TDK Athlete Ambassador

Profile
of Towa Uzawa

An injury forced Uzawa to give up his dream of playing baseball, but this became a turning point and he chose track and field in high school. He overcame various obstacles to become the leading high school sprinter in just 18 months. He has competed in major tournaments around the world since his university days.

TDK Athlete Ambassador who embodies “Transformation starts from the passion within.”

Date of birth: November 25, 2002
Birthplace: Miyagi Prefecture (Japan)
Personal best: 20.23 seconds in the 200 m
Representative achievements:
2024 Olympics (Paris): 200 m semi-finals
2023 World Athletics Championships (Budapest): 200 m semi-finals

Reasons for Appointment

1. Uzawa’s background and future vision are in agreement with the Transformation espoused by TDK.

He was originally a junior high school student devoted to baseball with the aim of playing in the Koshien tournament, but had to abandon his dream of becoming a baseball player due to an elbow injury. After entering high school, he took up track and field and made a bold transformation to sprinting. He overcame various difficulties to become the leading high school sprinter in just a year and a half.
Just a few years after starting to compete in track and field, he was selected to compete in the World Athletics Championships in Budapest and the Paris Olympics, and his determination to continue to transform himself and grow is in agreement with TDK’s Transformation.

2. Uzawa is a young athlete with great potential

TDK also conducts activities that support young people. We appointed Uzawa, who is active on the global stage, to this position with the intention of working with him to support his generation, the leaders of the future.

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Theme of TDK’s support of the World Athletics Championships

Change begins from the desire within.
To transform things.

Turn ideas into innovation.
Technological breakthroughs into better products.
Small steps into giant leaps.

This passion within
becomes the power to keep moving forward.
The courage to overcome any challenges.
The inspiration to pursue your vision.

Stronger, higher, farther.
One step at a time, every step of the way.
Toward a better you.

Changing the world, changing the future,
it all starts from within.

Transformation starts from the passion within

Towa Uzawa Interview Video: "How did you start track and field?"

Uzawa switched from baseball to track and field and became one of Japan’s leading sprinters. We asked him about his transformation and why he chose short-distance running.

Fifth Clinic (Budapest, August 2023)

Students enjoying the entrance performance zone with Bahamian athlete Shaunae Miller-Uibo.

360-degree VR video “Virtual competition experience” by TDK at “Downtown Fan Zone”

Students receiving an explanation of the event's flow in the warm-up area

Starting guidance from a local Hungarian athlete, K. Szabó Gabriella.

Children cutting the tape for the 4x100m relay.

Media interview in the mixed zone. The interviewer is Croatian athlete Blanka Vlašić.

Fifth Clinic (Budapest, August 2023)

About TDK

TDK is a comprehensive electronic components manufacturer founded in 1935 to commercialize ferrite, an electromagnetic material.
TDK has been an Official Partner of World Athletics Championships since the first competition held in Helsinki in 1983.