2010 Japan Kyokushin Karate Championship

by EKP on Jun 15, 2010 11:42 AM EDT in Combat Sports

This past weekend the 27th Japan Kyokushin Karate Championships was held in Osaka. The tournament was comprised of 263 competitors from Japan, Australia, Canada, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia, Switzerland and USA with approximately 1,600 fans in attendance.

It was a weight category tournament consisting of (Lightweight) 65kg, (Middleweight) 75kg, (Light Heavyweight) 85kg and (Heavyweight) 85+kg divisions.

Checkout the Japanese kyokushinkaikan.org site for pictures.

Results after the jump.

65kg
1. Fujta Yuta (Japan)
2. Sawamura Yuta (Japan)
3. Oosugi Shouto (Japan)
4. Terashima Daisuke (Japan)

75kg
1. Takashi Yuta (Japan)
2. Fukui Yuki (Japan)
3. Matuoka Tomohiko (Japan)
4. Moczydłowski Piotr (Poland)

85kg
1. Nikoleishwili Tariel (Russia)
2. Morizen Yuro (Japan)
3. Muraoka Yoshikazu (Japan)
4. Kobayashi Daiki (Japan)

+85kg
1. Arata Shoki (Japan)
2. Taniguchi Makoto (Japan)
3. Sawada Hideo (Japan)
4. Ushida Yoshiaki (Japan)

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No Brazilians?

by Meshuggeth on Jun 15, 2010 12:57 PM EDT reply actions

as far as I could tell, no.. not that I’ve seen mentioned anywhere.

by EKP on Jun 15, 2010 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions

LOL @ that one Russian taking 1st.

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