TOSAKA COMES FROM BEHIND FOR 48KG CROWN IN ALL-JAPAN C’SHIPS

TOKYO (December 22) – World champion Eri TOSAKA stormed from behind to defeat rival Yuki IRIE in the women’s 48kg final on the second day of the All-Japan national wrestling championships.

TOSAKA fell behind early in the 48kg final at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium complex, but locked up a cross-ankle hold and hit a series of turns for a 14-4 win by technical superiority and her second national championship crown.

Meanwhile, world bronze medalist Sara DOSHO tagged 2012 world team member Kayoko KUDO with a technical fall for her third straight all-Japan crown.

In men’s freestyle, Sosuke TAKATANI, a seventh-place finisher at the world championships, avenged a loss to Ryoichi YAMANAKA in the National Sports Festival with a technical fall in the final to stand atop the all-Japan medals podium for a third year in a row.

World No.8 Takeshi YAMAGUCHI notched a pair of falls and a technical fall – all in the first period – to repeat as champ at 96kg.

In greco-roman, London 2012 entry at 66kg Tsutomu FUJIMURA made a successful move to 74kg for his first all-Japan crown at his new weight and third overall.

Meanwhile, National Sports Festival champion Tsukasa TSURUMAKI also made a successful move to a heavier weight to win his first all-Japan title at 84kg and fifth overall. World teammate Shori MAEKAWA repeated as national champ at 120kg.

Men’s freestyle

74kg (18 entries)

F1 – Sosuke TAKATANI df. Ryoichi YAMANAKA by TF, 7-0=3:38

(TAKATANI wins 3rd straight title)

F3 – Daisuke SHIMADA df. Manabu KAMATA by TF, 10-3=3:38

SF – TAKATANI df. KAMATA by fall, 4:27 (5-0)

SF – YAMANAKA df. SHIMADA by TF, 8-0=3:21

96kg (13 entries)

F1 – Takeshi YAMAGUCHI df. Koki YAMAMOTO by fall, 1:52 (10-2)

(YAMAGUCHI wins 2nd straight title)

F3 – Shinichi NAKAI df. Suguru KINOSHITA by TF, 7-0=2:28

SF – YAMAGUCHI df. NAKAI by TF, 7-0=2:20

SF – YAMAMOTO df. Yuji FUKUI, 9-5

Greco-Roman

74kg (16 entries)

F1 – Tsutomu FUJIMURA df. Takaharu NAKAMURA by fall, 3:34 (4-0)

(FUJIMURA wins 1st title at 74kg, 3rd title overall)

F3 – Takehiro KANAKUBO df. Tomohiro INOUE by fall, 0:47 (7-0)

SF – FUJIMURA df. KANAKUBO, 6-5

SF – NAKAMURA df. So SAKABE, 5-0

84kg (10 entries)

F1 – Tsukasa TSURUMAKI df. Masayuki AMANO, 4-0

(TSURUMAKI wins 1st title at 84kg, 5th title overall)

F3 – Taichi OKA df. Masato SUMI by TF, 7-0=0:36

SF – AMANO df. OKA by disq., 5:40 (3-2)

SF – TSURUMAKI df. Yoichiro KAGAYA by fall, 2:38 (7-0)

120kg (11 entries)

F1 – Shori MAEKAWA df. Arata SONODA, 4-2

(MAEKAWA wins 2nd straight title)

F3 – Masahiro TANIDA df. Hirotake TSUDA, 5-0

SF – MAEKAWA df. Tsuyoki HISAKA by TF, 8-0=0:44

SF – SONODA df. Ryuta KONO by TF, 7-0=4:13

Women’s freestyle

48kg (21 entries)

F1 – Eri TOSAKA df. Yuki IRIE by TF, 14-4=4:15

(TOSAKA wins 2nd straight title)

F3 – Anna IWAMURE df. Shiori ITO, 4-3

SF – TOSAKA df. Yoshika WATANABE by TF, 8-0=1:14

SF – IRIE df. Yuka YAGO by TF, 7-0=1:54

67kg (8 entries)

F1 – Sara DOSHO df. Kayoko KUDO by TF, 9-0=2:33

(DOSHO wins 3rd straight title)

F3 – Chihiro HASHIMOTO df. Masako FURUICHI by fall, 4:35 (7-0)

SF – DOSHO df. HASHIMOTO by TF, 8-0=4:32

SF – KUDO df. FURUICHI, 6-5

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