Mayu Mukaida

Mayu Mukaida
Personal information
Birth name Mayu Mukaida
Full name Mayu Mukaida
Nationality  Japan
Born June 22, 1997
Yokkaichi, Mie
Residence Tokyo
Height 157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb; 9 st 0 lb)
Sport
Country  Japan
Sport Wrestling
Team JOC Elite Academy/Abe Gakuin high school
Coached by Shoko Yoshimura

Mayu Mukaida (向田 真優 Mukaida Mayu, born June 5, 1997 [1][2]) is a Japanese wrestler. She comes from Yokkaichi, Mie.[3] Her coach is Shoko Yoshimura.[4]

She has been competing in the same class as Saori Yoshida, a Japanese gold medalist, so the Japanese wrestling world is expecting her to be Saori Yoshida's rival in the future.[5]

Career

When she was a child, she played Karate under the influence of her mother and sister.[1] At the age of 5, She turned to wrestling because her father who is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter, recommended.[1] She shows the talent of wrestling when she is a schoolgirl and she got a gold medal at the Mie prefecture Championship for the first time at the age of 8 (2005).[1] She achieved four consecutive championships in boys and girls national championships　and she got a recommendation from deputy secretary-general of Japan Wrestling Federation (JWF) to enter Japanese Olympic Committee's Elite Academy.[6] She belonged to Yokkaichi Junior Wrestling Club when she was an elementary school student.[7] She also practiced another club.[1] In April 2010, She entered the Elite Academy.[6] In the first year she entered the academy, she got the title only once.[3] In December 4, 2011, she won national junior championship selection in the 52 kg and she also won championship chairman's award (for the best wrestler of the women).[2]

May 29, 2012, new emblem and slogan for Tokyo bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics was announced.[8] At that time, she attended as one of the four students of the Elite Academy and she commented, "I practice more and more to fight in the same stage. I want to take the gold medal at the Olympics".[8] In August 2012, she won FILA Cadet World Championship in the 52 kg, it held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[9]

August 2013, she won at Girls' freestyle 52 kg in inter-high school championships, which was held at Shimabara Fukko Arena, Nagasaki prefecture.[10] Girls' wrestling adopted as demonstration sports in 2013, so she became the first winner of the event.[10] She also won the most valuable player at that time.[10] In the same month, she defeated Luiza Suleymanova from Russia and got gold medal at FILA Cadet World Championship in the 52 kg.[11] It means she achieved two consecutive.[2][3] In the All Japan Championships in the 51 kg, it was held on December 21, 2013, she fought against Yu Miyahara.[12] She led the game at 6 to 3, but Miyahara got three points in the last second, so she missed the championship.[12]

March 1, 2014, she won Klippan Lady Open in cadet division 52 kg.[13] She got three titles in this game.[13] In May 2014, she defeated Xie Ya from China and won the Asian Cadet Championships.[14] As a result, she got a berth of 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[4] In June 2014, she was defeated by Nanami Irie (Kyushu Kyoritsu University) at the semi final of All Japan Championships Selection 53 kg.[15] After that she defeated Arisa Tanaka (Waseda University) and she was in the 3rd place.[15]

August 26, 2014, she competed at Wrestling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' freestyle 52 kg and she passed the primary league as a top to win three matches.[16] At the final match, she fought against Leyla Gurbanova from Azerbaijan and she won a gold medal.[5]

Play style and private issues

She is good at tackle and fight aggressively.[4] She is in the same class with Saori Yoshida.[17] She is training with Yoshida at the Japan national team's camp.[17] Yoshida talked to her since she was a schoolgirl.[3] Yoshida evaluates her as "Her trunk is strong and balance is also good".[17]

She is an alumnae of Yokkaichi city Tomariyama elementary school in Mie prefecture[7] and Kita city Inatsuke junior high school in Tokyo.[2] In 2014, she is in the second grade of Abe Gakuin high school in Tokyo.[18] To win gold medals at the Olympic Games,[6] she entered JOC Elite Academy, which provide special training for Japanese top athletes.[4] So she lives away from her home since she was 12 years old.[6] Initially she felt lonely because no parents and friends in the dormitory, she gradually overcame it.[3]

She knew Youth Olympic Games after she entered the Academy.[19] After that she practiced a lot to win at the game and she achieved it.[19] She wants to get a gold medal at 2020 summer Olympic game held in Tokyo.[1]

Major titles

Japan domestic

International

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 岩本勝暁 (2012). "東京オリンピックで金メダルを取れたら最高! Athletes of JOC Elite Academy Interview 2 レスリング 向田真優". OLYMPIAN (in Japanese) (Japanese Olympic Committee) 2012: 36.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "【2013年天皇杯全日本選手権・展望(16)】世界代表の宮原優（東洋大）が抜け出すか?…女子51kg級" (in Japanese). Japan Wrestling Federation. 2013-12-16. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 遠田寛生 (2014-04-04). "ホームシック こつこつ克服 いま子どもたちは No.693 夢は東京五輪 7". Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo, Japan). p. 28.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 ユース五輪出場のレスリング・向田真優"吉田さんの後継者は私" (in Japanese). Tokyo Sports. 2014-08-13. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 ユース五輪 レスリング女子 向田が金. NHK Online (in Japanese). NHK. 2014-08-26. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 増渕由気子 (2010-04-06). "【特集】向田真優選手と乙黒圭祐選手が入校…JOCエリートアカデミー第3期生入校式" (in Japanese). Japan Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-10-10. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 平成22年度（財）三重県体育協会表彰被表彰者一覧 (PDF). Mie Amateur Sports Association (in Japanese). Mie prefectural government. 2011-02-04. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "招致エンブレム/スローガン発表会にJOCエリートアカデミー生が登壇!" (in Japanese). Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. 2012-05-29. Archived from the original on 2013-10-10. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  9. ↑ Gary Abbott (2012-08-24). "Lobsinger wins Cadet World bronze, Doi & Giorgio place fifth in Azerbaijan". wrestlegirl.com. USA Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 お知らせ/2013北部九州総体レスリング競技の結果 (in Japanese). Shimabara city Executive Committee for 69th National Sports Festival of Japan. 2013-08-13. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  11. ↑ "Russia claims team title as Women’s freestyle competition concludes at Cadet World Championships". International and Olympic Wrestling News. 2013-08-23. Archived from the original on 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 宮原、残り1秒3点技の投げで大逆転. Sanspo.com (in Japanese). Sankei Sports. 2013-12-21. Archived from the original on 2014-08-23. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "V3の加賀田葵夏と向田真優ら8選手が優勝、川井友香子がMVP…クリッパン女子国際大会第2日(カデット)" (in Japanese). Japan Wrestling Federation. 2014-03-02. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  14. ↑ DB Sports Desk (2014-05-10). "Sangeeta wins silver at Asian Cadet Championships to qualify for Youth Olympics". drinkbreak. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 2014年明治杯全日本選抜選手権/各階級成績 (in Japanese). Japan Wrestling Federation. 2014-06-16. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  16. ↑ Kyodo News (2014-08-26). 【南京ユース五輪】 レスリング女子の向田が決勝へ 第11日. MSN Sankei News (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 "向田真優|ニュースウオッチ9" (in Japanese). TV Datazoo. 2014-08-11. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  18. ↑ "レスリング部お知らせ". Abe Gakuin high school. 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 増田創至 (2014-08-26). "「次は吉田沙保里さんと決勝で」向田真優、レスリングV". Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  20. ↑ 2006年全国少年少女選手権 成績 (in Japanese). Japan Wrestling Federation. 2006-07. Archived from the original on 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2014-08-25. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  21. ↑ 2007年全国少年少女選手権 成績 (in Japanese). Japan Wrestling Federation. 2007-08. Archived from the original on 2013-10-06. Retrieved 2014-08-25. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  22. ↑ 2007年全国少年少女選手権 成績 (in Japanese). Japan Wrestling Federation. 2008-07. Archived from the original on 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2014-08-25. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  23. ↑ 2007年全国少年少女選手権 成績 (in Japanese). Japan Wrestling Federation. 2009-07. Archived from the original on 2013-10-06. Retrieved 2014-08-25. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  24. ↑ "2010年全日本女子オープン選手権 成績". 日本レスリング協会. 2010-10. Archived from the original on 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2014-08-25. Check date values in: |date= (help)

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