Ryo Kiyuna wins 6th straight Emperor’s Cup at Japan Cup Karatedo Championship

Ryo Kiyuna wins 6th straight Emperor’s Cup at Japan Cup Karatedo Championship

Ryo Kiyuna wins his sixth-straight Emperor’s Cup


 

December 11, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

On the final day of the Japan Cup Karatedo Champsionship at the Nihon Budokan in Tokyo December 10, Ryo Kiyuna (Ryuei Ryu Ryuho-kai) won his sixth-straight Emperor’s Cup, and Kiyou Shimizu (Miki House) won her fifth straight Empress’s Cup in the individual kata.

Both Kiyuna and Shimizu won gold at the World Championships in the same event earlier this year.

 

Kiyuna overwhelmed the competition, going undefeated in all four matches of the day, winning each by a score of 5-0.

He faced Issei Shimbaba (Seino Transportation) in the championship round, and swept the decision of all five judges with his performance of a convincing Anan kata.

 

In the male individual catchweight (no weight classes) kumite, Daisuke Watanabe (Japan Karate Shoto Federation (JKS) won his first Emperor’s cup by unseating four-time 84kg-division kumite world champion Ryutaro Araga (Araga Dojo).

The championship match ended in a 2-2 draw, however Watanabe was awarded the championship based on a total cumulative point tie-breaker.

In the women’s competition, Ayumi Uekusa (Koei Keibi Hosho), world champion in the over 68kg division, won her third-straight Empress’s cup defeating Miho Miyahara (Teikyo University) 2-1 in the championship match.

 

(English translation by TC&T and Sam Grieb)

 

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