The Kodokan Cup, which took place last weekend without Naohisa Takato or Joshiro Maruyama – both injured – allowed the new Japanese performance committee, now headed by Toshihiko Yamada (formerly Tokai), to deliver the selection which will participate in the Tokyo Grand Slam on December 7 and 8. A Japanese team without its stars: none of those selected in Paris, including the Olympic champion in -48kg Natsumi Tsunoda, nor Uta Abe, will be present. Among the men, Hifumi Abe and Takanori Nagase, the two reigning double Olympic champions, will also be absent. On the other hand, three Olympic medalists will return: Ryuju Nagayama (bronze in -60kg), Soichi Hashimoto (bronze in -73kg) and Sanshiro Murao (silver in -90kg).
Women’s selection
-48kg
KOGA Wakanese
YOSHIOKA Hikari
KONDO Mizuki
MIYAKI Kano
-52kg
OMORI Kisumi
TAKEUCHI Rin
FUJISHIRO Kokoro
SHIRAISHI Hibiki
-57kg
TAMAOKI Type
FUCHIDA Megumi
ADACHI Mika
ONO Moa
-63kg
HORIKAWA Megumi
KAJU Haruka
DANNO Megu
SIX Minami
-70kg
TANAKA Shiho
TERADA Utana
HONDA Mayu
MAEDA Rin
-78kg
HAMADA Shori
UMEKI Mami
IKEDA Kurena
SUGIMURA Mizuki
+78kg
TOMITA Wakaba
ARAI Mao
TAKAHASHI Ruri
ACTION Maya
Male selection
-60kg
NAGAYAMA Ryuju
NAKAMURA Thailand
FUKUDA Daigo
SEKIMOTO Kenta
-66kg
TANAKA Ryoma
TAKEOKA Takeshi
ONO Found
FUJISAKA Taiko
-73kg
HASHIMOTO Soichi
ISHIHARA Tatsuki
TANAKA Ryuga
UCHIMURA Shusuke
-81kg
BAD Yuhei
FUJIWARA Sotaro
HOJO Yoshito
AMANO Kaito
-90kg
MURAO Sanshiro
TAJIMA Goki
KAWABATA Komei
TOKUMOCHI Hidetoshi
-100kg
ARAI Dota
GREEN Kaito
MIKI Nozomu
KUMASAKA Mitsutaka
+100kg
OTA Hyuga
NAKAMURA Yuta
NAKANO Song
KIMOTO Takuto
