Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics Gold Medalist Yume Katayama Joins Highreso
Highreso, provider of the GPU cloud service 'GPUSOROBAN', has hired deaf badminton athlete Yume Katayama, a Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics gold medalist, effective April 1, 2026.
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Highreso Inc. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Yoshiyuki Shikura, hereafter 'our company'), which operates the GPU cloud service 'GPUSOROBAN', will welcome deaf badminton athlete Yume Katayama as an employee effective April 1, 2026.
Under our corporate philosophy of 'Let's do interesting things we can be proud of,' our company is promoting activities that impact society through challenges in the AI industry. The passion for sports and the spirit of loving challenges possessed by Katayama, who hails from Ayagawa-cho, Kagawa Prefecture—where our company's AI data center is located—resonate deeply with our philosophy, leading to this employment.
We aim to create new value together with Katayama and contribute to local communities and the sports world.
Yume Katayama Profile
Name: Yume Katayama
Sport: Deaf Badminton
Hometown: Ayagawa-cho, Kagawa Prefecture
Born with hearing loss, she lives with a cochlear implant in her right ear and a hearing aid in her left ear. She started playing badminton in the third grade of elementary school at a sports youth group in her hometown of Ayagawa-cho.
Major Athletic Achievements
2022 Japan Deaf Ranking Circuit Tournament: Women's Singles Champion, Women's Doubles Runner-up
Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics: Deaf Badminton Mixed Team Gold Medal
Under our corporate philosophy of 'Let's do interesting things we can be proud of,' our company is promoting activities that impact society through challenges in the AI industry. The passion for sports and the spirit of loving challenges possessed by Katayama, who hails from Ayagawa-cho, Kagawa Prefecture—where our company's AI data center is located—resonate deeply with our philosophy, leading to this employment.
We aim to create new value together with Katayama and contribute to local communities and the sports world.
Yume Katayama Profile
Name: Yume Katayama
Sport: Deaf Badminton
Hometown: Ayagawa-cho, Kagawa Prefecture
Born with hearing loss, she lives with a cochlear implant in her right ear and a hearing aid in her left ear. She started playing badminton in the third grade of elementary school at a sports youth group in her hometown of Ayagawa-cho.
Major Athletic Achievements
2022 Japan Deaf Ranking Circuit Tournament: Women's Singles Champion, Women's Doubles Runner-up
Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics: Deaf Badminton Mixed Team Gold Medal