Judoka Akira Sone wins Japan's 16th gold of the Games, tying national record
Sone threw another gold medal on top of the impressive pile Japan has built on the judo mat at the Tokyo Olympics with a win in the women's over-78 kg final.
World No. 2 Shori Hamada loses to nemesis Madeleine Malonga at Doha Masters
World No. 2 Shori Hamada won silver in the women's 78-kg category for Japan's only medal on Wednesday, the final day of the invitation-only International Judo Federation World Masters in Doha, Qatar. Hamada, the 2018 world champion, advanced to the final by winning all three ...
Hisayoshi Harasawa earns heavyweight gold as Japan tops World Judo Masters medal tally
Hisayoshi Harasawa was crowned men's heavyweight champion at the World Judo Masters on Saturday as Japan secured the top spot in the medal table. Olympic silver medalist Harasawa, 28, received the gold medal after Olympic and world champion Lukas Krpalek of the Czech Republic pulled ...
Hisayoshi Harasawa captures second title at national invitational championships
Olympic silver medalist Hisayoshi Harasawa won the men's over-100-kilogram title at the National Invitational Weight Class Championships on Saturday. Harasawa, runner-up at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games and a bronze medalist at last year's worlds, triumphed at Fukuoka Kokusai Center, capturing his second championship, ...
Hisayoshi Harasawa wins over 100-kg title at Dusseldorf Grand Slam
Judoka Hisayoshi Harasawa clinched his first international crown in three years on Sunday when he won the men's over 100-kg title on the final day of the Dusseldorf Grand Slam. Japan topped the medal tally by winning nine of 14 gold medals available at the ...
Japan beats France to retain mixed team title on final day of worlds
Japan earned a 4-1 victory over France to capture the mixed team event title for the second straight year and added an eighth gold medal to a 17-medal haul as the World Judo Championships wrapped up on Thursday. On the final day at National Gymnastics ...
Hisayoshi Harasawa beats defending champion Takeshi Ojitani for second national judo title
Judoka Hisayoshi Harasawa earned his second career national championship on Sunday, winning his final against two-time defending champion Takeshi Ojitani in extra time. Harasawa defeated Ojitani on penalties in the bout that lasted for 9 minutes, 16 seconds at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan for his first ...
Kokoro Kageura defeated Rio Olympic silver medalist Hisayoshi Harasawa in an all-Japan final to win the men's over-100 kg title at the Dusseldorf Grand Prix in Germany on Sunday. On the final day of action at Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Asian Championships winner Kageura claimed a ...
Japan's Hisayoshi Harasawa had to settle for the silver medal after falling to London Olympic champion Teddy Riner of France on penalties in the men's over 100-kg class on the final day of the judo competition at the Rio Olympics on Friday. In the women's ...
Japan's judoka had an uncharacteristically dismal showing at the London Olympics four years ago, with Kaori Matsumoto winning the sole gold medal for the originator of the sport, in the women's 57-kg weight class. Japan's supremacy came to an end, the country finishing with one ...
Inoue determined to help Japan keep pace in judo
Judo had always been a reliable provider of Olympic medals for Japan since the sport was first officially included in the 1964 Tokyo Games. But that stability wavered four years ago at the London Olympics. For the first time ever, Japan's men failed to win ...
Takeshi Ojitani captured his second open-weight National Judo Championship on Friday, while beaten semifinalist Hisayoshi Harasawa was chosen for the over-100-kg division for this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Ojitani, 23, won his first title against 26-year-old Daiki Kamikawa two years ago and was triumphant ...
