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2020 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony
Opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Paralympics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2020 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony took place on 24 August 2021 at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.[3][4] The theme of the opening ceremony was "Moving Forward: We Have Wings" and thus surrounded around the theme of aviation, airplanes, airports, and everything that involved air travel.[2]
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Venue
The Japan National Stadium, also referred to as the Olympic Stadium, served as the main stadium for the opening ceremony. The stadium will also serve as the main stadium for the closing ceremony, and the athletics/track and field events.[7]
Parade of nations
In the announcement of the Refugee Paralympic Team, it was stated that the team would enter first in the parade of nations.[8] The rest of the countries entered in the Japanese Gojūon alphabetical order, with the last three teams being the United States, France, and Japan as the current host of the Paralympics as the final team and the next two hosts being Los Angeles 2028 and Paris 2024, so the United States and France entered as the final two teams before the Japanese team. Unlike the Olympics, Greece does not enter at the start of the parade, but instead follows the regular alphabetical order. After the parade of nations, there is a welcome greeting to the Para Airport.[9][citation needed]
Performers
Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii was among the musicians who participated in the Opening Ceremony, although not in person. A recording of a composition by him ("House of Wind"), performed with an orchestra, was played while the flag of Japan was carried on stage.[10] 13 year old Yui Wago performed the role of the 'Little One-Winged Plane'.[11]
The announcers at all ceremonies were Mai Shoji (English) and Hiroyuki Sekino (Japanese).[12]
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Dignitaries in attendance
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Host country dignitaries
Japan –
- Emperor Naruhito
- Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga
- Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike
- Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Tamayo Marukawa
- Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan Katsunobu Katō
Dignitaries from international organizations
Dignitaries from abroad
Colombia – Presidential Advisor for the Participation of Persons with Disabilities Jairo Clopatofsky
South Korea – Korean Paralympic Committee president Lee Myung-ho
United States – Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff[14]
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Anthems
- National anthem of Japan – Hirari Sato[15]
Paralympic Hymn
Ceremony key team
Source:[citation needed]
- Tomoyuki Tanaka, musical director[16]
- Kei Shibata
- Kentarō Kobayashi, Opening Ceremony Director[a][16]
- Mansai Nomura, adviser[citation needed]
- Yuichi Kodama, film director[16]
- Akihiro Fukube
- Akihiro Hamabe
- Hiroshi Nakamura, assistant musical director[16]
- Iguchi
- Junji Kojima, film director[16]
- Keiji Wakabayashi
- Koichiro Tsujikawa, film director[16]
- Marco Balich, senior adviser to the executive producer
- Marihiko Hara, composer[16]
- Masayuki Kagei, composer[16]
- Nami Tomizawa, set designer[17]
- Noboru Tomizawa
- Piera Shepperd, senior adviser to the executive producer
- Seigen Tokuzawa, composer[16]
- Shintaro Hirahara, director of choreography[16]
- Takayuki Hioki, executive producer
- Takayuki Suzuki
- Takuji Higuchi, executive writer[16]
- Toshihiko Sakura
- Tugihisa Tanaka
- Yohei Taneda, scenographer[16]
- Announcers
- Mai Shoji (English)[citation needed]
- Hiroyuki Sekino (Japanese)[citation needed]
- Commentator by OBS
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See also
Notes
- Fired by TOCOG due to insensitive jokes and bullying allegations, although the committee kept his program intact.
References
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