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By William May
(Japan Amateur Wrestling Federation, Public Information Committee
Kyodo World Services, senior sports writer:wmay52@hotmail.com


JAPANESE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - RESULTS, FINALS



   TOKYO (December 22) - Results of the championship finals on the second and final day of the Japanese national wrestling championships at Yoyogi National No. 2 Gymnasium in Tokyo:

Freestyle

55 kg
Chikara Tanabe df. Tomohiro Matsunaga, 3-0
(Defending champion Tanabe wins 5th overall national title)

60 kg
Hidenori Yamamoto df. Kenji Inoue, 3-1 (6:00)
(Yamamoto wins 1st national title)

66 kg
Kazuhiko Ikematsu df. Takayuki Suzuki, 3-1
(Ikematsu wins 1st national title)

74 kg
Kunihiko Obata df. Hiroshi Eto by fall, 1:09 (9-0)
(Obata wins national title for 5th straight year)

84 kg
Hidekazu Yokoyama df. Takao Isokawa, 7-0
(Defending champion Yokoyama wins 5th overall freestyle title, 7th overall in both styles)

96 kg
Kiyotaka Kodaira df. Masahide Moriyama by TF, 10-0 (4:02)
(Kodaira wins 2nd title, 1st in three years)

120 kg
Akihito Tanaka df. Kohei Suwama, 4-0
(Tanaka wins 3rd straight national title)
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Greco-roman

55 kg
Masatoshi Toyota df. Takashi Yasuhara, 8-1
(Toyota repeats as national champion)

60 kg
Makoto Sasamoto df. Mitsuo Tomiya, 4-0
(Sasamoto wins for 4th straight year)

66 kg
Masaki Imuro df. Masaaki Izena by fall, 3:43 (6-0)
(Imuro wins 4th straight national title)

74 kg
Taichi Suga df. Katsuhiko Nagata, 2-1 (9:00)
(Suga wins 2nd title, 1st in three years)

84 kg
Shingo Matsumoto df. Mitsuhiro Ota by TF, 11-0 (2:19)
(Matsumoto wins for 5th straight year)

96 kg
Kenzo Kato df. Yusuke Morikaku、5-0
(Kato repeats as national champion)

120 kg
Katsuaki Suzuki df. Masanori Murotani by fall, 4:30 (9-0)
(Suzuki wins 4th straight title)
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Women

48 kg
Chiharu Icho df. Makiko Sakamoto, 2-0 (9:00)
(Icho wins 1st national title at 48 kg, 2nd overall)

51 kg
Ninako Hattori df. Nanae Suzuki by fall, 5:24 (7-0)
(Hattori wins 2nd national title, 1st in two years)

55 kg
Saori Yoshida df. Seiko Yamamoto, 4-0 (6:58)
(Yoshida repeats as national champion)

59 kg
Rena Iwama df. Mio Nishimaki, 3-0
(Iwama wins for 5th straight year)

63 kg
Kaori Icho df. Ayako Shoda, 4-3
(Icho repeats as national champion)

67 kg
Mimi Sugawara df. Maki Tsukamoto, 11-5
(Sugawara wins 1st national title)

72 kg
Kyoko Hamaguchi df. Norie Saito by fall, 4:48 (10-0)
(Hamaguchi wins national title for 8th straight year)