[Karate] Japanese Team Wins a Total of 66 Medals at the 13th East Asian Championships Held in Toyohashi, Aichi

Group photo after the awards ceremony on April 26.

The 13th East Asian Championships were held in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, from April 25 (Saturday) to 26 (Sunday).

A total of 240 athletes from 7 countries and regions in East Asia participated. Individual and team events were conducted across various age categories: Cadet (14-15 years old), Junior (16-17 years old), Under 21 (18-20 years old), and Senior (Kata 16 years old and above, Kumite 18 years old and above).

In this tournament, where each country could enter up to two participants per event, Japan had a combined total of 67 entries across Cadet, Junior, and Senior categories, securing 38 gold, 19 silver, and 9 bronze medals, totaling 66 medals. This placed Japan at the top of the medal ranking by participating country.

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Japanese Team Results

[Cadet]

<Men's Kumite>

-52kg Kotetsu Morikawa - 1st place Ichi Sato - 2nd place

-57kg Raisei Nagai - 1st place Shiro Nakayama - 2nd place

-63kg Akira Iwamoto - 1st place Tatsu Sugasaki - 3rd place

-70kg Ryoma Yamashita - 2nd place Masato Watanabe - 3rd place

+70kg Ukyo Kaneko - 1st place Kosei Okamoto - 2nd place

<Women's Kumite>

-47kg Reia Takabayashi - 1st place Raki Kurusu - 2nd place

-54kg Mao Kondo - 1st place Rin Terada - 3rd place

-61kg Aimi Inokuma - 1st place Noru Fujita - 2nd place

+61kg Hina Shibasaki - 1st place Rin Togashi - 2nd place

<Men's Individual Kata>

Ryushin Shimabukuro - 1st place

<Women's Individual Kata>

Anri Mugitani - 1st place, Touri Tanaka - 3rd place

[Junior]

<Men's Kumite>

-55kg Takumi Fukuniwa - 1st place Shugo Fujiki - 2nd place

-61kg Maari Maeda - 1st place Yuma Akimoto - 2nd place

-68kg Aito Suzuki - 1st place Soshin Sugiyama - 3rd place

-76kg Ryuga Ueda - 1st place Ryuki Kaneto - 2nd place

+76kg Kodai Okada - 1st place Taiga Hashimoto - 2nd place

<Women's Kumite>

-48kg Ami Masuda - 1st place Sakuya Matsuda - 3rd place

-53kg Karen Oyama - 1st place Towa Endo - 3rd place

-59kg Kokoro Sakurai - 1st place Mika Tsuboi - 2nd place

-66kg Mizuki Kataoka - 1st place Nagisa Miyake - 3rd place

+66kg Maria Nishimura - 1st place Yuzuki Kataoka

<Men's Individual Kata>

Buyu Hamazawa - 1st place, Go Maehiro - 2nd place

<Men's Team Kata>

Ibuki Koshigataki, Asahi Obata, Kazumichi Shinohara - 1st place

<Women's Individual Kata>

Wakana Ito - 1st place, Reika Sugino - 2nd place

<Women's Team Kata>

Nanami Matsuda, Reika Sugino, Himari Tamura - 1st place

[U-21]

<Men's Kumite>

-67kg Taiyo Nakamura - 1st place

-84kg Toshihiro Miki - 2nd place

<Women's Kumite>

-50kg Miyu Okamoto - 1st place

[Senior]

<Men's Kumite>

-60kg Daiki Ito - 1st place

-75kg Genki Takeuchi - 1st place

-84kg Asahi Mizuno - 1st place Junya Eto - 3rd place

+84kg Meredith Reishi James - 1st place

<Women's Kumite>

-50kg Sara Tsutsumi - 1st place Aika Okazaki - 2nd place

-55kg Rina Kodo - 1st place Akari Harada - 2nd place

-61kg Mayu Yamada - 2nd place

-68kg Sara Terazawa - 2nd place

<Men's Individual Kata>

Kotaro Ohata - 1st place

<Men's Team Kata>

Ryunosuke Kikuchi, Ken Okamoto, Ishin Kitazawa - 1st place

<Women's Individual Kata>

Kiri Mishima - 1st place

<Women's Team Kata>

Kotomi Sato, Sho Okamoto, Misa Kobayashi - 1st place

Cadet Individual Kata - Ryushin Shimabukuro, Junior -68kg Kumite - Mizuki Kataoka

Senior -50kg Kumite - Sara Tsutsumi, Senior +84kg Kumite - Meredith Reishi James

Furthermore, the Asian Games will be held at the same venue this September. Please keep an eye on the karate competition!