Tsukasa Yoshida advanced to the semi-finals at the Tokyo Olympics, Judo Women's 57 kg class.
In the men's 73 kg class, Shohei Ono, who won the gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Games last time, advanced to the semi-finals.
Women's 57 kg class Yoshida
Yoshida, who participated in the Olympics for the first time, played against a Chinese player in the second round of the first round, and started to move quickly, and after one minute from the start, he daringly decided to throw one on his back and won one.
In the following quarter-finals, he played against an Israeli player, and two minutes after the start, he took advantage of his waza-ari with his sleeves and decided to advance to the semi-finals.
Yoshida has shown a variety of sharp attacks in the past two games, and is winning with a dangerous match.
In the semi-finals, we will face Kosovo's Nora Gjakova.
Men's 73 kg class Ohno
Ohno, who is aiming for the second straight victory, won both the second round of the first round and the third round that followed, and advanced to the quarterfinals.
In the quarter-finals, we played against Rustam Orujov of Azerbaijan, the same opponent as the final of the previous tournament.
Two minutes after the start, Ohno took the waza-ari with his inner thigh, and three minutes after the start, he took the waza-ari again and won with one combined technique to advance to the semi-final.
Ohno has won the three games from the first match without risk, and is showing a stable fight toward the seventh consecutive Olympic title in Japanese judo.