Former world champion Aaron Wolf triumphs at Grand Slam Osaka
Aaron Wolf, the 2017 men's 100-kilogram judo world champion, and Shoichiro Mukai both earned gold medals for Japan on Sunday, the final day of the Grand Slam Osaka. Wolf collected a pair of waza-ari in the final over Canada's Shady El Nahas at Maruzen Intec ...
Judoka Ruika Sato, Kentaro Iida, Akira Sone add to Japan's gold-medal haul
Japan continued to dominate the Asian Games judo competition on Friday, adding a further three gold medals to the five it had already won in Indonesia. Ruika Sato collected the nation's first gold of the day, beating South Korea's Park Yu-jin with a leg sweep ...
Ruika Sato and Sara Asahina continue Japan's judo gold rush in Germany
Ruika Sato took out the women's 78-kg class and teammate Sara Asahina captured the open-weight title Sunday to bring Japan's final tally at the Dusseldorf Judo Grand Slam to seven gold and two silver medals. Sato went on the offensive from the outset against Brazilian ...
Heavyweight Harasawa earns first national invitational title
Heavyweight Hisayoshi Harasawa captured his first National Weight Category Championships title in the over 100-kg division on Saturday. Last year's all-Japan national champion Harasawa defeated Ryu Shichinohe on points in the final at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on the first day of the meet that serves ...
