Ajinomoto Announces Partnership with Olympic Athlete Mirai Takaichi for Nutritional Support

Based on the knowledge about food and amino acids that we have cultivated since our founding, we have been supporting various sports, such as judo athlete Hifumi Abe and Shigekix breaking athlete. .

Under these circumstances, we have concluded a partnership agreement with Mr. Takaichi, who won the international competition held in Tokyo last December and has been selected to participate in the Paris 2024 Olympics, and will support his third attempt at the Olympics. . We will help Takaichi achieve his goal through daily practice, pre-tournament weight loss and recovery periods, and nutritional support activities during the tournament.

Name: Miku Takaichi *maiden name Tashiro

Affiliation: Komatsu

Date of birth: April 7, 1994

Place of birth: Tokyo

Career:

In the second year of elementary school, under the influence of his father and older brother, who are police officers, he started judo. He has won international tournaments since he was a junior, and won his first international tournament as a senior at the European Open in Sofia in February 2013. Including her junior years, she has won a total of 31 medals in international competitions.

Representative for the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Main title:

2015, 2016, 2017, 2022 World Masters Champion

2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics 5th place

2017, 2022, 2023 Grand Slam Tokyo Champion

2021 Tokyo Olympics participation

2022 Kodokan Cup Winner

We have recently entered into a partnership agreement with Ajinomoto Co., Inc., which will provide nutritional support for daily physical training, competitions, and expeditions.

I am very happy and honored to be able to take on the challenge of competing in my third Olympics with such strong partners.

I will build a healthy and strong body and challenge for my first Olympic gold medal.

1. Contract period: March 1, 2024 (gold) to February 28, 2025 (gold)

2. Contract amount: Not disclosed

3. Rights acquired by our company through contract: Various marketing activities using Takaichi’s portrait

4. Contract category:

Foods (seasonings, sweeteners, soups, etc.), amino acid-containing nutritional supplements including Amino Vital® brand products (powders, tablets, jelly, drinks), frozen foods, coffee beans

As a JOC official partner since 2003 and a JOC gold partner since 2009, we have been involved in the Victory Project®*, a project to support the strengthening of Japan’s Olympic team, and provide nutritional support. In 2016, we entered into an official partner agreement for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and from January 2022, we will enter into a new TEAM JAPAN official partner agreement (seasonings, dried soups, nutritional supplements, frozen foods, coffee beans) with JOC. I am.

*Conditioning support activities using sports nutrition and amino acids to help top athletes compete on the world stage

With the corporate slogan “Eat Well, Live Well.”, the Ajinomoto Group aims to achieve further growth by contributing to the well-being of people, society, and the earth through AminoScience®.

The Ajinomoto Group’s sales in fiscal 2023 will be 1,439.2 billion yen. We are based in 34 countries and regions around the world, and sell our products in over 130 countries and regions (as of 2024). For more information,

2024-05-16 05:00:54
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