Akira Sone, who participated for the first time in the Judo women's over 78 kg class held at the Tokyo Olympics on the 30th, won the gold medal.


"Three times as hard as a person" With


this word in mind, Akira Sone earned a gold medal with all his efforts.

In the women's heaviest class, which weighs more than 78 kg, it was the first Japanese team to reach the top in four tournaments.

With "triple effort" in mind

From an early age, Sone has been as important as practicing with the phrase "three times as much effort as a person."



Masahiko Kimura, a judoka from Kumamoto prefecture, always said it.

He was active in the Showa period and is said to have never lost for 15 years, and is also called "the strongest judoka in legendary history."

This word, which I learned from my father, sent Akira Sone, who hates to lose, to practice every day.

It led to an overwhelming amount of training, which can be said to be three times that of humans, such as repeating more than 30 randori for 4 minutes each time.

Petite strategy

He is about 1 meter and 60 centimeters tall, and is a small Sone player in this class.

In order to win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, it was necessary to win against the foreigners who were superior to the upper back.

The position of the "fisherman" has been particularly emphasized.

If pressure is applied from above, the movement will be blocked and you will not be able to perform the technique.


Countermeasures against such foreigners continue to raise the position of the "fisherman" who holds the opponent's collar.

This is because the angler's left hand is pushed up to take a distance, and there is a gap in the pocket to perform the technique.



However, keeping the "fisherman" high against someone taller than you can be a painful and painful position.


In order to create this shape, we have been practicing against big boys.

Stick to style even on the big stage

Even on the big stage, he continued to stick to his own style, saying, "I cherished the angler."


He decided his skills one after another against overseas players who are superior to his physique, and won all three games up to the semi-final.

The final was against Cuba's Idalys Ortiz.

He is one of the most talented people in this class who has won medals in three consecutive tournaments until the last time.

The game was entwined in overtime.


Sone did not show the color of tiredness, stretched his elbows and kept the "fisherman" high, and did not let the opponent free.

Perhaps Ortiz was also defeated by the persistent angler, and at the end he seemed tired and was given a third instruction, and the game was decided.



At his hometown, Fukuoka Prefecture's alma mater, Nanchiku High School, director Koichi Matsuo of the judo club also said, "I think that three times as much effort as people made the big flower of the Olympic gold medal bloom." Praised.

Sone smiled, "I had a lot of hardships and pains, but I cherished this word and kept it. I'm glad I got the result."


The "three times more effort than people" that I have been generously doing since I was little has led to the gold medal.