Japan Karatedo Rengo-kai: Kanto District Karatedo Championships were held at Tokyo Budo-kan on August 11th, 2018.
Japan Karatedo Rengo-kai (Federation of Japan Karatedo Organizations) was established in 1957. It is one of the oldest karatedo federation in Japan, and it is currently composed of 57 karate organizations, such as Itosu-kai, Hayashi-ha, Shuko-kai, Tani-ha Shito-ryu, Ryuei-ryu, Gensei-ryu…etc . It is one of the biggest karate groups in Japan. In 2008, Itosu-kai’s Soke Sadaaki Sakagami was appointed to be the deputy president of the federation after the demise of the previous president Master Teruo Hayashi and he was officially installed as the president in 2013. (He is currently retired.)
This group is also affiliated with Japan Karatedo Federation (JKF,) but it has its own activity and this Kanto district championships are one of them.
Kanto district covers Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Yamanashi prefectures or states. So, you can tell this is one of the biggest championships in Japan.
This time, Team Itosu-kai made a big success and we received 5 x Gold medals, 10 x Silver medals and 21 x Bronze medals. Top 8 competitors in an each division also received Fighting Spirit Awards.
The followings are the results of the championships and those winners will go to National Championships in Osaka on November 11th.
Japan Karatedo Rengo-kai : Kanto District Karatedo Championships
Date: August 11th, 2018
Venue: Tokyo Budo-kan (Tokyo Martial Arts Stadium)
Results
KATA DIVISION
Division / Girls Kata: First Grade in Elementary School
Bronze: Mihashi
Fighting Spirit Award: Suzuki
Division / Boys Kata: First Grade in Elementary School
Bronze: Nito
Division / Boys Kata: Second Grade in Elementary School
Bronze: Nito
Division / Girls Kata: Third Grade in Elementary School
Bronze: Omiya
Bronze: Murakawa
Division / Boys Kata: Third Grade in Elementary School
Fighting Spirit Award: Suzuki
Division / Girls Kata: Fourth Grade in Elementary School
Fighting Spirit Award: Suzuki
Fighting Spirit Award: Ichikawa
Division / Girls Kata: Fifth Grade in Elementary School
Silver: Tanemura
Bronze: Oya
Fighting Spirit Award: Hattori
Fighting Spirit Award: Akanegakubo
Fighting Spirit Award:Kudo
Division / Boys Kata: Fifth Grade in Elementary School
Gold: Inoue
Silver: Yamaguchi
Fighting Spirit Award: Tamura
Fighting Spirit Award: Akabane
Division / Girls Kata: Sixth Grade in Elementary School
Bronze: Uchiyama
Fighting Spirit Award: Ota
Division / Boys Kata: Sixth Grade in Elementary School
Silver: Naito
Fighting Spirit Award: Kotaki
Division / Girls Kata: Middle School
Fighting Spirit Award: Kimura
Division / Boys Kata: High School
Gold: Sudo
Silver: Tsunoda
Division / Female Kata: Senior
Silver: Tsunoda
Bronze: N. Komiya
Bronze: R. Komiya
Division / Male Kata: Senior
Fighting Spirit Award: Takahashi
Division / Female Kata: Masters 1
Bronze: Matsumoto
Fighting Spirit Award: Kotakai
Division / Female Kata: Masters 2
Bronze: Kurihara
Division / Male Kata: Masters 1
Silver: Oda
Fighting Spirit Award: Kitaoka
Fighting Spirit Award: Morita
Division / Male Kata: Master 2
Gold: Sakamoto
Silver: Hata
Bronze: Minami
Division / Male Kata: Master 3
Silver: Asakawa
Bronze Fukumoto
Fighting Spirit Award: Ito
KUMITE DIVISION
Division / Girls Kumite: First Grade in Elementary School
Bronze: Mihashi
Fighting Spirit Award: Suzuki
Division / Boys Kumite: First Grade in Elementary School
Bronze: Nito
Bronze: Nagase
Division / Boys Kumite: Second Grade in Elementary School
Bronze: Kaneko
Division / Girls Kumite: Third Grade in Elementary School
Fighting Spirit Award: Omiya
Fighting Spirit Award: Murakawa
Division / Girls Kumite: Fourth Grade in Elementary School
Fighting Spirit Award: Suzuki
Division / Girls Kumite: Fifth Grade in Elementary School
Silver: Nozaki
Fighting Spirit Award: Tanemura
Fighting Spirit Award: Hattori
Fighting Spirit Award: Akanekubo
Fighting Spirit Award: Oya
Division / Girls Kumite: Sixth Grade in Elementary School
Fighting Spirit Award: Kumaa
Fighting Spirit Award: Uchiyama
Division / Girls Kumite: Middle School 2
Bronze: Kimura
Division / Boys Kumite: Middle School 2
Bronze: Murakawa
Division / Boys Kumite: Middle School 3
Bronze: Watanabe
Division / Girls Kumite: High School
Gold: Konuta
Fighting Spirit Award: Hata
Division / Female Kumite: Senior
Fighting Spirit Award: Tsunoda
Division / Male Kumite: Senior
Bronze: Murakawa
Division / Female Kumite: Masters 2
Gold: Kurihara
Division / Male Kumite: Masters 1
Fighting Spirit Award: Kitaoka
Fighting Spirit Award: Hamsaki
Fighting Spirit Award: Nagase
Division / Male Kumite: Masters 2
Silver: Hata