The 48th All Japan Karate Championship Part.1

The 48th All Japan Karate Championship
Emperor’s Cup & Empress’s Cup
December 13, 2020 / Nippon Budokan

The Future of Karate is Here!

In the Men’s Kata division, Ryo Kiyuna made history with a record-breaking 9th consecutive victory.
In the Women’s Kata, Hikaru Ohno delivered a powerful Papuren to claim her first long-awaited title, defeating Kiyou Shimizu, who was aiming for her 8th straight win.
In Kumite, where all competitors wore protective menhō (headgear), two rising university athletes, Yusei Sakiyama and Yuzuki Sawae, claimed their first-ever national titles in the men’s and women’s divisions respectively.

[Recorded Content]

■ Opening Ceremony
■ Women’s Kumite – Preliminary Highlights
Sumika Tanizawa vs Yuki Kusumuro
Sakura Demachi vs Risa Matsushima
Miho Miyahara vs Yuzuki Sawae
Mayumi Someya vs Maho Kasahara
Tsubasa Kama vs Sara Yamada
Airi Shima vs Ayumi Uekusa

■ Men’s Kumite – Preliminary Highlights
Daiki Nakano vs Koya Shibamoto
Yusuke Miyazaki vs Tomogo Kozaki
Sora Soma vs Ryoma Kitashiro
Soichiro Nakano vs Koya Shibamoto
Ryoma Kitashiro vs Daiki Ando
Kyo Hirata vs Tomogo Kozaki

■ Women’s Kumite – Quarterfinals
Ayaka Saito vs Kayo Someya
Yuzuki Sawae vs Sarara Shimada
Kame Onna vs Tsubasa Kama
Mayumi Someya vs Airi Shima

■ Men’s Kumite – Quarterfinals
Hiroto Gomei vs Shunta Nomura
Koya Shibamoto vs Ryoma Kitashiro
Yuta Mori vs Naoto Sago
Yusei Sakiyama vs Tomogo Kozaki

■ Women’s Kata – Ranking Round
Saori Ishibashi (Unsu)
Mizuki Umi (Suparinpei)
Mizuki Umi (Papuren – Reperformance)
Mirisa Ouchi (Chatanyara Kushanku)
Saori Ishibashi (Gojushiho Sho – Reperformance)
Natsuki Shimizu (Suparinpei)
Maho Ono (Papuren)
Emiri Iwamoto (Anan)
Kiyou Shimizu (Suparinpei)
Hikaru Ohno (Suparinpei)

■ Men’s Kata – Ranking Round
Ryuji Moto (Unsu)
Kotaro Obata (Papuren)
Yukifumi Hayashida (Unsu)
Issei Shinbaba (Papuren)
Hashiru Nishiyama (Suparinpei)
Ryosuke Kikuchi (Suparinpei)
Ryo Kiyuna (Paiku)
Kazumasa Moto (Gankaku)

■ Women’s Kata – 3rd Place Matches
Natsuki Shimizu (Papuren) vs Maho Ono (Chatanyara Kushanku)
Emiri Iwamoto (Papuren) vs Saori Ishibashi (Gankaku)

■ Men’s Kata – 3rd Place Matches
Hashiru Nishiyama (Papuren) vs Issei Shinbaba (Suparinpei)
Yukifumi Hayashida (Gankaku) vs Ryosuke Kikuchi (Papuren)

■ Women’s Kumite – Semifinals
Ayaka Saito vs Yuzuki Sawae
Tsubasa Kama vs Airi Shima

■ Men’s Kumite – Semifinals
Hiroto Gomei vs Ryoma Kitashiro
Naoto Sago vs Yusei Sakiyama

■ Women’s Kata – Final
Kiyou Shimizu (Chatanyara Kushanku) vs Hikaru Ohno (Papuren)

■ Men’s Kata – Final
Ryo Kiyuna (Anan) vs Kazumasa Moto (Unsu)

■ Women’s Kumite – Final
Yuzuki Sawae vs Airi Shima

■ Men’s Kumite – Final
Hiroto Gomei vs Yusei Sakiyama