[PIA Corporation] Renewed partnership agreement with table tennis player Sorai Arai
*PIA Corporation*
Press release: September 18, 2024
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Partnership agreement renewed with table tennis player Sorai Arai On June 1, 2024, PIA Corporation announced that it has renewed its sponsorship contract with Sora Arai, a 4th grade elementary school student who was selected to represent Japan in the Hopes National Team (U-10). Masu.
At the end of June 2022, Arai was found to have an abnormality during a health checkup at his elementary school and was diagnosed with “type 1 diabetes.” He was rushed to the hospital, but after being discharged from the hospital, he participated in the Zen-noh Cup in July of the same year.
We placed 7th at the All Japan Table Tennis Championships (Bambi Women’s Division).
Since then, many people have been moved by the way he has continued to strive to reach great heights even in his competitive life, which is even more stressful, even though he has been forced to perform daily life with great difficulty due to various symptoms that did not exist when he was healthy before contracting the disease. I’m giving encouragement.
As a medical device manufacturing and sales company, we provide highly safe and effective medical devices and have contributed to improving everyone’s QOL (Quality of life).
We have decided to support Arai’s activities in order to contribute to improving his quality of life. I hope that Arai’s further progress will inspire and encourage more people. In cooperation with Mr. Arai, we will promote our activities in the table tennis world and our contribution to society, so we look forward to your continued support.
* ·profile*
Sora Arai (Arai Sora)
Affiliation: Marukobashi Table Tennis Studio (Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture)
Date of birth: June 22, 2014 (4th grade)
He picked up a racket at the age of 0 and started practicing table tennis every day around the age of 3.
Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in 2022, despite battling the disease, he will be joining the 2024 Hopes National Team.
Selected to represent Japan (U-10) and aims for heights as a table tennis player.
* ・2023 results*
All Japan Table Tennis Championships (Cub Girls) Best 16
* ・2024 results*
Hopes National Team Selection (U10) 2nd place
Hopes National Team (U10) players
All Japan Table Tennis Championships (Cub Girls) Best 16
All Japan Table Tennis Championships (Cadet Girls/Under 14 years old) Kanagawa Prefecture representative
All Japan Table Tennis Championships (Cadet Women’s Doubles) Kanagawa Prefecture Representative
* Company Profile*
PIA Corporation’s philosophy is “Quality of Life.”
Our company’s hope is to provide the public with correct knowledge about medical care, which is making remarkable progress, and to contribute to a society where people can live healthy lives for many years to come.
Therefore, from our standpoint as a medical device manufacturing and sales company, we provide medical devices that are highly safe and effective, contributing to improving QOL (Quality of Life).
Representative Director: Hiromichi Mihara
Established: June 2011
Head Office: Art Village Osaki Central Tower 10F, 1-2-2 Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
Business details: Medical equipment manufacturing and sales, import and sales of contact lenses, medical management consulting
URL: https://www.pia-corp.co.jp/