TS Financial unveils sports program, highlights B-Girl Hsu Fu-ya’s Asian Games debut

TS Financial Holdings unveiled its sports empowerment program on July 8, inviting sponsored athletes Chien Pei-yun (錢珮芸), Lo Chia-ling (羅嘉翎), Ku Tsui-ping (辜翠萍), Lei Meng-en (雷蒙恩), and Hsu Fu-ya (許馥雅) to attend and interact with children, in hopes of fostering the continued development of various sports.

The program seeks to integrate and distribute resources to support four sports—soccer, basketball, karate, and esports—so that more children can gain access to training and learning opportunities without constraints.

Hsu Fu-ya, 20, earned her first Asian Games qualification this year and will represent Taiwan in Nagoya. In an interview, she said she was excited, looking forward to the competition, while also feeling nervous. She noted that she had only watched the last Hangzhou Asian Games on TV as a spectator and never imagined she would one day be a national team member herself.

Hsu, who began learning breaking at age 8, said she never anticipated the street culture would evolve into a competitive sport. “When I first started dancing, I saw it was a culture—a spirit representing the street. I never thought it would become a competitive sport, or even an event at the Asian Games and the Olympics.”

She also noted the differences between the two. In general international contests, she said, breaking is more of a cultural competition. “Including myself, dancers are more casual and spontaneous in the choreography and interaction with the audience. But in competitive sport, it is more structured, and the required moves have to be completed.”

Although it will be her first Asian Games, Hsu said she hopes to deliver her best performance. “My results in competitions in Taiwan have been pretty good, but there has been a gap between my performances at home and in international events. I hope I can perform at my highest level at this Asian Games.”

She also mentioned a personal regret, saying that Japanese star Ami Yuasa, who won the women’s breaking gold medal at the Paris Olympics, is her idol. “I originally wondered whether I might have a chance to compete against her on the same stage, but she retired after the Olympics, which feels a bit unfortunate.”