- Uta Abe (photographed on July 25, 2021) showing a guts pose after defeating Bushar in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Women’s 52kg class final
The representative of the World Championships to be held in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, has been decided in October.
After the tournament, a strengthening committee was held and representatives of each class were selected as follows. The 78-kilometer class will be decided based on the results of the Empress’s Cup (Yokohama Budokan) on the 17th. Another second representative will be announced after the Empress’s Cup.
◆ 48 kg class
1st representative = Funa Tonaki (26 = Park 24)
2nd representative = Natsumi Tsunoda (29 = Ryotokuji Daijo)
◆ 52 kg class
Uta Abe (21 = Nippon Sport Science University)
◆ 57 kg class
Haruka Funakubo (23 = Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance)
◆ 63 kg class
Megumi Horikawa (26 = Park 24)
◆ 70 kg class
Shiho Tanaka (23 = JR East)
◆ 78 kg class
Naori Hamada (31 = Self-Defense Forces)