Japan dominated the sixth tournament of the Karate 1 Premier League series with a total of four wins and 14 medals across the men’s and women’s competitions.
Japan’s no. 1-ranked Ryo Kiyuna (men’s Kata) and Ayumi Uekusa (women’s +68 kg) both won, but they also had gold-medal performances from Yusei Sakiyama in the men’s -75 kg class and Ryutaro Araga in the -84 kg class.
Italy and Turkey also had two winners, but Japan showed great depth, winning medals in five of six men’s individual categories and in three of six women’s individual categories.
Prize money of € 750-500-200 was available to the top three finishers in each category. The final tournament of the season will be from 12-14 October in Tokyo (JPN). Summaries:
Karate 1 Premier League
Berlin (GER) ~ 14-16 September 2018
(Full results here)
Men
Kata: 1. Ryo Kiyuna (JPN); 2. Issei Shimbaba (JPN); 3. Damian Quintero (ESP) and Ali Sofuoglu (TUR).
Team Kata: 1. WKF team; 2. Spain; 3. Turkey and Italy.
Kumite -60 kg: 1. Angelo Crescenzo (ITA); 2. Yugo Kozaki (JPN); 3. Firsovsi Farzaliyev (AZE) and Amir Mehdizadeh (IRI).
Kumite -67 kg: 1. Luca Maresca (ITA); 2. Vinicius Figueira (BRA); 3. Hiroto Shinohara (JPN) and Steve Dacosta (FRA).
Kumite -75 kg: 1. Yusei Sakiyama (JPN); 2. Rafael Aghayev (AZE); 3. Tom Scott (USA) and Ken Nishimura (JPN).
Kumite -84 kg: 1. Ryutaro Araga (JPN); 2. Daniyar Yuldashev (KAZ); 3. Zabiollah Poorshab (IRI) and Timothy Petersen (NED).
Kumite +84 kg: 1. Sajad Ganjzadeh (IRI); 2. Gogita Arkania (GEO); 3. Andjelo Kvesic (CRO) and Jonathan Horne (GER).
Women
Kata: 1. Kiyou Suzuki (JPN); 2. Jaime Sanchez (ESP); 3. Emiri Iwamoto (JPN) and Viviana Bottaro (ITA).
Team Kata: 1. Italy; 2. Russia; 3. Spain and Austria.
Kumite -50 kg: 1. Serap Ozcelik Arapoglu (TUR); 2. Ayaka Radano (JPN); 3. Radwa Sayed (EGY) and Chinatsu Endo (JPN).
Kumite -55 kg: 1. Anzhelika Terliuga (UKR); 2. Li Lirisman (EST); 3. Jenna Brown (USA) and Sara Cardin (ITA).
Kumite -61 kg: 1. Alexandra Grande (WKF); 2. Leila Heurtault (FRA); 3. Haya Jumaa (CAN) and Gwen Philippe (FRA).
Kumite -68 kg: 1. Eda Eltemur (TUR); 2. Irina Zaretska (AZE); 3. Silvia Semeraro (ITA) and Kayo Someya (JPN).
Kumite +68 kg: 1. Ayumi Uekusa (JPN); 2. Clio Ferracuti (ITA); 3. Laura Palacio (ESP) and Ayaka Saito (JPN).
