Japan Boxing Federation requested Shizu-chan to become a strengthening member August 9th, 7:39

The Japan Boxing Federation requested interviews with related people that Shizuyo Yamazaki, a talented Japanese middle-class player, was asked to take up the position of a strengthening member in an attempt to improve the name recognition of girls toward the Tokyo Olympics. understood.

Boxing girls will be officially selected for the 2012 London Olympics, and Japanese female athletes will be competing for the first time at the Tokyo Olympics next year.

At the Japan Boxing Federation, we asked Shizuyo Yamazaki, the talent “Shizu-chan”, to join the women's strengthening committee in order to improve the name recognition of the girls for the Olympics and to be involved in strengthening the players. understood.

Sadanobu Uchida, chairman of the Japan Boxing Federation, told NHK that he would like to support athletes in training camps and other events, and create opportunities for girls to regain their attention.

Shizuyo Yamazaki, the talent “Shizu-chan”, is 41 years old from Osaka prefecture.

In 2003, he formed a comedy combination "Nankai Candies" with Ryota Yamazato, and the Manzai, which was in good condition with Yamazato, became popular.

Mr. Yamazaki started boxing in earnest in 2008 while continuing his entertainment activities, after playing the role of a boxing player in a TV drama.

Aiming to compete in the 2012 London Olympics, when women were first adopted as an official event, they played an active role in winning the middleweight title of the All Japan Championship of the year.

As a representative of Japan, he was defeated in the third round of the World Championship, which also served as the Olympic qualifying, and he could not participate in the Olympics, but at that time, Mr. Yamazaki was a big topic.

Then, in October 2015, the year before the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, he retired from active duty as "I felt a wall with the world and my mind and body could not keep up with my practice."