TOKYO (December 21-23) - Results of semifinal and medal matches at the Japanese national wrestling championships at Yoyogi National No. 2 Gymnasium in Tokyo:
Freestyle
55 kg
Championship final
Chikara Tanabe (Tokyo MPD) def. Tomohiro Matsunaga (Nippon Sports Science University) by referee's decision 2-2, 9:00
Third-place final
Shingo Hirai (Sogo Keibi) def. Masashi Saito (Nihon University) 5-2
Semifinals
Tanabe def. Saito by technical superiority 10-0, 3:16
Matsunaga def. Hirai 4-1
60 kg
Championship final
Ryosuke Ota (Tokyo MPD) def. Hiroki Sekikawa (Sanjo Kogyo high school, teacher) 3-2, 7:56
Third-place final
Daishi Matsuo (NSSU) def. Hidenori Yamamoto (Japan Self Defense Forces) 3-2
Semifinals
Sekikawa def. Yamamoto 3-2
Ota def. Matsuo by fall, 4:34 (3-1)
66 kg
Championship final
Kazuyuki Miyata (Clean-up) def. Yukihiro Toida (Kokushikan University, coach) 2-0, 9:00
Third-place final
Kazuhiko Ikematsu (NSSU, coach) def. Kiyofumi Kanabuchi (Kokushikan, coach) 3-1, 6:15
Semifinals
Miyata def. Kanabuchi by fall, 5:19 (11-1)
Toida def. Ikematsu, 4-2
74 kg
Championship final
Kunihiko Obata (Yamanashi Gakuin University) def. Kazuyuki Nagashima (Waseda University) 3-1
Third-place final
Kenji Koshiba (Kashima high school, teacher) def. Yuta Nakasuji (Nihon University) by tech. sup. 14-3, 3:27
Semifinals
Nagashima def. Koshiba 5-0
Obata def. Nakasuji by fall, 1:28 (6-0)
84 kg
Championship final
Hidekazu Yokoyama (Akita Shogyo high school, teacher) def. Satoru Yamamoto (NSSU) by tech. sup. 10-0, 3:56
Third-place final
Takao Isokawa (Nihon Bunri University high school) def. Katsutoshi Senba (Ritsumeikan University) 4-0
Semifinals
Yamamoto def. Senba 5-0
Yokoyama def. Isokawa 6-3
96 kg
Championship final
Yoshihiro Nakao (SP Network) def. Kiyotaka Kodaira (Tokyo MPD) 3-0, 6:25
Third-place final
Masahide Moriyama (NSSU) def. Masahide Hanada (Wakayama Prefecture) 9-8
Semifinals
Kodaira def. Hanada by tech. sup. 11-0, 1:12
Nakao def. Moriyama 5-0
120 kg (Seven entries, no semifinals)
Championship final
Akihito Tanaka (Senshu University) def. Kohei Suwama (Clean-up) 5-3
Third-place final
Naoki Sawada (Takushoku University) def. Koichiro Nishida (Nihon University) by fall, 5:12 (5-0)
Greco-roman
55 kg
Championship final
Masatoshi Toyoda (Tokyo MPD) def. Takashi Yasuhara (Japan SDF) 3-1, 6:02
Third-place final
Munenori Wada (NSSU) def. Yasuto Fujita (NSSU) 5-1
Semifinals
Yasuhara def. Wada 3-0
Toyoda def. Fujita 5-0
60 kg
Championship final
Makoto Sasamoto (Sogo Keibi) def. Mitsuo Tomiya (Japan SDF) 5-0, 6:05
Third-place final
Yoshito Kai (NSSU) def. Satoshi Yoshimura (Atami high school, teacher) 4-0
Semifinals
Sasamoto def. Yoshimura 8-0
Tomiya def. Kai 3-2
66 kg
Championship final
Masaki Imuro (Japan SDF) def. Masanori Oi (Japan SDF) 4-0
Third-place final
Yawara Saito (Japan SDF) def. Tsutomu Kawaoka (NSSU) by tech. sup. 10-0, 3:53
Semifinals
Imuro def. Saito 3-1
Oi def. Kawaoka 3-0
74 kg
Championship final
Katsuhiko Nagata (New Japan Pro Wrestling, employee) def. Taichi Suga (Tokyo MPD) 5-1, 6:18
Third-place final
Atsushi Kano (Keiho Gakuen high school, employee) def. Tsukasa Tsurumaki (Yonezawa Kogyo high school) by injury default, 1:29 (4-0)
Semifinals
Nagata def. Tsurumaki 4-0
Suga def. Kano by criteria 1-1, 9:00
84 kg
Championship final
Shingo Matsumoto (Ichinomiya Unyu, employee) def. Hideki Kinoshita (Nerima club) by tech. sup. 11-0, 2:27
Third-place final
Mitsuhiro Ota (Nihon Bunri University, employee) def. Yujiro Takahashi (NSSU) by injury default, 0:20 (0-0)
Semifinals
Matsumoto def. Ota by tech. sup. 11-0, 1:41
Kinoshita def. Takahashi 3-0
96 kg
Championship final
Kenzo Kato (Daito Bunka University) def. Shuhei Taniguchi (Japan SDF) 4-1
Third-place final
Yusuke Morikaku (NJPW, employee) def. Noriaki Ota (Japan SDF) 5-0
Semifinals
Kato def. Ota 3-0
Taniguchi def. Morikaku 3-2
120 kg
Championship final
Katsuaki Suzuki (Tokyo MPD) def. Hirotoshi Segawa (Tokyo MPD) 3-2
Third-place final
Masanori Murotani (Wakayama Budokan) def. Hirokazu Shinjo (Kokushikan) 2-0, 9:00
Semifinals
Suzuki def. Shinjo 4-0
Segawa def. Murotani by tech. sup. 13-3, 4:34
Women
48 kg
Championship final
Makiko Sakamoto (Chukyo Women's University high school) def. Shoko Yoshimura (TBC Yoyogi Club) 4-1
Third-place final
Mika Noguchi (CWU) def. Yuko Motohashi (Shimizu Dreams) by fall, 0:41 (7-0)
Semifinals
Sakamoto def. Noguchi 3-2, 8:24
Yoshimura def. Motohashi by fall, 3:55 (9-0)
51 kg
Championship final
Chiharu Icho (CWU) def. Ninako Hattori (CWU) 3-1, 6:14
Third-place final
Miyuki Hiraoka (Daito Bunka University) def. Sachiko Akasaka (Fukuoka University by fall, 3:48 (4-4)
Semifinals
Icho def. Akasaka 3-1
Hattori def. Hiraoka 4-1
55 kg
Championship final
Saori Yoshida (CWU) def. Hitomi Sakamoto (CWU) by fall, 0:25 (6-0)
Third-place final
Chikako Matsukawa (Toyama Daiichi high school) def. Mari Fukuzawa (CWU) by fall, 1:40 (11-0)
Semifinals
Yoshida def. Matsukawa by tech. sup. 10-0, 2:32
Sakamoto def. Fukuzawa by tech. sup. 10-0, 1:48
59 kg
Championship final
Rena Iwama (Replay) def. Mariko Shimizu (Gunma wrestling association) 4-1
Third-place final
Ayako Suga (NU) def. Kazumi Sugawara (Futaba Yogogaku, employee) by fall, 3:28 (6-2)
Semifinals
Shimizu def. Suga 6-2
Iwama def. Sugawara by fall, 1:19 (3-0)
63 kg
Championship final
Kaori Icho (CWU high school) def. Ayako Shoda (Toyo University) by tech. sup. 12-2, 4:25
Third-place final
Mimi Sugawara (Kokushikan) def. Kayoko Shimada (Sakae high school) by fall, 2:40 (8-0)
Semifinals
Icho def. Shimada by fall, 0:18 (3-0)
Shoda def. Sugawara by fall, 0:37 (4-0)
67 kg (Three wrestlers, round robin)
Norie Saito (Japan Beverage, employee) def. Maki Tsukamoto (CWU) by tech. sup. 13-0, 2:57
Eri Sakamoto (CWU) def. Tsukamoto by tech. sup. 11-0, 2:41
Saito def. Sakamoto 3-2, 6:06
Final rankings
1. Saito, 7 pts; 2. Sakamoto, 5 pts; 3. Tsukamoto, 0 pts
72 kg (Five wrestlers, round robin)
Kie Tanaka (CWU) def. Takako Matsui (Toyama Daiichi high school) by fall, 1:26 (6-0)
Kyoko Hamaguchi (Hamaguchi Gym) def. Mami Shinkai (Hino high school) by fall, 1:35 (9-0)
Ayako Murashima (CWU) def. Matsui by fall, 2:00 (5-0)
Hamaguchi def. Tanaka by falll, 1:11 (6-0)
Shinkai def. Matsui by fall, 0:46 (3-0)
Murashima def. Tanaka by fall, 4:27 (5-4)
Hamaguchi def. Matsui by fall, 0:35 (5-0)
Murashima def. Shinkai by fall, 5:56 (9-0)
Shinkai def. Tanaka 5-3
Hamaguchi def. Murashima by fall, 1:40 (6-0)
Final rankings:
1. Hamaguchi, 16 points; 2. Murashima, 12 pts; 3. Shinkai, 7 pts; 4. Tanaka, 5 pts; 5. Matsui, 0 pts.
