Shino Matsuda was selected for the Paris Olympics on the condition that he participate in next year's World Games. Matsuda missed out on the Tokyo Olympics at the 2021 World Games in El Salvador, saying, "I felt like I was getting revenge by competing in the same sea, but I also wanted to play with a new feeling without being bound by the past" Matsuda: "The waves are very large and unlike any Japan, so I think it will take some getting used to and experiencing them"