Toyota Backs Asia’s Best

Toyota Motor Asia has named seven Global Team Toyota Athletes from six Southeast Asian countries as it builds its roster for the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games and Asian Para Games.

The refreshed line-up includes Olympic gymnastics champion Carlos Yulo and Paralympic swimmer Ernie Gawilan, who continue to represent the Philippines after joining the program in 2024. They are joined by returning athletes from Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, along with two new para-athletes from Indonesia and Malaysia.

New additions are Indonesian para cyclist Muhammad Fadli Imamuddin and Malaysian para-athletics sprinter Muhammad Ammar Aiman Nor Azmi. Fadli began as a professional motorcycle racer before a 2015 racing incident led him to para cycling. He returned to competition in 2017 and won gold at the 2025 ASEAN Para Games. Ammar Aiman rose from school competitions to the international level, winning gold at the 2022 Asian Para Games and silver at the 2025 ASEAN Para Games.

The full roster also includes Singapore’s Toh Wei Soong in para swimming, Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn in badminton and Vietnam’s Lê Văn Công in para powerlifting.

Toyota said each athlete will be paired with a Dual Hero Project, a Toyota-supported community initiative linked to causes important to the athletes. In the Philippines, Gawilan has led coastal cleanup and mangrove restoration efforts, while Yulo has worked with Toyota on the Start Your Impossible Gymnastics Camp for young athletes.

Toyota Motor Asia Vice President Preston Tan said the athletes reflect the company’s Move Your World platform as they compete and work with communities that shaped their journeys.