Female Fighter File (4)
Interview with Seika Izawa Part 1
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strong. Simple and strong. She began practicing her mixed martial arts in June 2020, and Seika Izawa, who made her debut as a professional martial arts in October, has surpassed the speed of evolution of Japanese women’s martial arts.
Only eight months after his debut, he won the DEEP JEWELS straw-class title in his third professional race. Six months later, she defeated Ayaka Hamasaki, who was undefeated by a Japanese player, in her first match against RIZIN, and won the direct rematch to win the RIZIN Women’s Super Atom-class belt.
Currently, he is a graduate student at Tokyo Gakugei University and has a teacher’s license. It was also talked about that she announced her engagement with DEEP bantamweight interim champion CORO on June 30th this year. She heard about her steps so far and the image of a fighter she was aiming for.
Seika Izawa (right) attacking Ayaka Hamasaki (left) at RIZIN in April 2022
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When I was in high school, I woke up at 5 am, ran to study, and went to morning training.
――In just 6 races, you became the double-crowned queen of DEEP JEWELS and RIZIN. What is the backbone of Izawa?
“Judo and wrestling. I started judo when I was 4 years old, and wrestling was done in parallel with judo from the 4th grade of elementary school to the 3rd grade of junior high school. At Sakushin Gakuin High School, I joined the judo club and devoted myself to it. I will do it. “
――Why did you choose judo in high school?
“When I was in the third year of junior high school, I won the championship in all of the wrestling (national junior high school wrestling championships), and I felt like” I wonder if it’s okay. ” So, I focused on judo. Rather, I was disappointed that I couldn’t win with the judo I was trying hard, so I chose judo in high school because I wanted to be stronger. “
――Did you feel like aiming for the Olympics with the results of wrestling?
“Originally, neither judo nor wrestling was aimed at going to the Olympics. It was like” Oh, I won the championship “(laughs). I didn’t want to win a bigger tournament.”
――How was the judo club of Sakushin Gakuin?
“It was really hard. However, I was also a hard worker, so I also ran before the morning training. Since the morning training was around 7 o’clock, I got up at 5 o’clock and went to run. From 6 o’clock, I prepare for the day’s study and go to the morning training. Every morning, I felt like “get up, run, study, morning training” (laughs). I think I did my best myself. increase”
