Top teenage star Hayato Tsutsumi will be making his debut among the elite boxers at the Asian Games

Japan will be the host of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and their team is fully preparing to that to get medals in the home competition. The upcoming Asian Games will be a test for their young team which has got excellent potential in 2020 but Jakarta could be their big breakthrough in our sport.
Japan achieved 13 gold medals, 13 silver and 36 bronze medals in the history of the Asian Games among the men boxers. Their women squad achieved one bronze medal since the female part of the sport has been added to the Asian Games. Their last title was won by Tsuyoshi Yaegashi in the Hiroshima 1994 Asian Games therefore the team will be fighting for their first title after 24 years of hiatus.
The Japanese team attended at the Republic of Kazakhstan President’s Cup, at the Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament and at the Kapolri Cup in Indonesia during their preparations to the Asian Games. Their coaching staff is strong with Mr. Hirokuni Moto and Mr. Shigeru Hiyama but Uzbekistan’s former star boxer Mr. Vladimir Shin is now also working in Japan to strengthen their tactical skills.
Japan sends only one woman boxer to the Asian Games but Madoka Wada is a top quality athlete who claimed bronze medal in the Jeju 2014 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships. Since then she impressed in several international events and after her hard training camps she is in top form and could be a new sensation at the flyweight (51kg).
Japan’s top light flyweight (49kg) boxer Tomoya Tsuboi impressed in the recent three years and in spite of the fact he is only 22, he is among the medal contenders in the upcoming Asian Games. Ryomei Tanaka won the Olympic Test Event three years ago and joined back to his original flyweight (52kg) which means their previous top boxer in this category Ryusei Baba is not able to attend in the Asian Games.
Japan’s talents claimed two gold medals in the Bangkok 2017 ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships and following their youth and junior successes their top future hope Hayato Tsutsumi can join to the elite age group. The 19-year-old Japanese bantamweight (56kg) boxer is AIBA Youth World Champion, two-time ASBC Asian Youth Champion and will be making his debut with top expectations in the elite level.
The 22-year-old Arashi Morisaka and experienced Daisuke Narimatsu qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and both technician boxers remained in the Japanese top team. The younger Morisaka will be attending at the lightweight (60kg) while ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships bronze medallist Daisuke Narimatsu moved up to the light welterweight (64kg).
ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships bronze medallist Issei Aramoto will be turning to 19 only later this year but he is ready to do big things in Jakarta where his strength is enough to get a medal at the welterweight (69kg). Japan’s last team member will be Yuito Moriwaki who won the last edition of their National Championships at the middleweight (75kg) and impressed in the Asian Games Test Event six months ago.

Japan’s team in the upcoming Jakarta 2018 Asian Games
Women’s 51kg: Madoka Wada
Men’s 49kg: Tomoya Tsuboi
Men’s 52kg: Ryomei Tanaka
Men’s 56kg: Hayato Tsutsumi
Men’s 60kg: Arashi Morisaka
Men’s 64kg: Daisuke Narimatsu
Men’s 69kg: Issei Aramoto
Men’s 75kg: Yuito Moriwaki

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