We will newly commission 5 people to be “Yamaguchi Furusato Ambassador”!
Reiwa 4 (2022) February 14
The “Yamaguchi Furusato Ambassador”, which started in November 2008, is a system in which a well-known person with a connection to the prefecture is appointed as an ambassador and conveys the charm of Yamaguchi Prefecture through various opportunities on a daily basis.
This time, we will newly commission the following five people to be “Yamaguchi Furusato Ambassadors”. As a result, “Yamaguchi Furusato Ambassador” will be 53 people and 4 groups (as shown in the attached file).
1 Newly appointed person
(The order of the Japanese syllabary, titles omitted, occupation, etc. are described at the request of the person, etc.)
| Full name | Occupation etc. | place of residence | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayase | Musician Popular as Vocaloid P, he is also active as a composer of YOASOBI, a unit that makes novels into music. Representative works such as “Running at Night” and “Gunjo”. | Kanto area | Ube City |
| Shohei Ono | Judo player At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and the 2021 Tokyo 2020 Olympics Judo Men’s 73 kg class, he won the second consecutive title in the history of Japanese judo men. | Nara Prefecture | Yamaguchi City |
| Ghana Rainbow | JAL athlete employee Fencing (Epe) player He won the Epe tournament that he participated in when he was in Iwakuni Technical High School and turned from Foil. He won the gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Fencing Men’s Epe Group. | Kanto area | Aichi prefecture |
| Hisayoshi Harasawa | Judo player He won an individual silver medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and a group silver medal at the 2021 Tokyo 2020 Olympics. | Tokyo | Shimonoseki City |
| Misato Michishita | Belongs to Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. Blind marathon runner World record holder for the visually impaired women’s marathon He won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics and a long-sought gold medal at the 2021 Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. | Fukuoka Prefecture | Shimonoseki City |
2 Commission to the ambassador
We will seize the opportunity of coming to the prefecture and issue a commission from time to time.
Attachment
Hometown Ambassador List (R04.02.14) .pdf （PDF : 231KB）
Contact information
Public Relations and Public Relations Division
Tel：083-933-2566
Fax：083-933-2598
Mail：[email protected]
