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On May 9, 2023, the “Snow Award” ceremony, an occasion where the Ski Association of Japan (SAJ) honors athletes who achieved excellent results during the season, was held at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo. And Tsubaki Miki, alpine snowboarder who belongs to Cataler, won the Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) (※).

This award was in recognition for her taking the first gold medal as a Japanese athlete in women’s Parallel Giant Slalom at the FIS Snowboard World Championships in February. This is the third successive season that Tsubaki has been awarded at the Snow Award ceremony, following the Next Hero-Heroine Award in 2021 and the Outstanding Player Award in 2022.

Cataler will continue to support the athletes in Shizuoka Prefectue, who are competing around the world, from various angles.

(※)The Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an award given to the athlete who has made the most impressive achievement during the season, and the winner of this award is chosen from among the Outstanding Player Award winners (listed below).

■Excellent Athlete Award Winners

<Jumping>
Ryoyu Kobayashi (Team ROY)
Yuki Ito (Tsuchiya Home Ski Team)
Sara Takanashi (KURARAY)
Nozomi Maruyama (Kitano Construction Corp. Ski Club)

<Nordic Combined>
Ryota Yamamoto (Nagano Hino Motors Ski Team)
Haruka Kasai (Waseda Univ.)

<Freestyle・Mogul>
Ikuma Horishima (Toyota Motor Corp. Ski Team)
Anri Kawamura (Nittai Ohka Senior High School)

<Freestyle・Ski Cross>
Ryo Sugai (Team Xraeb)

<Freestyle・Slopestyle/Big Air>
Yuna Koga (DGSC)

<Snowboard・Halfpipe>
Ruka Hirano (Taisei Gakuin Univ. Ski Club)
Mitsuki Ono (Burton)

<Snowboard・Alpine>
Masaki Shiba (JOIN GROUP)
Tsubaki Miki (CATALER)

<Snowboardcross>
Yoshiki Takahara (Pasco SSC)

<Snowboard・Slopestyle/Big Air>
Taiga Hasegawa (STANCER)
Miyabi Onitsuka (ISPS)

<Education Headquarters>
Ryu Takeda (Winner at the All Japan Ski Technical Championships)
Nagisa Watanabe (Winner at the All Japan Ski Technical Championships)
Masashi Takiguchi (Winner at the All Japan Snowboard Technical Championships)
Minori Yoshimura (Winner at the All Japan Snowboard Technical Championships)

■Next Hero-Heroine Award Winner
Taiga Hasegawa (Snowboard・Slopestyle/Big Air)

Tsubaki Miki (at 19), alpine snowboarder who belongs to Cataler, won the MVP award! This is the third successive season that Tsubaki has been awarded at the Snow Award ceremony, following the Next Hero-Heroine Award in 2021 and the Outstanding Player Award in 2022.