The All Japan Women's Championship, which decides the best judo women in Japan without discrimination of weight, was held, and 23-year-old Wakaharu Tomita won the championship for the first time.
The Judo All Japan Women's Championship is held in April every year, but this was postponed due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection and was held at the Kodokan in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo without spectators.
39 people participated in this tournament, and Sarah Asahina, the only adult world champion who has won this tournament, played against Moeka Kuwagata, a third-year high school student, in the second round of the first round. It was the result of a turbulent defeat after receiving three instructions.
In the final, Tomita, who won the Kodokan Cup All Japan Weight Championship in a class over 78 kg, and Akemi Hashimoto, who lost in the final and finished second, played again.
The match between two players belonging to the same company was extended as they tried to keep up with each other.
In the extra time, Tomita continued to attack with throwing on his back and footwork, and after 10 minutes of extra time, Hashimoto received the third instruction and lost the foul.
Tomita won his first victory in his fourth appearance and said, "I'm glad I wanted to win. I think I'm confident that I was able to make it for the match in this situation. I felt like I didn't want to lose. I think I was able to appeal by winning the championship, so I would like to connect it to the Paris Olympics. "
Asahina, a medical student, lost the first match from this spring
Sarah Asahina entered Dokkyo Medical University this spring with the goal of balancing her studies as a medical student with judo, but this tournament was defeated in the first match.
Asahina recalled, "The cause of the defeat was that we couldn't take measures against the fast-moving players and proceeded with the game."
On top of that, he said, "I fluttered at the first tournament I entered this time and couldn't study for the game as usual. I don't want to make excuses for both studying and judo. I want to face both seriously. "