Tanaka Trio Tops Japanese Championships

Tanaka Trio Tops Japanese Championships
Written by Amanda Turner for International Gymnast Magazine \| Saturday, 07 April 2012 03:16

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The Tanaka siblings led competition Saturday at the 66th Japanese Championships, held at Tokyo's Yoyogi Stadium. Pictured: Yusuke Tanaka

The Tanaka siblings led competition Saturday at the 66th Japanese Championships, held at Tokyo's Yoyogi Stadium.

Brothers Kazuhito and Yusuke Tanaka finished 1-2 in the men's all-around, while sister Rie led the women's competition.

Three-time world champion Kohei Uchimura — who has already been named to Japan's Olympic team — competed three events only Saturday. He scored 14.400 on pommel horse, 15.750 on parallel bars and a 16.100 on high bar.

Rie Tanaka edged Yu Minobe, 56.200-15.150. Asuka Teramoto was third (55.550).

Six-time national champion Koko Tsurumi was 10th only, while first-year senior Mai Murakami struggled in 20th.

The Japanese Gymnastics Assocation modified the rules for this year's event, allowing a new-life final on Sunday instead of having two days of scores counting. Uchimura plans to compete six events on day two to challenge for his fifth consecutive title.

The competition is the first qualifiying event for Japan's Olympic team, which will be decided following the NHK Cup in May.

External Link: Japan Gymnastic Association

66th Japanese Gymnastics Championships
April 7, 2012, Yoyogi Stadium, Tokyo

Women's All-Around			VT	UB	BB	FX	Total
1.	Rie Tanaka	Nippon Sport Science University	14.200	14.350	13.850	13.800	56.200
2.	Yu Minobe	Asahi Seimei	13.050	14.550	14.900	13.650	56.150
3.	Asuka Teramoto	Legyc Sport	14.100	13.750	14.100	13.600	55.550
4.	Yuko Shintake	Hagoromo International Universitye	13.200	13.700	14.600	13.700	55.200
5.	Natsumi Sasada	Teikyo High School	13.650	14.150	14.000	11.950	53.750
6.	Tomomi Iiduka	Asahi Seimei	13.500	13.750	12.550	13.600	53.400
7.	Wakana Inoue	Mizutori Gymnastics	13.700	13.150	13.600	12.700	53.150
8.	Mai Yamagishi	Hagoromo International University	13.100	13.700	13.350	12.900	53.050
9.	Koki Tsurumi	Nippon Sport Science University	12.100	13.000	14.500	13.250	52.850
9.	Ryu Wakiko	Tosu High Club	14.900	12.650	12.600	12.700	52.850
11.	Sakura Noda	Asahi Seimei	13.200	12.700	13.200	13.350	52.450
12.	Yuki Uchiyama	Smile Gymnastics Club	13.250	13.700	11.900	13.500	52.350
13.	Shizuka Tozawa	Toda City Sports Center	13.500	12.600	13.200	12.750	52.050
14.	Erika Lynn Danko	Dream Gymnastics Club	14.000	12.150	12.950	12.600	51.700
15.	Kyoko Oshima	Asahi Seimei	13.300	13.250	11.850	13.200	51.600
16.	Chinami Otaki	Kokushikan University	12.900	13.250	12.900	12.300	51.350
16.	Takuko Kitano	Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences	13.400	12.350	13.150	12.450	51.350
18.	Nanase Ashikawa	Mizutori Gymnastics	13.300	12.350	12.950	12.700	51.300
19.	Haruhi Uchimura	Nippon Sport Science University	12.800	12.750	12.950	12.650	51.150
20.	Mai Murakami	Yukio Iketani Gymnastics Club	13.450	11.100	13.550	12.800	50.900
21.	Haruka Nakamura	Sports Club Shitennoji	13.700	12.800	12.150	12.050	50.700
22.	Mizuho Nagai	Nippon Sport Science University	15.050	11.600	12.050	11.700	50.400
23.	Mina Sugimura	Legyc Sport	12.650	12.400	12.650	12.650	50.350
24.	Yumoto Sakura	Gymnastics Club Narawa	12.950	11.900	12.600	12.800	50.250
24.	Chihiro Tanaka	Keio University	12.650	12.950	12.700	11.950	50.250
26.	Maki Ikejiri	Nippon Sport Science University	13.350	11.700	12.500	12.500	50.050
26.	Ami Sugimoto	Hagoromo Gymnastics Club	13.350	12.000	12.500	12.200	50.050
28.	Riho Shibata	Sports Club Bus Access	12.850	11.750	13.100	11.950	49.650
29.	Tamayo Maruyama	Gymnastics Club Chukyo	13.300	11.300	12.500	12.500	49.600
30.	Mizuki Nishi	Tokyo Women's Sport University	14.000	11.950	11.600	11.800	49.350
30.	Noa Koyama	University of Tsukuba	13.500	12.400	11.800	11.650	49.350
32.	Yuri Ishii	Jumping Gymnastics Club Kyoto	13.150	12.450	12.150	11.450	49.200
33.	Haruko Hasebe	Asahi Seimei	13.000	9.950	13.800	12.350	49.100
34.	Hiramatsu Mirai	Nihonjoshitaiikudaigaku	13.350	11.450	12.450	11.550	48.800
35.	Koga Honoka	High School Kishine	13.000	11.500	11.000	13.200	48.700
36.	Riko Yamamoto	Toda City Sports Center	13.600	13.000	11.050	11.000	48.650
37.	Megumi Kanno	University of Tsukuba	12.950	12.300	11.000	12.300	48.550
38.	Azumi Ishikura	Exercise Class Takashimadaira	11.750	11.850	12.650	12.250	48.500
39.	Mui Yamamoto	Fuji Sports Club	13.200	11.800	9.850	12.750	47.600
40.	Murayama Yui	Toda City Sports Center	11.600	12.000	12.450	11.500	47.550
41.	Funaki Hisaya	Nippon Sport Science University	11.450	12.350	12.350	11.200	47.350
42.	Yuki Fuzhou	Chukyo University	13.200	12.600	10.700	10.700	47.200
43.	Takashi Hayataka	Kokushikan University	12.850	11.650	11.200	11.350	47.050
44.	Sakae Sugihara	Plumage Gymnastics Club	13.450	11.000	10.400	12.100	46.950
45.	Hayakawa Kanna	Nippon Sport Science University	13.400	10.850	10.200	12.350	46.800
46.	Rie Tokieda	Kokushikan University	13.250	10.000	12.200	11.250	46.700
47.	Yuka Nakajima	Asahi Seimei	13.000	8.900	12.550	12.200	46.650
47.	Yasuha Matsumura	Gymnastics Club Chukyo	13.200	11.900	10.350	11.200	46.650
47.	Mai Hayashi	Kyoto Jumping Gymnastics Club	12.050	11.850	11.500	11.250	46.650
50.	Arakawa Mai	Mukogawa Women's University	12.350	9.850	12.450	11.750	46.400
51.	Risaki Konishi	Oizumi Swallow Sports Club	13.150	10.450	9.500	13.200	46.300
52.	Makoto Hoshino	Kokushikan University	12.150	11.800	11.050	11.050	46.050
53.	Sayuri Minobe	Asahi Seimei	11.900	9.850	12.050	11.600	45.400
54.	Ryou Akiyama	Kokushikan University	12.400	11.350	9.600	11.950	45.300
55.	Sayuri Ishiki	Mukogawa Women's University	12.100	11.300	10.400	11.450	45.250
56.	Kurihara Minoru	Osaka University of Health And Sport Sciences	12.350	9.200	11.750	11.500	44.800
57.	Meiki Fukao	A Generation Bakuro	11.100	11.150	11.150	11.250	44.650
58.	Hitomi Kijima	Nippon Sport Science University	11.500	10.750	11.050	11.300	44.600
59.	Rei Takashima	Legyc Sport	13.950	9.050	9.950	11.000	43.950
60.	Yumi Nakamura	Sports Club Shitennoji	11.400	9.950	11.700	9.750	42.800
61.	Asuka Tachibana	Sendai	10.900	8.500	11.700	10.000	41.100
62.	Tauchi Minori	Kyoto Jumping Gymnastics Club	11.900	7.250	9.600	11.650	40.400
63.	Kanako Chujo	Cima Gymnastics Club	13.650	0.000	10.950	11.650	36.250
64.	Arisa Tominaga	Kokushikan University	13.200	11.450	0.000	0.000	24.650
65.	Satoshi Eshima	University of Tsukuba	0.000	10.200	0.000	0.000	10.200

Men's All-Around			FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Total
1.	Kazuhito Tanaka	Gymnastics Club Tokushukai	14.900	14.500	14.800	15.000	16.050	15.450	90.700
2.	Yusuke Tanaka	KONAMI	14.550	14.300	15.100	15.100	15.450	15.500	90.000
3.	Ryo Kato	Juntendo University	15.350	14.200	14.350	15.750	14.850	14.950	89.450
4.	Koji Yamamuro	KONAMI	13.700	14.550	15.500	16.600	14.700	14.150	89.200
4.	Makoto Okiguchi	KONAMI	15.150	13.800	14.850	16.500	14.500	14.400	89.200
6.	Shogo Nonomura	Juntendo University	14.600	14.650	15.250	15.600	15.400	13.650	89.150
7.	Kotobuki Mizutori	Gymnastics Club Tokushukai	14.800	14.050	13.350	15.800	14.600	15.850	88.450
8.	Hiroyuki Imai	Juntendo University	14.300	14.050	14.600	15.350	15.200	14.800	88.300
9.	Yusuke Saito	Gymnastics Club Tokushukai	13.850	14.200	14.500	16.550	14.200	14.900	88.200
10.	Kohei Uematsu	KONAMI	14.300	13.850	14.450	15.400	15.000	15.050	88.050
11.	Junpei Oka	Nippon Sport Science University	14.900	14.450	13.800	15.100	14.500	14.900	87.650
12.	Kenya Kobayashi	KONAMI	14.200	14.250	15.200	14.900	14.650	14.350	87.550
13.	Hitoshi Aoyama	Nippon Sport Science University	14.750	13.950	14.750	16.000	14.050	14.000	87.500
14.	Yousuke Hoshi	Central Sports Co., Ltd.	14.050	13.750	13.800	15.650	15.100	14.950	87.300
15.	Takuya Nakase	Gymnastics Club Tokushukai	14.400	13.150	14.850	15.350	14.500	14.950	87.200
16.	Daiki Ishikawa	Juntendo University	14.400	14.050	14.000	15.500	14.800	14.300	87.050
17.	Keisuke Ogura	KONAMI	14.300	13.250	14.150	15.500	14.150	15.650	87.000
18.	Kazuaki Koizumi	Sogou Gymnastics Club	14.350	13.600	14.450	15.100	14.750	14.600	86.850
19.	Ryotaka Deguchi	Gymnastics Club Tokushukai	15.200	14.450	13.850	14.500	14.450	14.350	86.800
20.	Tatsuki Nakashima	KONAMI	15.100	14.800	13.850	13.900	14.700	14.150	86.500
21.	Ryuzo Sejima	Nippon Sport Science University	14.600	12.650	14.350	15.400	15.200	14.100	86.300
22.	Masahiro Yoshida	Sogou Gymnastics Club	14.300	14.000	13.600	15.400	14.600	14.300	86.200
23.	Taku Nagano	Nihon University	14.200	12.650	15.200	15.600	14.100	14.250	86.000
24.	Takuto Kakitani	Juntendo University	13.900	14.100	14.400	15.300	13.800	14.150	85.650
25.	Takehito Mori	KONAMI	12.800	13.450	14.450	15.500	14.600	14.800	85.600
26.	Masanori Yamamoto	Gymnastics Club Tokushukai	13.800	14.200	14.550	15.900	14.300	12.800	85.550
26.	Shirai Katsutaro	Nippon Sport Science University	14.700	12.950	14.200	15.900	13.650	14.150	85.550
28.	Hasegawa Chisho	Nippon Sport Science University	14.600	13.800	14.450	14.300	14.450	13.850	85.450
29.	Shoichi Yamamoto	Gifu Prefecture Athletic Association (goods)	13.350	13.850	14.400	15.000	14.750	13.950	85.300
30.	Hitoshi Aoyama	KONAMI	13.300	14.850	13.850	14.750	13.700	14.750	85.200
31.	Yasuhiro Okamura	Asahi Seimei	12.350	13.850	15.350	15.000	14.150	14.350	85.050
31.	Riku Munakata	Sogou Gymnastics Club	15.050	13.650	13.850	15.750	13.450	13.300	85.050
33.	Yasuhisa Tanaka	Sogou Gymnastics Club	13.950	12.350	14.250	15.850	14.600	13.900	84.900
33.	Yuta Shimoda	Sogou Gymnastics Club	13.700	13.350	13.800	15.900	14.100	14.050	84.900
35.	Shun Kuwahara	Gymnastics Club Tokushukai	14.500	12.250	14.050	15.350	15.350	13.250	84.750
35.	Tatsuki Ichise	Juntendo University	14.250	12.650	14.350	15.150	14.200	14.150	84.750
37.	Takashi Saito	Sogou Gymnastics Club	14.200	12.500	14.300	15.400	14.150	14.150	84.700
37.	Shota Hisanaga	Juntendo University	14.500	13.050	14.050	14.900	14.000	14.200	84.700
37.	Hiromasa Koga	Sogou Gymnastics Club	13.250	13.300	14.500	15.450	13.650	14.550	84.700
40.	Koji Nonomura	Ichiritsu Funabashi High School Gymnastics Club	14.400	13.100	13.650	15.350	14.200	13.700	84.400
40.	Kyoichi Watanabe	Gymnastics Club Tokushukai	13.250	13.300	14.600	15.250	14.700	13.300	84.400
42.	Yoshimoto Moon	Sendai	14.250	12.700	13.850	15.300	13.900	14.350	84.350
43.	Ryosuke Kobayashi	Nihon University	13.950	14.200	13.150	14.750	13.950	14.250	84.250
44.	Kohei Kameyama	Gymnastics Club Tokushukai	14.600	14.200	13.100	14.700	13.800	13.700	84.100
45.	Kenji Nishinomine	Gymnastics Association, Yamaguchi Prefecture	14.700	13.550	13.550	15.200	13.300	13.700	84.000
46.	Takuya Niijima	Central Sports Co., Ltd.	13.650	13.450	13.900	15.250	14.150	13.550	83.950
47.	Yuya Kamoto	Kansai High School	13.200	12.650	13.900	15.200	14.200	14.650	83.800
47.	Hitoshi Koyama	Kanoyataiikudaigaku	13.850	13.150	13.500	15.400	14.000	13.900	83.800
49.	Yoshi Susumu	Juntendo University	13.850	13.100	13.950	14.450	14.150	14.100	83.600
50.	Hoshino Tsutomu	Saitama Sakae High School	14.600	11.800	13.850	15.000	14.350	13.850	83.450
51.	Ryouba Kawamoto	Sabae High School	13.500	13.500	13.950	14.800	12.600	14.500	82.850
52.	Yoshiaki Furuya	Sendai	13.700	13.600	13.900	14.250	12.700	14.600	82.750
53.	Yuki Nomura	Fu Large Club	14.150	11.750	13.650	15.150	13.800	14.100	82.600
53.	Takumi Otsuki	Juntendo University	14.000	12.750	14.200	14.750	13.650	13.250	82.600
55.	Kenzo Kaneko	Juntendo University	13.900	12.150	13.850	15.750	13.700	12.700	82.050
56.	Wataru Sato	Sogou Gymnastics Club	13.850	12.900	14.450	15.250	13.850	11.500	81.800
56.	Rui Yamazaki	Asahi Seimei	13.950	12.550	14.350	14.600	12.700	13.650	81.800
58.	Kaito Imabayashi	Juntendo University	14.250	11.100	12.900	15.400	13.900	14.150	81.700
58.	Kazuya Ueda	KONAMI	12.700	12.750	13.350	14.950	13.400	14.550	81.700
60.	Naoto Hayasaka	Ichiritsu Funabashi High School Gymnastics Club	14.750	13.000	12.550	15.200	12.550	13.600	81.650
61.	Kouhei Yasuda	Fukuoka University	13.850	11.900	13.400	15.000	12.850	14.300	81.300
61.	Tsuyoshi Tagashira	Central Sports Co., Ltd.	13.000	13.550	13.050	14.900	13.400	13.400	81.300
63.	Takayuki Obara	Sendai	14.150	13.350	13.600	15.900	11.950	12.200	81.150
64.	Masaru Ishihara	Sogou Gymnastics Club	13.200	13.450	13.350	14.000	13.500	13.550	81.050
65.	Takahito Watanabe	University of Tsukuba	14.300	12.900	11.350	15.400	13.550	13.500	81.000
66.	Yodai Houjou	Sogou Gymnastics Club	13.250	12.150	13.050	15.300	12.700	14.200	80.650
67.	Kazushi Takeda	Nippon Sport Science University	14.400	10.600	13.550	14.600	13.750	13.700	80.600
68.	Daisuke Suzuki	Ichiritsu Funabashi High School Gymnastics Club	13.800	11.150	13.150	15.050	13.950	13.300	80.400
69.	Shigeru Kishimoto	Amagasaki City High School	12.450	12.550	13.150	14.400	12.900	14.000	79.450
70.	Shigeru Miyachi	Sabae High School	12.500	10.700	13.200	15.400	13.400	14.200	79.400
71.	Kensuke Asada	Sogou Gymnastics Club	13.250	12.900	12.800	14.350	10.300	14.050	77.650
-.	Kohei Uchimura	KONAMI		14.400			15.750	16.100