The new arrival of #OrangeBlue team for the 2016 season has been introduced this morning in a major event held at the Italian Embassy in Tokyo. Kazushige Kuboki is the Japanese National Road Race Champion. The Sports Director Shinichi Fukushima is also with him.
Tokyo, Italian Embassy. Kazushige Kuboki, the Japanese National Champion, has been introduced today by the team. The athlete has come to surprise at all the major national newspapers in a big event held at the Italian Embassy in Tokyo starring the NIPPO Vini Fantini Team, Damiano Cunego and the new SK De Rosa – Pininfarina.
For the 2016 season it continues the largest Italian-Japanese project of enhancement of the two cultures, consecrated today at the embassy in Tokyo. For the next season, along with the many confirmations of the young talents of the new arrivals Zilioli, on the Italian side and Kuboki, well known at home and national champion, to continue the process of growth of the whole team.
Hiroshi Daimon: "The arrival of Kuboki is very important for us. He’s young, but he’s a champion already and will enable us to export the image and the flag of Japan worldwide, strengthening the team at the same time. Together with him, the arrival of the new Sports Director Shinichi Fukushima will also allow us to better coordinate the activities in Asia, expanding the staff and supporting Stefano Giuliani and Mario Manzoni, with his experience".