Tokyo 2020 Welcomes Kikkoman Corporation as an Official Partner

The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee today welcomed Kikkoman Corporation (Kikkoman) as a Tokyo 2020 Official Partner.

Kikkoman has been attributed the category "Sauces (including soy sauces), vinegar, mirin and cooking sake." Its addition brings the total number of Tokyo 2020 domestic partners to 33, including 18 Official Partners.

Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori welcomed the new appointment, "Over many years, Kikkoman Corporation has supported the development of Japan’s food culture and is now the leading brand in the soy sauce market. It gives me great pleasure to welcome such a distinguished company as a Tokyo 2020 Official Partner."

Noriaki Horikiri, president and CEO of Kikkoman, commented, "We are proud to support the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games as a Tokyo 2020 Official Partner in the category of "sauces (including soy sauce), vinegar, mirin and cooking sake". Our corporate slogan is "Creating delicious memories." By suggesting rich and varied food-lifestyles flavoured with soy sauce, we will help visitors to the Games both from Japan and around the world to savour the joys of eating, enjoy healthy minds and bodies and create delicious memories of the Tokyo 2020 Games. In this way, we will do our very best to make the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games a magnificent success."

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