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The Tokyo Metropolitan Government had called for citizens to suggest nicknames for the mascot for the Sports Festival Tokyo 2013 (68th National Sports Festival and 13th National Sports Games for the Challenged). "Yurito," a combination of the Japanese word for the black-headed gull (yurikamome), the official Tokyo metropolitan bird, and the word "athlete," which was suggested by Kyoka Odajima, a fourth-grade elementary school pupil from Tokyo, was selected. Asked how she felt at the commendation ceremony held on December 16 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, she said it was exciting to imagine that a mascot she had named would be playing an active role.
Photo: Ms. Kyoka Odajima receiving a testimonial from Vice Governor Sato (left)