Masahiko Tomouchi

Masahiko Tomouchi

Personal information
Full name	Masahiko Tomouchi
Nationality	Japan
Born	13 July 1977 ÅŒmuta, Fukuoka, Japan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	Judo
Event(s)	81 kg
Medal record Men's judo Competitor for  Japan Asian Championships 2004 Almaty 81 kg

Masahiko Tomouchi (塘内 将彦 Tomouchi Masahiko, born July 13, 1977 in Ōmuta, Fukuoka) is a Japanese judoka, who competed in the men's half-middleweight category.^[1] He picked up a bronze medal in the 81-kg division at the 2004 Asian Judo Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and later represented his nation Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Tomouchi qualified for the Japanese squad in the men's half-middleweight class (81 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing third and receiving a berth from the Asian Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan.^[3] He got off to a rough start with a waza-ari awasete ippon defeat from Russia's Dmitri Nossov in his opening match, but bounced back to compete for the bronze medal after Nossov qualified for the final. In the repechage round, Tomouchi could not tightly grapple Italy's Roberto Meloni with a kata guruma (shoulder wheel), and lost the match again after the five-minute limit.^[4][5]

References

1. "Masahiko Tomouchi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
2. Nakagawa, Kazuhiro (2004). 代表選手選考会・出場権獲得レポート [National team selection and berth report] (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
3. 上野、谷本が優勝　鈴木は決勝で敗れる [Ueno, Tanimoto won; Suzuki defeated in the finals]. Kyodo News (in Japanese) (47 News). 15 May 2004. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
4. "Judo: Men's Half-Middleweight (81kg/179 lbs) Repechage Round 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
5. 内柴、オール一本勝ちで金メダル獲得！ [Masato Uchisiba wins the gold medal in the final] (in Japanese). Asahi Kasei. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 12 November 2014.

External links

• Masahiko Tomouchi at JudoInside.com