The All Japan Women's Championship, which decides the best judo women in Japan without discrimination in weight, was held, and 23-year-old Shiho Tanaka won the championship for the first time.
The Judo All Japan Women's Championship is held in April every year, but it was postponed to December following last year due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and was held at the Kodokan in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo without spectators.
The representative players of the Tokyo Olympics did not participate in the tournament, and 23-year-old Tanaka, who participates in the usual games in the 70-kilometer class, won four games from the second round of the first game and advanced to the final.
The final in which Tanaka played against Hikaru Kodama was entangled in the extension, and while Tanaka actively worked on the technique, Kodama gradually became less active and took the third instruction and lost the foul, Tanaka. The player won the championship for the first time.
Tanaka, who has a track record of winning the 70-kilometer class of the Otoshi Kodokan Cup, said, "I made a solid kumite and aimed to be patient and play judo. It was very good to win the indiscriminate tournament. I'm happy. I want to continue to do my best in the future. "
Natsumi Tsunoda, who won the gold medal in the 48-kilometer class of the World Championships in June, also participated in this year's tournament by recommendation.
Tsunoda, who challenged the indiscriminate tournament from the lightest class, won the second round of the first round by losing the opponent's foul, and lost one in the following third round at the end of the extension, but in the tournament he was heavier than himself. He showed his presence by actively setting up tomoe nage and ground fighting.
Tsunoda said, "I couldn't do my own judo because the pressure at the beginning of the assembly was completely different. I felt a little response, so if I have another chance, I would like to practice and challenge what was not good this time." Was there.