National team coach Kosei Inoue is upbeat over the depth of Japanese judo and heated competition among domestic athletes as 10 of his 18 selected members will make their world championships debut in Budapest starting in August. Only four of Japan's male and two female ...
Judoka Shohei Ono will compete in the open-weight national championships on April 29, sources close to him said Saturday. Ono, who made his nationals debut in 2014 a year after he claimed a world title, won his first match before he was beaten by Takeshi ...
Men's 73-kg Rio Olympic gold medalist Shohei Ono will sit out the national invitational weight class championships in Fukuoka next month to focus on his academic studies, the All Japan Judo Federation said Wednesday. His withdrawal from the April 1-2 invitational meet at Fukuoka Kokusai ...
Shohei Ono won the International Judo Federation's Judoka of the Year Award for men on Friday after capturing his first Olympic medal in Rio de Janeiro, where he triumphed in the men's 73-kg category. Ono, 24, received 2,166 votes on the IJF Facebook page, ahead ...
Japan's Rio Olympic judo gold medalists believe their country has reclaimed its rightful place as the sport's world No. 1, but warned the pressure to succeed at the 2020 Tokyo Games will be enormous. "Our results in Rio have increased expectations on judo toward the ...
Reigning world champion Shohei Ono has claimed Japan's first judo gold of Rio 2016 on Monday, ending a run of five bronze medals in the sport over the first three days of the Games. Ono beat Azerbaijan's Rustam Orujov by ippon in the men's 73-kg ...
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 ...
World champion Shohei Ono won his second national invitational judo weight class championship title on Sunday in the men's 73-kg division. Ono, who won his first title two years ago, defeated London Olympic silver medal winner Riki Nakaya in the final on the last day ...
World champion Shohei Ono took a step toward a place at this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics by capturing the men's 73-kg title on Saturday at the Duesseldorf Grand Prix. Ono defeated top-ranked South Korean An Chang-rim in the semifinals before taking out world No. ...
Hiroyuki Akimoto defeated 2013 world champion Shohei Ono on points to claim the title in the men's 73-kg category at the Grand Slam Tokyo on Saturday. The 28-year-old Akimoto captured the title for the first time in three years and second time overall. "I fought with ...
Reigning world champion Shohei Ono beat rival and London Olympic silver medalist Riki Nakaya by ippon in the men's 73-kg final to claim his maiden title at the National Invitational Weight Class Championships on Sunday. The 22-year-old Ono executed a well-timed "ukiotoshi" floating drop throw ...
World champion Shohei Ono and eight other seniors from Tenri University's judo team were suspended for three months by the All Japan Judo Federation (AJJF) for assaulting underclass teammates Wednesday. The suspension will keep ex-captain Ono, who won the men's 73-kg title at last month's ...
