Top athlete discovery and development project

April 2026, 4

Aim!Top athlete!We will find, develop, and utilize athletes who grew up in Tokyo!

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In Tokyo, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government runs the ``Top Athlete Discovery and Development Project'' (until 24, the ``Tokyo Junior Athlete Discovery and Development Project''), which discovers and develops talented junior athletes, with the aim of developing athletes who can play an active role on international stages such as the Olympics. (Implemented as a project).

Poster

Top athlete discovery and development project
Application guidelines and application information for the 18th class are available here.CLICK HERE

*The April issue of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's public relations magazine states the deadline as April 28th (Tuesday), but the correct deadline is May 6th (Wednesday).

Topics about top athlete discovery and development projects

Graduation ceremony and certification ceremony

Training program activities

Main achievements of graduates

[Rowing]

▶The 79th National Sports Festival (2025)
Men's Senior Coxed Four: 3rd Place

▶National High School Comprehensive Athletic Meet (2025)
Women's Coxed Quadruple Sculls: 4th Place

▶All Japan Student Championship (2023)
Men's quadruple championship

【boxing】

▶The 79th National Sports Festival (2025)
Women's flyweight division

▶ All Japan Women's Junior Boxing Championships (2023)
Flyweight championship

▶ASBC Asia U22 Boxing Championship (2022)
Bantamweight #3

【wrestling】

▶National High School Comprehensive Athletic Meet (2024)
Men's team advances to the quarterfinals.

▶Emperor's Cup All Japan Championship (2021)
Women's 59kg class 4nd place

▶Yarigin International Tournament (2020)
Women's 59kg class 5nd place

▶All Japan Student Championship (2018)
55rd place in women's 3kg class, 76nd place in women's 2kg class

[Weightlifting]

▶The 79th National Sports Festival (2025)
Boys 81kg class champion

▶Japan-China-Korea Junior Exchange Competition (2023)
Women's 64kg class 2nd place

▶ All-Japan Women's Championship Tournament (High School Division) (2023)
64kg class winner (with new tournament record)

[Bicycles (truck and road)]

▶National High School Comprehensive Athletic Meet (2024)
Men's Team Sprint: 8th place

▶National Prefectural Championships (2023)
Men's Team Sprint - Winner

▶All Japan Student Championship (2021)
Women's Sprint Winner

[Canoe (sprint)]

▶The 79th National Sports Festival (2025)
Boys/K1 (200m) Winner

▶ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships (2025)
Junior Girls WK1 WK2 Participant

▶Tokyo Olympics (2021)
Competing in C1 (200m) and C2 (500m) events.

【archery】

▶The 79th National Sports Festival (2025)
Boys' Team Competition

▶The 78th National Sports Festival (2024)
Boys and girls 5th place

▶National High School Comprehensive Athletic Meet (2024)
Team and Women's Individual Participation

contact information

Tokyo Metropolitan Sports Promotion Headquarters
Comprehensive Sports Promotion Department Sports Section Competitiveness Improvement Section
Telephone 03-5320-7715