In the men’s individual 60-kilometer class final of judo, Kota Uemura (3rd year), who is a hand of Sapporo Yamanote, won the first victory by throwing one on his back to his junior Yuto Fujita (2nd year). After the match, Uemura cried and said, “I’m glad that my junior, who wasn’t a big deal at the beginning of school, has made it to the final,” and was more pleased with his junior’s advance to the final than his own victory.

I usually walked together as a practice partner. Fujita, who was at the level of saying “I didn’t become an opponent last year,” defeated Keikawa Asai (3rd year in the North Sea), who has the experience of the top 8 in the semifinals. There was a feeling that the confrontation between the two, which was a long-cherished wish, would come true.

Even so, he won the match without giving him a chance to take advantage of it. It was a dignified victory that made my junior Fujita say, “I’m usually strong, but I felt many times stronger today.” He strongly said, “Aim for the best 4 or higher” in order to show juniors the appearance of strong seniors nationwide.[Kenji Kobayashi]

▽ Zen Yamamoto (3rd year of Eniwa Minami), who won the men’s 70kg class, is happy to meet the expectations of the director. This is the second national tournament, so I want to aim for the top.

▽ Yuto Imanishi (3rd year Obihiro Agricultural Co., Ltd.) who won the men’s 90kg class I think that having fun playing the game led to good results. First of all, I want to prepare to win one in the whole country.