Japan was the first mixed-sex team to be hired, and Japan defeated the ROC (Russian Olympic Committee) to advance to the finals, confirming a silver medal or higher.

Shohei Ono, who participated in the men’s 73-kilometer class in the first match, defeated Musa Mogushkov with a single run and started off with good luck. He suffered a defeat in the quarter-final against Germany, but he recovered.

Chizuru Arai, who participated in the women’s 70 kg class in the second game, also defeated Madina Taimazova, and Shoichiro Mukai beat Mikhail Igolnikov in the men’s 90 kg class in the third game. At the end, Akira Sone, who just won the gold medal on the 30th the day before, won the women’s 70kg class. He decided to advance to the final with a 4-0 victory.

In the quarter-final against Germany, gold medalist Shohei Ohno lost the gold medalist, but it was a difficult development, but he won 4-2. Japan, which has five gold medalists, won the gold medal even in the first mixed gender group.

◆ Judo mixed gender group The team consists of 3 men and 3 women, for a total of 6 people. Boys weigh 73 kg or less, 90 kg or less, over 90 kg, and girls weigh 57 kg or less, 70 kg or less, over 70 kg. If players of the same class play against each other and cannot be settled, the Golden Score (GS) method will be extended. There is no draw. If the teams win or lose, players of a randomly selected class will play a national team match. The match time is 4 minutes.