior high school, he was fascinated by the skiing of Paralympians (at that time) and entered the world of competitive skiing.
At the age of 17, he was selected to represent Japan at the 2014 Sochi Paralympics, and won 5th place in a giant slalom.
At the Heisei Paralympics, which served as the flagship of the Japanese team in 2018, he was on the podium in all five events including the big turn victory, and in the winter Paralympic Games, the number of Japanese athletes was one, five (gold 1 / silver 2 / bronze). I got the medal of 2). In addition, winning the gold medal at 21 years and 0 months is the youngest record in the history of Japanese athletes at the Paralympic Winter Games. Received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2018. He won the World Cup overall in the 2018-19 season and won two gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships.
From the spring of the same year, he also worked on para-athletics sprints in earnest, participated in the Tokyo Paralympics, and won the 6th place.
At the 2022 Beijing Paralympics, where he participated in para alpine skiing as captain of the Japanese team, he won three gold medals and one silver medal. The total of four gold medals at the Winter Paralympic Games will be the highest among Japanese athletes.