Kasumi Ishikawa (28 = Zen-Noh) played against Austria’s Sofia Polcanova (26) in the fourth round of singles and won 4-0. Both men and women were the first to enter the top eight. Ishikawa will be in the top 8 for the first time since the London Olympics.

Ishikawa revealed on TV that he was supporting Shohei Ono (29 = Asahi Kasei), a 73-kilogram gold medal for judo men, in addition to “getting power” from the mixed doubles gold medal the day before. “It was the same kindergarten.” It is said that Ohno was one senior at the Yamaguchi Tenshi Kindergarten in Yamaguchi City.

The same was true for my homeroom teacher. There was no interaction during the kindergarten days, but it is said that they got together at the parade held by Mr. Yamaguchi after the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016 and made the memories bloom.