is a Japanese

wheelchair basketball Wheelchair basketball is basketball played by people with varying physical disabilities that disqualify them from playing a non-disabled sport. These include spina bifida, birth defects, cerebral palsy, paralysis due to accident, amputations (of ...

player. He won a silver medal in Men's wheelchair basketball, at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Biography

Chokai had a congenital tibial defect in both legs and a defect in both fingers and had his lower limbs amputated at the age of three. When he was in the first year of junior high school, he was invited by a school official to meet wheelchair basketball, joined the local Sasebo WBC in

Nagasaki is the capital and the largest Cities of Japan, city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became the sole Nanban trade, port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hi ...

, and started playing.東京2020パラリンピック車いすバスケットボール特集
ヤングジャンプ2021年9月5日閲覧 Chokai participated in the

2013 Asian Youth Para Games The 2013 Asian Youth Para Games ( ms, Sukan Para Remaja Asia 2013), officially known as the 2nd Asian Youth Para Games, was an Asian youth disabled multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 26 to 30 October 2013. Around 1200 athletes ...

and won second place. He was called up to training camp for the Japanese national team at the age of 15, and after playing an active part in the 2015 IWBF Asia Oceania Championship in Chiba, he became an established player in the national team. In 2016, while attending Nagasaki Prefectural Osaki High School, Chokai participated in the

2016 Summer Paralympics The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for disabled sports, athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, fro ...

where he was the youngest player at 17 years and 7 months of age. He became the vice-captain of the men's U23 Japan national team and was selected as one of the top five in the 2017 World Championships. He transferred to Para Kanagawa SC in 2017. He then joined WOWOW in 2019. In February 2022, Chokai published a memoir/personal development book titled ''Be Different: Thinking beyond the limits of the Tokyo Paralympics wheelchair basketball silver medalist (In Japanese: ''"異なれ東京パラリンピック車いすバスケ銀メダリストの限界を超える思考"'', ISBN )''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chokai, Renshi 1999 births Living people Japanese men's wheelchair basketball players Sportspeople from Nagasaki Prefecture Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Japan Paralympic silver medalists for Japan Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball Wheelchair basketball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair basketball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics