Golden Tsurumaru

Golden Tsurumaru   金の鶴丸ロゴ	#9

Sport

JA835J

B787-8

JAL  [+]

2022

The second aircraft to ever wear a golden Tsurumaru logo (after A350 JA06XJ in 2021) was this 787 unveiled to celebrate the participation of the Japanese athletes in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics & Paralympics, the former which were about to end.

Image  ©  EXIA01 (NRT)
Tags   National Olympic Team

Tokyo 2020 Fly for it #3 Gold

Go Japan!   がんばろう日本！	#7|#8
Tokyo 2020 - Fly for it!   一緒なら、もっと飛べる。

Everybody's JAL 2020 Jet みんなのJAL2020ジェット #3

Events, Sport

JA06XJ

A350-941

JAL  [+]

2021

JAL unveiled its final logojet for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics just a few days prior to the opening of the Games. It was the third of the "Fly for it! - Everybody's Jal 2020 Jet" series, and for the very first time the Tsurumaru logo was painted gold on a JAL aircraft. This was to show the airline's support to the Japanese athletes, of whom 16 were displayed on the two sides of this A350 flying domestic routes: the decals included, on the port side, from left to right: Kazuma Kaya, Maai Murakami, Daiki Hashimoto and Kohei Uchimura (Gymnastics), Kei Nishikiori (Tennis), Nasa Hataoka (Golf), Takuya Haneda (Canoe), Ayumu Uekusa (Judo) and Hiroaki Kasai (Wheelchair Basketball). The starboard side included from the front: Kano Nijiki (Fencing), Kitaguchi Haruka and Tobe Naoto (Athletics), Abe Shi, Uta Abe and Shohei Ohno (Judo) as well as Yui Kamiji (Wheelchair Tennis).

Images  ©  Junichi Suzuki (HND) & Hajime Suzuki (ITM)
Tags   National Olympic Team, Olympics

Ganbare! Nippon! #8 2016 Rio

Go for it, Japan!   がんばれ！ニッポン！

#8

Rio 2016

Sport

JA8979

B777-246

JAL  [+]

2016

Supporting the Japanese athletes during the Summer Olympics of Rio de Janeiro. Approximately 10’000 pictures submitted by employees and the public with the "cheering" theme were merged to form the mosaic titles of the "Support from altitude 10’000 meters" project.

Image  ©  Ryotaro Shinozaki (HND)
Tags   Image Patchwork, National Olympic Team

Fly to 2020

Fly to 2020

#7|#4|#2

Entertainment, Sport

JA751J

B777-346

JAL  [+]

2015-16

JAL showed increased support to the Japanese National Olympic Team in anticipation of the 2020 Summer Olympics to be held in Tokyo after the city was chosen to host the Games. Ohno Satoshi, leader of pop band Arashi, designed this "Hope for the future" decal which included a rainbow, flowers, birds and Mt. Fuji, celebrating the vitality to be brought to the Japanese society by the Games.

Image  ©  Hajime Suzuki (ITM)
Tags   National Olympic Team

Ganbare! Nippon! #6 Sochi 2014 #2

Go for it, Japan!   がんばれ！ニッポン！

#6

Sochi 2014 #2

Sport

JA8942

B777-346

JAL  [+]

2013-14

Supporting the National Team for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Image  ©  Esa Kaihlanen (HND)
Tags   National Olympic Team, Winter Sports

Ganbare! Nippon! #5 Sochi 2014 #1

Go for it, Japan!   がんばれ！ニッポン！

#5

Sochi 2014 #1

Sport

JA8978

B777-246

JAL  [+]

2013-14

Supporting the National Team for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Image  ©  Nine Jets (HND)
Tags   National Olympic Team

Ganbare! Nippon! #4 2012 London

Go for it, Japan!   がんばれ！ニッポン！

#4

London 2012

Sport

JA772J

B777-246

JAL  [+]

2012

This special livery was unveiled to support the Japanese National Team for the 2012 London Olympics. Gymnast Kohei Uchimura was featured on the rear of the aircraft. After he won the gold medal in London the aircraft got small additional titles "おめでとう！金メダル！" for "Congrats! Gold Medal!".

Image  © 
Tags   National Olympic Team

Ganbare! Nippon! #3 Beijing 2008

Go for it, Japan!   がんばれ！ニッポン！

#3

Beijing 2008

Sport

JA8945

B777-346

JAL  [+]

2008

The 2008 edition of the "Go for it, Japan!" featured Olympians Daichi Suzuki & Kyoko Iwasaki (swimmers), Shinji Morisue (gymnast), Yasuhiro Yamashita and Toshihiko Koga (judokas), Yuko Arimori (marathon) as well as Mikako Kotani (synchronized swimming) with their messages encouraging the new generation for the Beijing Olympics.

Image  © 
Tags   National Olympic Team

Ganbare! Nippon! #2 Athens 2004

Go for it, Japan!   がんばれ！ニッポン！

#2

Athens 2004

Sport

JA8941

B777-346

JAL  [+]

2004

The 2004 version for the Athens Olympics was very similar to the 2000 one.

Image  ©  Esa Kaihlanen (KMQ)
Tags   National Olympic Team

Ganbare! Nippon! #1 Sydney 2000

Go for it, Japan!   がんばれ！ニッポン！

#1

Sydney 2000

Sport

JA8908

B747-446D

JAL  [+]

2000

JAL’s participation in the Olympics dates back to 1964 when the airline carried the Olympic Torch for the Summer Olympics held in Tokyo. Since the 1996 Games in Atlanta JAL is the official airline of the Japan Olympic Committee (JOC) and is the official carrier of the athletes and officials participating in the events. The first special decal was only unveiled in 2000 though, with the Ganbare! Nippon!, Go for it, Japan! motto in time for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

Image  ©  Gambardier (HND)
Tags   National Olympic Team