The final Karate1 Premier League tournament for 2018 was held in the famed Bodokhan Hall in Tokyo (JPN), with dominating results for the host country.
In a huge field of 598 fighters from 69 countries, Japan won seven of the 14 events and piled up 12 men’s medals and 11 in the women’s division for 23 overall. Next best was France, with three wins and six total medals; Turkey had three wins, and Italy had four total medals (one win).
As the Tokyo tournament marked the end of the 2018 Premier League, the overall seasonal champions were decided:
Men:
∙ Kata: Ryo Kiyuna (JPN)
∙ Kumite -60 kg: Eray Samdan (TUR)
∙ Kumite -67 kg: Burak Uygur (TUR)
∙ Kumite -75 kg: Rafael Aghayev (AZE)
∙ Kumite -84 kg: Ugur Aktas (TUR)
∙ Kumite +84 kg: Jonathan Horne (GER)
Women:
∙ Kata: Sandra Sanchez (ESP)
∙ Kumite -50 kg: Serap Ozcelik (TUR)
∙ Kumite -55 kg: Sara Cardin (ITA)
∙ Kumite -61 kg: Gwen Philippe (FRA)
∙ Kumite -68 kg: Alizee Agier (FRA)
∙ Kumite +68 kg: Ayumi Uekusa (JPN)
Summaries from Tokyo:
Karate1 Premier League
Tokyo (JPN) ~ 12-14 October 2018
(Full results here)
Men
Kata: 1. Ryo Kiyuna (JPN); 2. Kazumasa Moto (JPN); 3. Issei Shimbaba (JPN) and Yuhei Horiba (JPN).
Team Kata: 1. Japan; 2. Japan; 3. Japan.
Kumite -60 kg: 1. Eray Samdan (TUR); 2. Kajith Kanagasimgan (FRA); 3. Mattia Pampaloni (ITA) and Ihor Uhnich (UKR).
Kumite -67 kg: 1. Burak Uygur (TUR); 2. Hiroto Shinohara (JPN); 3. Yves Martial Tadissi (HUN) and Ikboljon Uzakov (UZB).
Kumite -75 kg: 1. Luigi Busa (ITA); 2. Yuta Mori (JPN); 3. Gabor Harspataki (HUN) and Ken Nishimura (JPN).
Kumite -84 kg: 1. Ugur Aktas (TUR); 2. Rikito Shimada (JPN); 3. Ivan Kvesic (CRO) and Igor Chikhmarev (KAZ).
Kumite +84 kg: 1. Hideyoshi Kagawa (JPN); 2. Gogita Arkania (GEO); 3. Ilyes Klouz (FRA) and Daniel Molnar (HUN).
Women
Kata: 1. Kiyou Shimizu (JPN); 2. Sandra Sanchez (ESP); 3. Mizuki Ugai (JPN) and Mirisa Ohuchi (JPN).
Team Kata: 1. Japan; 2. Japan; 3, Italy.
Kumite -50 kg: 1. Miho Miyahara (JPN); 2. Ozuna Gema Morales (ESP); 3. Ayaka Tadano (JPN) and Shara Hubrich (GER).
Kumite -55 kg: 1. Shiori Nakamura (JPN); 2. Sabina Zakharova (KAZ); 3. Jana Bitsch (GER) and Sabrina Ouihaddadene (FRA).
Kumite -61 kg: 1. Gwen Philippe (FRA); 2. Alexandra Grande (PER); 3. Jovana Prekovic (SRB) and Mayumi Someya (JPN).
Kumite -68 kg: 1. Alizee Agier (FRA); 2. Elena Guirci (SUI); 3. Silvia Semeraro (ITA) and Halyna Melnyk (UKR).
Kumite +68 kg: 1. Nancy Garcia (FRA); 2. Ayumi Uekusa (JPN); 3. Clio Ferracuti (ITA) and Natsumi Kawamura (JPN).
