TAKATANI WINS 66KG, NAMED MEN’S OW AT JR-CADET NAT’L C’SHIPS
YOKOHAMA (April 25-27) – World Cup standout Daichi TAKATANI rolled to the 66kg crown in men’s freestyle and was named the outstanding wrestler of the men’s competition at the JOC Cup junior-cadet national championships.
Takatani, who posted a 5-0 mark at the men’s freestyle World Cup in March, pinned world cadet silver medalist Yuhi FUJINAMI at 4:11 of the 66kg final at Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium for his fourth win of the day inside regulation time.
Also in men’s freestyle, Yo NAKADA repeated as champion at 60kg wile 120kg champion Taiki YAMAMOTO of Hiryu high school in Shizuoka became the first high school wrestler in the heavier weight categories to win a Japanese junior title in nearly a decade. Current national team member Nobuyoshi ARAKIDA won the heavyweight crown in 2005 while wrestling for Kosei Gakuin high school in Aomori.
In greco-roman, junior world champion at 66kg Shohei YABIKU won at 74kg for his second junior national crown, while Arata SONODA won his third straight title at 120kg.
In women’s freestyle, junior world champ Yu MIYAHARA repeated as 51kg champ and two-time cadet world champion Kika KAGATA won the 48kg title for her fourth national title at the cadet and junior level. Nanami IRIE, 2012 cadet world champ, meanwhile, defeated top-seeded Rumi YOKOSE, a two-time Klippan Ladies Open bronze medalist, in the final at 55kg and named the outstanding wrestling in women’s freestyle.
Champions by style and category
Junior division
Men’s freestyle
50kg – Yamato HIRAKAWA, Chukyo Gakuin University
55kg – Isshin OSHIRO, Kokushikan University
60kg – Yo NAKADA, Nippon Sports Sciences University
66kg – Daichi TAKATANI, Takushoku University
74kg – Tsubasa ASAI, Takushoku
84kg – Nobuo MATSUZAKA, NSSU
96kg – Yusuke YOSHIKAWA, Yamanashi Gakuin University
120kg – Taiki YAMAMOTO, Hiryu high school
Greco-roman
50kg – Ryota SAITO, Hanasaki Tokuharu high school
55kg – Taiki KOBAYASHI, Kasumigaura high school
60kg – Kenichiro FUMITA, NSSU
66kg – Shogo TAKAHASHI, NSSU
74kg – Shohei YABIKU, NSSU
84kg – Yuya MAEDA, Takushoku
96kg – Yuta MIYAGUNI, Kokushikan
120kg – Arata SONODA, Takushoku
Women’s freestyle
44kg – Sakiko ISOMOTO, Mihagino girls high school
48kg – Kika KAGATA, Bunka Gakuen Suginami high school
51kg – Yu MIYAHARA, Toyo University
55kg – Nanami IRIE, Kyushu Kyoritsu University
59kg – Mikako HIGUCHI, Pacific Rim University
63kg – Yui SAKANO, Nihon University
67kg – Masako FURUICHI, JOC Academy
72kg – Rino ABE, Nihon University
Cadet division
Boys freestyle
42kg – Daiko HATTORI, Mito youth sports club
46kg – Toshiya ABE, JOC Academy
50kg – Takuto OTOGURO, JOC Academy
54kg – Taishi NARIKUNI, Inabe Sogo Gakuen
58kg – Taimu SAKAKI, Kanoya Chuo
63kg – Taro UMEBAYASHI, JOC Academy
69kg – Tsuyoshi NAKAMURA, Hanasaki Tokuharu
76kg – Yajuro YAMASAKI, Saitama Sakae
85kg – Takashi ISHIGURO, Hanasaki Tokuharu
100kg – Hiroto NINOMIYA, Ginan Kogyo
Greco-Roman
42kg – Masafumi TOTSUKA, Nichidai Fujisawa
46kg – Sanshiro TAKAHASHI, Norin high school
50kg – Shotaro SUWAMA, Tosu high school
54kg – Takumi YOSHIMURA, Saitama Sakae
58kg – Yamato UI, Shingu high school
63kg – Koshiro KUWAHARA, Nirasaki Kogy
69kg – Keiei SHIMOJI, Urasoe Kogyo
76kg – Ryuki YOSHIDA, Wakayama Kita
85kg – Tatsuya FUJII, Ritto high school
100kg – Yoshiki SHIRATORI, Komoro high school
Girls freestyle
38kg – Reimina YOSHIMOTO, Saitama Sakae
40kg – Yukyo TANABe, JOC Academy
43kg – Yui SUSAKI, JOC Academy
46kg – Miho IGARASHI, Shigakkan
49kg – Nao TANIYAMA, Kaorigaoka Liberte
52kg – Miki KAWAUCHI, Kaorigaoka Liberte
56kg – Kumi IRIE, Kokura Shogyo
60kg – Yukako KAWAI, Shigakkan
65kg – Shiho TANAKA, Yamaguchi Elite Academy
70kg – Nion SHIMIZU, Numazu Club
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