Kiyou Shimizu, who won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics and the Karate Women's "Shape", lost the national championship at the World Championships in November and missed the national team.
Shimizu won the silver medal in the final of the Karate Women's "Kata" at the Tokyo Olympics, although he was unfortunately defeated by his rival Spanish player, and was the first Japanese player to win a medal in karate.
On the 2nd, the representative selection of the world championship held in UAE = United Arab Emirates was held in Tokyo in November, and Shimizu lost to Hikaru Ohno in the final.
Shimizu has a track record of winning the world championship for the second time in a row. Last time, in the 2018 tournament, he lost to the Spanish player who won the gold medal at the Tokyo tournament and missed the third consecutive championship. I wanted to revenge, "but I missed the chance to become a representative.
On the other hand, Ryo Kiyuna, who won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics and the men's "form", will be properly selected as the representative and will face the world championship with the aim of winning the tournament for the fourth consecutive time.