His nickname is “Reiwa no Sanshiro”. Murao, who has a Japanese father and an American mother, is from New York. He started judo when he was 5 years old and hoped to one day compete in the Olympics. However, the Tokyo Olympics, which was his goal, was not selected for the national team. Using his setbacks as fuel, his approach to judo changes to a stronger one. February 2010 Grand Slam Paris Winner July 2010 Grand Slam Hungary Winner August 2010 Asian Championship Winner Murao gained the power to win the international tournament. Next time we will definitely go to the Olympic stage. Judo Grand Slam Tokyo 2022 will be held on December 3rd and 4th. “Reiwa no Sanshiro” paves the way from “Tokyo” to “Paris”! “Token Corporation presents Judo Grand Slam Tokyo 2022” TV Tokyo December 3rd (Sat) and 4th (Sun) 2 days continuous broadcast! The first international judo tournament in Japan since the Tokyo Olympics, “Grand Slam Tokyo” will be held in Tokyo for the first time in five years![Competition Overview]Date: December 3 (Sat) and 4 (Sun), 2022 Opening time: December 3 (Sat) 09:00 December 4 (Sun) 10:30 Qualifying round start time December 3 (Sat) 9:30 December 4 (Sun) 11:00 Final block start time December 3 (Sat) 15:30 December 4 (Sun) 17:30 * Doors open , the game start time is subject to change. Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Tournament Official Website: https://www.judo.or.jp/gstokyo2022/ ■December 3 (Sat) Men’s 73kg, Men’s 81kg, Men’s 90kg Women’s 57kg, Women’s 63kg, Women’s 70kg ■December 4 (Sun) Men’s 60kg, Men’s 66kg, Men’s 100kg, Men’s +100kg Women’s 48kg, Women’s 52kg, Women’s 78kg, Women’s +78kg Saturday, March 3 Men’s 73kg class: Soichi Hashimoto, Ken Daikichi, Kenji Harada, Shohei Ohno Men’s 81kg class: Takanori Nagase, Sotaro Fujiwara, Kenji Sasaki, Kenya Ohara Men’s 90kg class: Kaho Masuyama, Sanshiro Murao , Mashu Baker, Shoichiro Mukai Women’s 57kg class: Haruka Funakubo, Momo Tamaki, Tsukasa Yoshida, Akari Omori Women’s 63kg class: Megumi Horikawa, Nami Nabekura, Mirai Takaichi, Seiko Watanabe Women’s 70kg class: Saki Niizoe Kuwagata Moeka, Yukiko Uno, Riho Saiganji December 4 (Sun) Men’s 60kg class: Ryuki Nagayama, Hayato Kondo, Genki Koga, Yamato Fukuda Men’s 66kg class: Joshiro Maruyama, Ryoma Tanaka, Takeshi Takeoka , Tatsunari Hattori Men’s 100kg class: Kentaro Iida, Torataro Ueoka, Wolf Aron, Green Karani Kaito Men’s over 100kg class: Shin Kageura, Tsubasa Takahashi, Kuki Harasawa, Aya Ota Women’s 48kg class: Natsumi Tsunoda, Wakana Koga, Rina Tachikawa, Kano Miyaki Women’s 52kg class: Uta Abe, Ai Shishime, Jun Omori, Hikari Yokota Women’s 78kg class: Naori Hamada, Mami Umeki, Rika Takayama, Mao Izumi Women’s over 78kg class: Wakaharu Tomita, Teru Sone, Akiba Mayu, Hikaru Kodama[Program overview]Program name: Token Corporation presents Judo Grand Slam Tokyo 2022 Broadcast date: Saturday, December 3, 2022, 4:00 to 6:00 / Sunday, December 4, 6:00 pm 30 minutes to 9:00 Broadcasting station: 6 TV Tokyo affiliated stations Online distribution: TVer TV Tokyo real-time distribution (https://tver.jp/live/tx) Net is also TV Tokyo (TV Tokyo HP, TVer, GYAO!) TV Tokyo Sports (YouTube channel) Progress: Yuka Takezaki (TV Tokyo announcer) On-site commentary: Kaoru Matsumoto (caster, London Olympic gold medal), Ayumu Goromaru (athlete guest *Sunday only) Broadcast seat commentary: Takamasa Anai (2010 World Championships) Gold medal), Aiko Sato (2011 World Championship gold medal) Official Twitter: @tvtokyo_judo Official Instagram: @tvtokyo_judo Official HP: https://www.t v-tokyo.co.jp/judogs2022/ #Sanshiro Murao #Judo #Grand Slam Tokyo #TV Tokyo #judo #judogs #Judo GS
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