In recognition of this honor, Mr. Kimura received the "Chiba Governor's Award" in October 2017.Furthermore, on December 10, 2017, after having an audience with Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress at the Imperial Palace as the Def Volleyball Women's Japan National Team, they received the "Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award".

　The Deaflympics is a combination of "def (hearing impaired)" and "Olympic Games," and is a world competition for hearing-impaired sports.The Olympic Games for the Disabled is the "Paralympic" once every four years, but audiovisual disabilities are not allowed to participate because they have higher physical abilities than other disabilities.Therefore, the "World Deaf Competition" was held every four years before the war, and the name was changed to "Deaflympics" after receiving approval from the IOC (International Olympic Committee) from the 4 Italian Games.

　The "def volleyball" that Mr. Kimura participated in is characterized by playing without hearing the voice of teammates, the sound of the referee's whistle, the sound of popping volleyball, etc. It is the same as the general volleyball rules.

　In response to the two awards, Mr. Muraki said, "I am very honored. I would like to continue to give back to the people who have supported me little by little. And I will do my best to contribute to raising the profile of sports for the disabled. I will. "

　Shukutoku University supports parasports in order to realize a society where people can interact through sports regardless of their disabilities.Students are actively engaged in activities such as running the executive committee of the "Wheelchair Basketball National Selection Tournament".