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Japan Junior Sambo Federation “2023 East Japan Kids Sambo Championship”
April 9, 2023 (Sun) Tokyo Machida City General Gymnasium Sub Arena
Article provided by: Japan Junior Sambo Federation Secretariat Masa Yoshizawa
This was an annual event held in April, and many high-level matches continued, with the participation of the Samukawa Juyukai, a strong judo team, and the national champions of boy and girl wrestling.
Morifuji, who achieved double crowns in last year’s “National Boys and Girls Wrestling Championships” and “National Boys and Girls Selected Wrestling Championships” and also won second place in the “U13 Japan Open Wrestling Tournament”, showed an MVP class performance. It was Heizo (KURIMORI FILM) (his father, Mr. Tsuyoshi Morifuji, was an experienced bronze medalist at the All Japan Sambo Championship). In the semi-finals, Kenshi Namba and Koki Mori in the finals, both defeated the Samukawa Juyukai judoka with their wrestling techniques and the SAMBO rules that they have learned so far. He showed us a wonderful way of fighting as a sun vist of the kids generation. Unfortunately, they did not win the championship, but Namba and Mori are also promising players who are expected to participate in the future, as they have responded to the Sambol rule.
In addition, Morifuji, who participated in the “5th and 6th grade elementary school boys middle weight class” and Akira Kiyose Ama, who is a fellow student, won the five-man league with all wins. 3 out of 4 games won by ippon including technical. Showed the strength of the national wrestling champion.
Daito Kogure (Honjo Dojo), who won the “Junior High School Men’s Middle Weight Class”, won the three-man league with Hayato Ozeki and Torataro Sugawara of the Samukawa Juyukai by a close decision, although he has no wrestling achievements. We achieved a distinguished victory.
It was the first time for the Samukawa Juyukai players to compete in a Sambo rule match, but Ken Mitani, the representative, has experience in participating in the Sambo Asia Championship. This is a team to keep an eye on.
Also, the wrestling team Micky Wrestling Dojo will participate for the first time. He showed us a battle that can be expected to be a big success if the research of Samboru advances.
Maeda Tomohiro (Sakura Judo Juku) was also highly rated by those involved. The content of the game makes us expect to respond to Sambo, and we are expected to continue participating in the future.
This year’s federation-sponsored competition is the “All Japan Kids Sambo Championship” scheduled to be held in January.
Winner
Elementary school 1st-2nd grade
1st place Kazushin Ayabe (Samukawa Juyukai)
2nd place Mai Kato (Honjo dojo)
3rd place Iwasaki Nagino (KURIMORI FILM)
3rd to 4th grade girls
1 Mirina Kaneda (M-WORKS)
2nd place Nanase Shimada (SK kids)
3rd place Kazushin Hara (Mitama Sambo School)
Elementary school 3rd-4th grade boys
1st place Tomohiro Maeda (Sakura Judo Juku)
2nd place Ryoto Kiyose (KURIMORI FILM)
Elementary school 5th-6th grade boys middle class
1st place Akira Kiyose Amakusa (KURIMORI FILM)
2nd Place Tsunehiro Kogure (Honjo Dojo)
3rd place Yuma Ishibashi (Mickey Wrestling Dojo)
4th place Kei Kato (Honjo Dojo)
5th place Takehiro Tezuka (Mitama Sambo School)
Primary school 5~6 grade boys heavyweight class A
1st place Shunrin Sakurabayashi (Honjo Dojo)
2nd place Kaiki Marutani (M-WORKS)
3rd place Yamato Naito (Sakura Judo Juku)
Men’s heavyweight B for grades 5 to 6 in elementary school
1st place Haruo Maruyama (SK Kids)
Junior high school boy lightweight class
1st place Heizo Morifuji (KURIMORI FILM)
2nd place Koki Mori (Samukawa Juyukai)
3rd Place Eito Ohashi (Mickey Wrestling Dojo)
3rd place Kenji Namba (Samukawa Juyukai)
Junior high school boys middle weight class
1st place Daito Kogure (Honjo Dojo)
2nd place Hayato Ozeki (Samukawa Juyukai)
3rd place Torataro Sugawara (Samukawa Juyukai)
