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Dec 20, 2020
The Eneos Sunflowers overcame the loss of their star player Ramu Tokashiki to successfully extend their title streak to eight at the annual single-elimination All-Japan Championship with an 87-80 win over the Toyota Antelopes at Tokyo’s Yoyogi National Gymnasium No. 2 on Sunday.
It was the 25th Empress’ Cup that the Sunflowers hoisted, the most of all time. With eight straight titles, the Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture-based club has also drawn even with Nichibo Hirano, whose record started in 1965, for the tournament’s longest championship streak.
It was an emotion victory for the Sunflowers, who competed without ace forward/center Tokashiki. The team announced on Saturday that the 29-year-old, considered a key part of Japan’s hopes of medaling at next year’s Tokyo Olympics, had torn her right ACL.
Dec 14, 2020
Men’s kata king Ryo Kiyuna captured his ninth straight Emperor’s Cup while Kiyou Shimizu failed to keep her streak alive in the women’s event at the 48th All-Japan Cup Karatedo, the annual national karate championship, at the Nippon Budokan on Sunday.
Kiyuna, a heavy favorite to win gold for Japan at next summer’s Tokyo Olympics, outscored Kazumasa Moto 28.74-27.60 with his performance of a convincing Anan kata in the men’s final to win at the annual event
Kiyuna’s ninth straight title moves him past Ryoki Abe for the longest streak in either the kata (forms) or