We are pleased to report the results of the 69th Kanto Student Kendo Championship Tournament.
Date Sunday, May 14, 2023
Venue: Nippon Budokan (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
| Contestant | Result | Matchup |
|---|---|---|
| Hiroki Abiru (4th year, Literature) | Best 32 ★ | 1st round ○（J.F.Oberlin Univ., Murakami） 2nd round ○（Nihon Bunka Univ., Takahashi） 3rd round 0（Rikkyo Univ., Ohno） 4th round ○（Junten Univ., Tanji） 5thround●（Nichita Univ., Ken Fujishima) |
| Shinya Fujioka (4th year, Law) | Eliminated in the 1st round | 1 5th round● （A player of Meiji Univ.) |
| Ryosuke Miyake (Law, 3rd year) | 3rd ★ Masatoshi Yano (Business Administration, 3rd year) | 1st round Seeded 2nd round ○（Hitotsubashi Univ. and Todo） 3rd round ○（Univ. of Tsukuba and Harada） 4th round ○（Kokushikan Univ. and Ikeda） 5th round ○（Nichibutai Univ. and Shin Fujishima） 6th round ○（Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Hashimoto） Quarterfinal ○（Univ. of Tsukuba and Hirao） Semifinal● （Nichibutai University and Yamamoto) |
| Masatoshi Yano (Business Administration, 3rd year) | Eliminated in the 4th round ★ | 1st round ○（International Budo Univ. |
| Tatsuya Suzuki (3rd year, Literature) | Best 16th ★ Kyotaro Takahashi (2nd year, Jinkan) | 1st round ○（Daito Bunka Univ. and Tokunaga） 2nd round ○（Heisei Univ. of International Studies and Araki） 3rd round ○（Yokohama Univ. of Commerce and Business and Tanaka） 4th round ○（Tate Univ. and Nakamura） 5th round ○（Akita Univ. and Miyake） Quarterfinals●（Univ. of Tsukuba and Hirao) |
| Kyotaro Takahashi (2nd year, Jinkan) | Eliminated in the 4th round ★ | 1st round seeded 2nd round 0（Shobi Gakuen Univ. |
| Masaki SAMEJIMA (Law, 2nd year) | Eliminated in the 3rd round | 1st round seeding 2nd round 0（Kaiyo Univ./Takahashi） 3rd round●（Chubu Univ./Koburo) |
The 5 players marked with ★ (Hirotaka Abiru, Ryosuke Miyake, Masatoshi Yano, Tatsuya Suzuki, Kyotaro Takahashi) will participate in the All Japan Kendo Student Championships (at Nippon Budokan ) on July1-2, 2023.
We look forward to your enthusiastic support.