Japan came from behind to win their sixth straight victory.

18 teams participated, and won the event on the final day, which was held in a 6-man system with 3 men and 3 men each.

The final opponent was France, who lost in the final of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics (Olympics). Immediately after the start, the men’s 73 kg class bronze medalist Soichi Hashimoto and the women’s 70 kg class gold medalist Saki Niizoe were defeated one after another.

Next is Goki Tajima. A man who made it to the final four in the 90-kilogram class at the All Japan Championships last month has regained his first win. However, Mayu Segawa was led again to 1-3 due to a foul loss of 3 instructions.

Here comes Ritsu Saito, the ace of over 100 kilograms. Since the opponent is not participating in the monster Teddy Riner, he will play against an opponent with a considerable difference in ability. Saito got back one star with a foul victory that took away the instruction 3 in no time.

The last sixth person. Japan’s Haruka Funakubo, who was second in the 57kg class for the second year in a row, came out. 20 seconds after the start, she is suddenly deprived of Wazaari with Uchimata. she is desperate. But she didn’t give up. She tenaciously regains her initiative and unleashes her signature ground move. She won the come-from-behind ippon with a horizontal yoho-katame. She made it into the national team as 3-3.

The winner will be decided by lottery. It was a new assistant who was chosen from six people. His opponent was Pino, whom he had never beaten before, and he expected revenge.

The inner thigh of the weapon did not fit, and I was tormented again. In midfield, he was completely thrown on his left Kouchi roll. The referee raises his hand. A French book…

finished. The moment I thought so, the referee canceled it. When he entered the technique, there was a foul that he caught his foot, and the opponent was instructed. In addition, Pino commits a foul for the second time in this match. Trying to get directly into Utsuhishigijiujitsu from Tomoe Nage, the third instruction. It was decided that Niozoe won by foul play. Japan’s 6th consecutive victory was confirmed, and Japanese judokas shared the joy.

The team defeated South Korea in the second round of the first match, Georgia in the quarterfinals, and the Netherlands in the semifinals to advance to the final.

Japan has won all five of the mixed men’s and women’s team competitions since it was introduced at the world championships in 2017. He won this time as well, paid back the debt he lost at the Tokyo Olympics last summer, and protected the pride of the birthplace of judo.[Jun Kinoshita]