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SAORI YOSHIDA

Japan Times
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Jun 21, 2015
Yoshida, Icho book spots at wrestling worlds
London Olympic champions Saori Yoshida and Kaori Icho won their weight divisions on Sunday at Japan's national invitational championships to earn spots at September's world championships in Las Vegas.
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Dec 23, 2014
Wrestler Yoshida captures 12th national title, runs winning streak to 102 matches
Women's 53-kg wrestling world champion Saori Yoshida defeated Chiho Hamada at the national championships on Tuesday.
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Oct 4, 2014
Japan places third overall in Asian Games medal count
Japan wrapped up the 17th Asian Games on Saturday, falling well shy of its target of second place in the first international multi-sports tournament since winning the bid to host the 2020 Tokyo Olympics a year ago.
Japan Times
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Sep 28, 2014
Yoshida wins fourth straight Asian Games title
Three-time Olympic champion Saori Yoshida captured her fourth consecutive title in winning the women's 55-kg final against Mongolia's Byambatseren Sundev in the wrestling competition at the Asian Games on Sunday.
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Sep 12, 2014
Yoshida, Icho extend dominance
Three-time Olympic champion Saori Yoshida beat Sofia Mattsson of Sweden in the women's 53-kg final to claim her 12th consecutive title at the wrestling world championships on Thursday.
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Jun 15, 2014
Yoshida, Icho claim national titles in new weight classes
Olympic wrestling standouts Saori Yoshida and Kaori Icho each won in her new weight division on Sunday at Japan's National Invitational Championships, an event that doubles as a qualifier for this year's world championships.
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Mar 16, 2014
Yoshida leads Japan to wrestling World Cup win
Japan, led by three-time Olympic champion Saori Yoshida, beat Russia 8-0 in the final to lift the women's World Cup for a seventh time on Sunday.
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Mar 13, 2014
Yoshida will compete in World Cup
Three-time Olympic champion Saori Yoshida, whose father Eikatsu died earlier this week after suffering a subarachnoid hemorrhage, said Thursday she intends to compete in a women's World Cup meet starting this weekend in Tokyo.
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JAPAN
Mar 11, 2014
Father of three-time Olympic wrestling champion Yoshida dies
The father of Japan's three-time Olympic wrestling gold medalist Saori Yoshida was found dead in his car after suffering subarachnoid bleeding Tuesday morning.
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Dec 23, 2013
Wrestler Yoshida captures 11th national title
Saori Yoshida captured her 11th women's 55-kg title on Monday, the final day of the Japan national championships.
OLYMPICS
Sep 22, 2013
Yoshida sets 2020 as target
Fresh from winning her 11th consecutive 55-kg title at the world wrestling championships in Budapest, Olympic champion Saori Yoshida reiterated her determination to keep on competing until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after arriving back in Japan on Sunday.
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Sep 20, 2013
Yoshida, Icho add more gold to huge collections
Olympic champion Saori Yoshida won her 11th consecutive title at the world championships in Budapest on Thursday as Japanese women underlined their domination of freestyle wrestling.
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OLYMPICS
Mar 7, 2013
Wrestling icons Yoshida, Icho promote Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid
The International Olympic Committee Evaluation Commission continued its tour of venues for Tokyo's bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics on Wednesday with a visit to Tokyo Big Sight.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 14, 2013
IOC set to drop wrestling for 2020
The IOC's decision stuns Japan, which collected six wrestling medals at the 2012 London Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / SPORTS SCOPE
May 31, 2012
Yoshida returns focus to Olympic three-peat after rare defeat
Incredibly long winning streaks come as natural to Saori Yoshida as enjoying ice cream cones on hot summer days for the rest of us.
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
Indonesia's Mount Ruang spews hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday.
Why hasn't Japan moved to prop up the weak yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Snake on a train: Discovery of serpent delays Tokyo-Nagoya shinkansen
A Tokaido shinkansen. It is unclear whether the snake was venomous or how it ended up on the train, and there was no injury or panic among passengers.
Sex differences could be key to the successful treatment of long COVID
A new study has found that women with long COVID had significantly lower levels of testosterone compared to those who had recovered from their infection.
'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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