To Our Friends in Wrestling Around the world
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By William May
iJapan Amateur Wrestling Federation, Public
Information Committee
Fwmay52@hotmail.comj
IRAQI TEAM IN JAPAN TO PREPARE FOR WORLD CfSHIPS
TOKYO (August 27) - Iraqfs national wrestling team arrived in Japan to
join Japanfs national team training camp in preparation for the world championships
in Baku. The teams are scheduled to train together at the national training
center in Tokyo. The Iraqi team will then travel to Yamanashi Gakuin University
outside of Tokyo for a week of training before leaving on September 13.
The world championships get under way September 17 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
TAKATSUKA EDGES OSAWA FOR 60 KG IN COLLEGE OPEN FS
TOKYO (August 23-24) - World bronze medalist Noriyuki Takatsuka stopped
rival college Shigeki Osawa in two periods to claim the 60-kg crown at
the freestyle collegiate open wrestling tournament. Takatsuka of Nihon
University, who took third place at last yearfs world meet in China, was
named the outstanding wrestler of the open and awarded the Education Ministerfs
Cup. Yasuhiro Inaba of Senshu University, meanwhile, notched four falls
on his way to his second straight open triumph at 55 kg. Nihonfs Goki Kudo
also repeated at 74 kg.
In a repeat of the 66-kg greco-roman final two days earlier, Tatsuhiro
Yonemitsu reversed a decision over Takushoku University teammate Kohei
Fujimoto for his first open championship. Norikatsu Saikawa of Nippon Sports
Science University, who won the greco-roman crown at 84 kg, used an arm
throw to secure the freestyle title at 96 kg.
Results of individual championship finals:
55 kg - Yasuhiro Inaba, Senshu df. Kazuhide Tomita, Daito Bunka Univ., 2-0
60 kg - Noriyuki Takatsu, Nihon df. Shigeki Osawa, Yamanashi Gakuin Univ., 2-0
66 kg - Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu, Taku df. Kohei Fujimoto, Taku, 2-0
74 kg - Gouki Kudo, Nihon df. Takashi Miyahara, Meiji Univ., 2-0
84 kg - Junki Monmama, NSSU df. Yoichi Yamagata, Nihon, 2-1
96 kg - Norikatsu Saikawa, NSSU df. Seiji Azuma, Ritsumeikan Univ., 2-0
120 kg - Atsushi Nakamura, Taku df. Boris Mujikov, YGU, 2-0
R. MATSUMOTO PINS HIS WAY TO 2ND COLLEGIATE OPEN GR CROWN
TOKYO (August 21-22) - Ryutaro Matsumoto pinned his way to his second championship
title at 60 kg in greco-roman at the all-Japan collegiate open wrestling
tournament. Matsumoto was joined by two Nippon Sports Science University
teammates, Yuichi Tanaka (74) and Norikatsu Saikawa (84), on the top step
of the medals podium.
Results of the championship finals:
55 kg - Ryo Minemura, Kanagawa Univ. df. Kiyoharu Hirao, NSSU, 2-0 (2-1,
3-0)
60 kg - Ryutaro Matsumoto, NSSU df. Kazuma Kuramoto, Yamanashi Gakuin Univ., 2-0 (3-0, 4-1)
66 kg - Kohei Fujimoto, Takushoku Univ. df. Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu, Taku, 2-1 (2-1, 1-1x, 2-0)
74 kg - Yuichi Tanaka, NSSU df. Shuhei Kuraya, NSSU, 2-1 (1-1x, 2-1, 1x-1)
84 kg - Norikatsu Saikawa, NSSU df. Yasuhiro Naguchi, NSSU, 2-0 (6-0, 7-0)
96 kg - Katsuya Kitamura, Senshu Univ. df. Masaaki Aso, Taku, 2-1 (1-1x,
3-0, 4-0)
120 kg - Boris Mujikov, YGU df. Ryuta Kono, Aoyama Gakuin Univ., 2-0 (4-0,
3-0)
SHINKAI WINS 4TH STRAIGHT WOMENfS COLLEGE TITLE
TOKYO (August 21) - Mami Shinkai won her fourth straight title at 67 kg at the womenfs collegiate wrestling championships.
Shinkai was named the outstanding wrestler while she and her Chukyo Womenfs University teammates claimed six of the seven weight categories contested at Komazawa Gymnasium.
Among those, Kie Tanaka won her third title in a row at 72 kg and Kei Yamana
repeated as champion at 63 kg. Eriko Nakata of Waseda University broke
the CWU stranglehold on titles when she defeated Mizuka Kajita 2-1 in the
final at 59 kg. The other CWU champions were Yumi Kawamura (48), Yuna Sakae
(51) and Mizuho Shibata (55).
AKITA SHOGYO DEFEATS KASUMIGAURA TO DEFEND HS CROWN
SAGA, Saga Prefecture (August 2-3) - Defending champion Akita Shogyo defeated
spring invitational winner Kasumigaura of Ibaraki to hold onto the national
high school wrestling championship team title. Akita Shogyo won its third
high school championship overall with a 4-3 triumph, avenging a loss to
Kasumigaura in the invitational team final in March.
Local favorite Kashima Jitsugyo of Saga and Ginan Kogyo of Gifu took home
the third-place trophies. Akitafs Yoshiki Sato was named the outstanding
wrestler of the tourney.
TAKAYA DOUBLES UP ON HS TITLES, NAMED OW
SAGA, Saga Prefecture (August 4-5) - Sosuke Takaya of Amino high school
in Kyoto pinned three of the five opponents he faced at 74 kg as was named
the outstanding wrestler of the high school national championship meet.Takaya
was one of six wrestlers to add the second jewel of high school wrestlingfs
freestyle triple crown after winning the spring invitational title in March.
The final leg will be at the national sports festival in October.
Meanwhile, Kotaro Tanaka, a junior at Kyotofs Hachiman high school, accomplished a rare double for a second-year wrestler by winning the national championship title along with the invitational crown.
Results of individual finals:
50 kg - Tomoya Mizukoshi, Kasumigaura (Ibaraki) df. Takuma Yamauchi, Kosei Gakuin (Aomori), 2-1 (0-1, 1-0, 1-0)
55 kg - Kotaro Tanaka, Hachiman (Kyoto) df. Yu Kagabu, Akita Shogyo by default, 2P=2:00 (0-3, 8-4) 60 kg - Tomotsugu Ishida, Ritsumeikan-Uji (Kyoto) df. Takahiro Inoue, Ikuei (Hyogo), 2-0 (1-0, 1-0)
66 kg - Takuya Tomizuka, Kanto Gakuen (Gunma) df. Tatsuya Nabatame, Kasumigaura,
2-1 (0-1, 2-1, 6-5)
74 kg - Sosuke Takatani, Amino (Kyoto) df. Hiroaki Inoue, Seijo (Aichi) by fall, 1P=1:10 (6-0)
84 kg - Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Nakatsu Shogyo (Gifu) df. Tsuyoshi Yamashita, Shuzenji Kogyo (Shizuoka), 2-0 (3-0, 1x-1)
96 kg - Shinji Asada, Hojo (Aichi) df. Katsutoshi Kanazawa, Taneichi (Iwate) by fall, 1P=0:26 (4-0) 120 kg - Shoma Moriuchi, Kasumigaura (Ibaraki) df. Takuya Masuda, Sakura Minami (Chiba), 2-0 (1-0, 1-0)
S. SUZUKI 3-PEAT AT GIRLS HS CfSHIPS
SAKAI, Osaka (August 17) - Sachiko Suzuki of Tochigifs Mibu high school
won at 54 kg to win the high school girls wrestling championship title
for a third straight year. Meanwhile, Ayaka Sato of Shigakukan in Aichi
won at 68 kg for her second high school crown.
Individual champions were:
40 kg - Sakura Ueno, Amino (Kyoto)
43 kg - Chiaki Fujikawa, Saitama Sakae
46 kg - Chihiro Nonaka, Saitama Sakae
50 kg - Fuyuko Mimura, Amino
54 kg - Sachiko Suzuki, Mibu (Tochigi)
58 kg - Yurika Ito, Amino
63 kg - Rio Watari, Shigakukan (Aichi)
68 kg - Ayaka Sato, Shigakukan
72 kg - Anna Uno, Yokkaichi Yongo (Mie)
ISHIDA, YAMAGUCHI ADD GR TITLES TO COLLECTION
SAKAI, Osaka (August 18-19) - Tomotsugu Ishida of Kyotofs Ritsumeikan-Uji
and Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi of Ginan Shogyo in Gifu won their third titles of
the year at the high school greco-roman wrestling national championships.
Ishida and Yamaguchi won two freestyle titles earlier at the national invitational
in March and the recent national championships in Saga.
Meanwhile, Takuya Tomizuka of Kanto Gakuen in Gunma won his second title at 66 kg, after claiming the national championships title earlier in August.
Individual winners
50 kg - Tomoaki Nakano, Yaezu Chuo (Shizuoka) df. Shota Kawazoe, Kitakyushu (Fukuoka), 2-0 (6-0, 3-2)
55 kg - Ryohei Komata, Kasumigaura (Ibaraki) df. Shoto Suzuki, Yaezu Suisan (Shizuoka), 2-1 (4-1, 1-2, 4-0)
60 kg - Tomotsugu Ishida, Ritsumeikan-Uji (Kyoto) df. Yasuhiro Suzuki, Tadotsu Kogyo (Kagawa) by default
66 kg - Takuya Tomizuka, Kanto Gakuen (Gunma) df. Tatsuya Nabatame, Kasumigaura
by fall, 1P=1:20 (4-0)
74 kg - Taishi Fukunaga, Nihon Bunri Daifu (Oita) df. Toshinori Tokuyama,
Tottori Chuo Ikuei, 2-0 (3-0, 5-0)
84 kg - Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Nakatsu Shogyo (Gifu) df. Toru Yokosawa, Morioka Kogyo (Iwate) by fall, 2P=1:18 (10-2, 3-0)
96 kg - Takuma Yuzono, Ikuei (Hyogo) df. Hiroki Fukuda, Tajima (Fukushima), 2-0 (3-0, 7-0)
120 kg - Takuya Masuda, Sakura Minami (Chiba) df. Shodai Tanida, Yamato Koryo (Nara), 2-0 (5-0, 3-0)
FORMER WORLD CHAMP LEADS TOKYO CLUB TO KIDS CROWN
TOKYO (August 11-13) - The Sukoburu Gold Kids of Tokyo won 13 individual
categories and unseated perennial power Suita of Osaka in the 24th boys
and girls wrestling championships. The Tokyo team, coached by former world
champion Akiko Narikuni, racked up 95 points to outdistance the Suita municipal
wrestling club with 65 points. Yokkaichi Juniors from Mie and Osakafs Enjoy
Wrestling club tied for third place.
It was the first time that a team from Tokyo has won the title for clubs
with 11 or more wrestlers. Mito (Ibaraki) edged the Kiguchi Dojo of (Tokyo)
on criteria for the team title in the division for clubs with 10 or fewer
wrestlers.
gThe kids wrestled really well. This is the result of their hard work,h said Narikuni, who was the womenfs world champion at 65 kg in 1990 and 1991 as Akiko Iijima.
A total of 1,474 wrestlers from 172 clubs from Japan, China and the United
States took part in the three-day competition at Komazawa Gymnasium.