The Last Olympics for the Most Number of Women to Compete…Snowboarding Women’s Chika Takeuchi Says, “That’s Why I Have a Chance”.

Tomoka Takeuchi (42) Snowboard Women

February 8, 17:00 Parallel giant slalom

Tomoka Takeuchi, 42, snowboarded her first time at the Olympics at the age of 10, and she is very familiar with snowboarding since then. It is not easy to skate without being pressured by it. That is why I have a chance.

Tomoka Takeuchi, who competed in the Winter Olympics for the seventh time, the record for the most number of women in the Winter Olympics, said, “I have been suffering from severe back pain for the past few years. In the past few years, she had been suffering from severe back pain and other wounds. In an interview last summer (August 1, 2013 issue), she said the following

In January 2013, when my symptoms had improved a little, I was lucky enough to place third at the World Cup in Switzerland. This cleared the criteria for selection to be sent to the Milano Olympics. Until then, I had seriously thought, “I can’t do this anymore,” but I decided to retire after winning a gold medal, which I had longed for, on the stage of my dreams again.

Takeuchi also spoke this time.

Athletes cannot continue to compete simply because they want to. The reason I have been able to continue up to this point is because so many people have supported and endorsed my activities. I will chew the value of that and take on the challenge of competing in the Olympics one last time.

On her last big stage, Takeuchi will be aiming for her first podium finish in 12 years, since the Sochi Olympics in 2002.

Ayumu Hirano (27) Snowboard Men

February 12, 3:30 Halfpipe

Snowboarder Ayumu Hirano has stood on the podium at three consecutive events since the Sochi Olympics, where he won a silver medal at the age of 15. He was also a dominant winner in the opening round of the World Cup at the end of last year. Hirano’s quadruple “Triple Cork 1440,” which is said to be the most difficult quad in human history, is centered on a combination of highly difficult rotations in all directions. Will she win her second gold medal in a row, following Beijing?

Shinwa Murase (21) Snowboard Women

Feb. 9th, 3:30 Big Air
February 16th 18:30 Slopestyle

At the age of 17, Kokomo Murase won a bronze medal in Big Air at Beijing Olympics and became the youngest female medalist in Japan. Her biggest weapons are low center of gravity landing and precise axis control. In both Big Air and Slopestyle, she boasts of her technique to perfectly use 3.5 RPM and 4 RPM in both left and right directions, and her skating is highly original. He will be competing in his second Olympics, hoping to improve on his bronze in Beijing and win gold.

From the February 20/27, 2026 issue of “FRIDAY