TOUR 2004 : PARTICIPANTS LIST
| 1. | Tadashi Yashiro (53?) | Tour Superviser | Yashiro is coming to be relaxed and to earn lots of new ideas and inspilations. "In fact, Boardwalk & Tower Climbing in Japan came from the Challenge Tour Series.", he said. |
| 2. | Eiki Konno (39) | Wheelchair Rider | Eiki has boasted, "I will win the Naeba race this year." That means in out of gratitude for Team Phoenix who introduced off-road wheelchair accessibility. |
| 3. | Kanako Takagi (14) | Teen-ager | Kanako has refused to go to school though she has been taking private English lessons. Hope that she will grab something valuable for her life... |
| 4. | Takahiro Takagi (41) | Daddy of Kanako | Takahiro is junior fellow of the Bike Club that Yashiro belonged. He was a professional cyclist on track. Now he is crazy about expanding the Bio Toilet, use bacteria to decompose poop. Nice guy! He'd like to learn and build an outdoor sports facility in Japan. |
| 5. | Noriko Kato (28) | Social Worker | Noriko was touched by volunteering at the Naeba event. She works at a rehabilitation center. Kinda namby-pamby. She has already been nervous about speaking English... She aims to be strong through the tour and take a courage to home with her. |
| 6. | Satoshi Shibuya (33) | Social Worker 846 Project Member |
Satoshi is the #1 guy who persevers to expand off-road wheelchair sports in Japan now. |
| 7. | Tadashi Naito (22) | Volunteer of Yonezawa 846 Event |
Tadashi will pay up to paticipate the tour. He'd like to see the source of Yashiro's enegy with his eyes. He was touched and deeply agreed by one of 846's saying "Human Beings have two hands, one is to support yourself and the other is to give a hand for others." |
| 8. | Minoru Saeki (58) | Daito Boardwalk | Minoru teaches horseback riding at the Daito Furusato (home-town) Outdoor School and also support developing Independence Boardwalk. This tour would be the trip to discover his new goals. |
| 9. | Tetsuya Ashikaga (25) | Daito Boardwalk | Tetsuya will go wherever Yashiro goes... |
| 10. | Mikiko Foster (2 1/2) | Future TRUE Translator for T. P. ?! | Mikiko has broken her leg-bone when she was playing slide, so she will join the tour with her cast and her favorite stroller buggy. Mommy hopes that she will learn what volunteering and supporting people are visually from this age... |
- M e m o - Unfortunately, Mikuma Family has been canceled the tour participation. They realized that the tour doesn't need much support for one wheelchair user who has already been independent. Instead, Mikuma Family will pay for our rental car expense for the tour. |
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