To Our Friends in Wrestling Around the world
By William May
（Japan Amateur Wrestling Federation, Public
Information Committee
Kyodo World Services, senior sports writer：wmay52@hotmail.com）
September wrestling news
MUJIKOV WINS FS, GR CROWNS AT COLLEGIATE OPEN
TOKYO (September 14-17) - Boris Mujikov of Yamanashi Gakuin University won the freestyle and greco-roman crowns at 120kg for a second straight year and was named the outstanding wrestler at the All-Japan collegiate open wrestling championships. Mujikov also won his third straight open title in greco-roman as the annual summer wrestling classic at Komazawa Gymnasium came to a close. Mujikov will be seeking complete his second grand slam of collegiate wrestling titles when he wrestles in the greco-roman and freestyle collegiate championships later this fall.
Atsushi Matsumoto of the Nippon Sports Sciences University won in freestyle for a second straight year at 84kg, but NSSU teammate Yasuhiro Morita, seeking to repeat at 55kg, fell in the semifinals. Matsumoto also defeated defending greco-roman champion Shinnosuke Omagari of Aoyama Gakuin University in the semifinals, but lost in the finals to Takushoku’s Taichi Oka.
Meanwhile, Hiroyuki Oda, under the guidance of former national team coach Takahiro Wada, gave Kokushikan University its first freestyle champion since 2000 when Yukihiro Toida won the 69kg crown.
In the women’s events, Hiroe Suzuki of Kyoto’s Ritsumeikan University successfully defended her 72kg crown, while a pair of first-year students from International Pacific Rim University, Miki Akeo (48kg) and Yurika Ito (59kg), won titles for the fledgling program directed by former greco-roman national team coach Hiroshi Kado
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Men’s freestyle
55kg - Yohei Fujimoto (Waseda) df. Shota Komata (YGU), 2-0
60kg - Hiroyuki Oda (Kokushikan) df. Yukitaro Tanaka (W), 2-0
66kg - Tomotsugu Ishida (W) df. Tsubasa Goto (NSSU), 2-0
74kg - Sosuke Takatani (Takushoku) df. Kimihiro Eto (Senshu), 2-0
84kg - Atsushi Matsumoto (NSSU) df. Masayuki Amano (Chuo)
96kg - Wataru Kurokawa (NSSU) df. Yutaro Baba (Sen) by fall, 3P
120kg - Boris Mujikov (YGU) df. Yuto Aisawa (Nihon), 2-0
Greco-roman
55kg - Tatsuya Tomioka (NSSU) df. Tsubasa Ogata (NSSU), 2-1
60kg - Takumi Yokoyama (NSSU) df. Yuki Makise (Toyo), 2-0
66kg - Yuji Okamoto (Taku) df. Tomohiro Inoue (NSSU), 2-0
74kg - Hiroshi Kondo (NSSU) df. Tomoaki Watanabe (NSSU), 2-1
84kg - Taichi Oka (Taku) df. Atsushi Matsumoto (NSSU) by fall, 1P
96kg - Kenji Fujimoto (Taku) df. Tsukiaki Nakatani (Sen), 2-0
120kg - Boris Mujikov (YGU) df. Takahiro Kawano (Aoyama), 2-0
Women’s freestyle
48kg - Miki Akeo (IPU) df. Chiaki Fujikawa (Wa), 2-0
51kg - Ai Shimizu (Toyo) df. Sachiko Hirata (Hosei), 2-1
55kg - Mizuka Kajita (CWU) df. Chiaki Arai (Wa), 2-0
59kg - Yurika Ito (IPU) df. Shoko Hirano (Tokai) by TF
63kg - Ayaka Sato (CWU) df. Karina Takahashi (Wa), 2-0
67kg - Chiaki Iijima (Nihon) df. Chiaki Machida (Keio) by fall
72kg - Hiroe Suzuki (Ritsumeikan) df. Yuka Masuo (CWU)
K. YUMOTO RETURNS TO MATS WITH WIN AT NAT’L SPORTS FESTIVAL
NIIGATA (September 27-28) - Olympic bronze medalist Kenichi Yumoto returned to the mats with a triumph at 60kg on the second day of freestyle wrestling at the National Sports Festival in Niigata.
Meanwhile, 1996 Olympic bronze medalist Takuya Ota fell in the 74kg semifinals to local favorite Hiroki Kayamori, who then lost in the championship final to Tokyo’s Takayuki Suzuki. Yumoto and Ota were both representing their home prefecture of Wakayama.
In the high school division, Shotaro Hosoya from Saitama won his third major title of the year at 84kg to go with his spring invitational and summer national championships crowns.
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Men’s freestyle (senior)
55kg - Hideki Taoka (Saitama) df. Kazuhide Tomita (Mie), 2-0
60kg - Kenichi Yumoto (Wakayama) df. Kei Matsumoto (Nagasaki), 2-0
66kg - Kiyofumi Kanabuchi (Aomori) df. Tomotsugu Ishida (Mie), 2-0
74kg - Takayuki Suzuki (Tokyo) df. Hiroki Kayamori (Niigata), 2-0)
84kg - Kunihiko Obata (Yamanashi) df. Junki Monma (Akita), 2-1
96kg - Yoshitaka Shimoyashiki (Aomori) df. Yosuke Kato (Akita), 2-0
120kg - Takahiro Shimonaka (Tokushima) df. Yosuke Yoneyama (Gunma), 2-1
Boy’s freestyle (schoolboys)
50kg - Tatsuya Yamazaki (Tokyo) df. Minoru Ota (Yamaguchi), 2-0
55kg - Fumitaka Morishita (Ibaraki) df. Yuki Takahashi (Mie), 2-0
60kg - Kojiro Kurimori (Akita) df. Yuki Ogawa (Tokyo), 2-0
66kg - Ko Isokawa (Ibaraki) df. Yuya Saita (Kagoshima), 2-1
74kg - Yuta Sakamoto (Ibaraki) df. Takayuki Murakami (Nagasaki), 2-1
84kg - Shotaro Hosokawa (Saitama) df. Keiten Kato (Gifu), 2-0
96kg - Kohei Kitamura (Kyoto) df. Kento Yokoi (Gifu), 2-1
120kg - Hiroyuki Oka (Saitama) df. Kotaro Muraki (Shiga), 2-1
HIRAO WINS GR TITLE FOR HOME TEAM AT SPORTS FESTIVAL
NIIGATA (September 29-30) - Hometown hero Kiyoharu Hirao gave Niigata fans a chance to cheer at the National Sports Festival with a triumph at 55kg in the greco-roman competition.
Hirao, runner-up at the world team trials in June, defeated all-Japan silver medalist Ryo Minemura in the final for Niigata’s only championship at Shirone Culture Center, the festival’s wrestling venue.
Meanwhile, at 66kg, Hiroyuki Shimizu defeated Makoto Sasamoto, 60kg world silver medalist in 2007, for the festival crown.
In the high school division, Yawatahama (Ehime) duo Tatsuya Kondo and Kazuhiro Hanayama won at 60kg and 66kg, respectively.
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Men’s greco-roman (seniors)
55kg - Kiyoharu Hirao (Niigata) df. Seiji Yamashita (Kochi), 2-0
60kg - Yoshitaka Kido (Kumamoto) df. Kazuma Kuramoto (Shiga), 2-0
66kg - Hiroyuki Shimizu (Shimizu) df. Makoto Sasamoto (Kanagawa), 2-1
74kg - Kosuke Kaku (Aomori) df. Tomohiro Inoue (Hyogo), 2-1
84kg - Masayuki Amano (Fukuoka) df. Masaaki Yano (Nara) by fall
96kg - Takao Isokawa (Yamaguchi) df. Ken Sogabe (Tokushima) by fall
120kg - Atsushi Nakamura (Nara) df. Naoki Sawada (Yamaguchi), 2-0
Boy’s greco-roman (schoolboys)
50kg - Masahiro Morita (Saga) df. Ko Tamashiro (Ehime), 2-0
55kg - Takuro Ishihara (Yamanashi) df. Keisuke Ikeda (Gunma), 2-0
60kg - Tatsuya Kondo (Ehime) df. Seiki Aoki (Shizuoka), 2-1
66kg - Kazuhiro Hanayama (Ehime) df. Kentaro Tatsusawa (Niigata), 2-0
74kg - Koichiro Kagaya (Akita) df. Shinji Sakaki (Oita), 2-1
84kg - Ko Osaka (Akita) df. Gaku Kikuchi (Ibaraki), 2-0
96kg - Soki Sakurai (Chiba) df. Tetsuya Tanaka (Kagoshima), 2-0
120kg - Katsutoshi Maekawa (Ibaraki) df. Shogo Sakamoto (Oita), 2-1