35 Japanese boxers travelled for a training camp to Incheon including AIBA Youth World Champion Hayato Tsutsumi

Japan’s best boxers travelled to Incheon, South Korea today to prepare well to the main goals of 2017 this month. The Japanese national squad contains 11 coaches and 35 boxers including AIBA Youth World Champion Hayato Tsutsumi and AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Madoka Wada.
The South Koreans are strong rivals for the Japanese boxers and the joint training camp will be great opportunity for both nations for sparring furthermore to learn new techniques and training methods. Japan’s top elite team has got a long term strategy as the country will be the host of the next Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020.
President of the Japanese Boxing Federation Mr. Akira Yamane also travelled with the boxers including their top coaches such as Mr. Hiroaki Takami, Mr. Shigeru Hiyama, Mr. Hideaki Nagamine, Mr. Yuji Oyamada, Mr. Akira Kaito, Mr. Masuaki Takeda, Mr. Kazunori Fujita, Mr. Toshifumi Sato and Mr. Shisuke Umeshita.
Rio Test Event winner Ryomei Tanaka could not qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games but he is focusing to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games now. The flyweight (52kg) boxer is a great hope for Japan in the international competitions in 2017 and the motivated athlete starts the year after the physical trainings in Incheon.
Rentaro Kimura is the new Japanese National Champion at the bantamweight (56kg) who will be turning to 20 later this year and surprised his opponents in the national event. Hikaru Okishima competed at the AIBA Asian & Oceanian Olympic Qualification Event in Qian’an, China and he is also an experienced boxer in the international level.
Multiple Youth National Champion Reo Saito and ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships bronze medallist Zen Kuroyanagi moved up to the elite age group in January and added also to the traveling team. Yuki Yamauchi, Jin Minamide and Ryusei Baba are newcomers in the elite national team in Japan.
Their best women boxers such as AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Madoka Wada, experienced elite hope Aya Shinmoto, and their top teenage hope Balkan Women’s Youth Tournament winner 18-year-old Tsukimi Namiki are also involved to the traveling team.
Japan’s youth team is one of the best in Asia currently with AIBA Youth World Champion and ASBC Asian Youth Champion Hayato Tsutsumi, ASBC Asian Confederation Junior Boxing Championships silver medallist Issei Aramoto, ASBC Asian Junior Champion Ryutaro Nakagaki, National Champion Tatsuya Ogawa and strong Takumi Tamura. Kazuki Anaguchi was born only in 2000 but he is the best of his age group currently.
Five junior boxers are involved to the training camp this time, mainly women athletes who could be Japan’s hopes in the upcoming events. Hinami Yanai and Seina Irie won the titles in the last edition of the Japanese National Championships in the high school level and the young women boxers are there in Incheon.
Japan is planning to take part in the Beket Makhmutov Youth Cup in Kazakhstan in March where five of their strong youth athletes will be attending for the medals including AIBA Youth World Champion Hayato Tsutsumi as well. The competition will be held in Oral, Kazakhstan in March 8-12 and the Japanese delegation is using it to prepare well to the 2017 ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships.