His favorite part about being from Japan is the people. “Everyone back home is very polite and there is a really positive culture everywhere. Nobody bad mouths anyone, and the people are friendly.”
After being done with matches, Azuma likes to relax, eat some good food, and think about what he did right and wrong and how he can improve his play for the next match. Analyzing his technique and style of play after every match has been super helpful for his game. He watches all of his matches after and thinks about what he can do better.
Azuma loves tennis because it is both an individual and a team sport at the same time. He explained, “it’s not like soccer where you are with your teammates the whole time. You have to do your job individually so that the team as a whole can succeed. If I do my job well, then it sets up my teammates to do theirs.”