Takanori Nagase

Takanori Nagase
Born (1993-10-14) 14 October 1993
Nagasaki, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Height 181cm (5'11")
Weight 81kg (178lbs)
Division Half-midleweight
Fighting out of Ibaraki, Japan
Team All Japan National Team
Trainer

Yusuke Kanamaru

Konegawa Minoru[1]

Kosei Inoue
Rank 3rd degree black belt in Judo[2]
University University of Tsukuba
Medal record
World Championships
2015 Astana –81 kg

Takanori Nagase (Japanese: 永瀬 貴規; born 14 October 1993 in Nagasaki) is a Japanese judoka.[3] He started judo at the age of 6.[4]

He won the Universiade in Kazan in 2013.[4] He won the Grand Slam in Tokyo in 2013 and 2014.[4] He won the All Japan Championships, the IJF Masters in Rabat and the World Judo Championships in 2015.[5] He is currently ranked No. 2 in the world (as of 8 February 2016).[6]

Nagase's favourite technique is uchi mata [7] and is known for his newaza. He is the first and only Japanese judoka to become world champion in the -81kg weight class.[8]

Nagase currently attends the University of Tsukuba.[9] He had taught at the Kodokan as an instructor to children.[10][11]

Career

2013 Universiade

Nagase won the half-middleweight gold in Kazan, winning three out of his four fights by ippon.[12]

In the team competition, Japan won all their fights 5-0 en-route to the final. Nagase went against Lee Seungsoo, who he later competed against in the senior tournaments, and lost by ippon. However, Japan still won 3-2, and secured gold.[13]

2013 European Open Tbilisi

Nagase's first senior international competition was at the European Open in Tbilisi, Georgia. He was fairly successful, winning his first three fights by ippon. He lost to Tural Safguliyev, when the Azerbaijani threw him for ippon in the final, therefore making Nagase settle for silver.

2013 Grand Slam Tokyo

Nagase's first Grand Slam competition was at home ground in Tokyo. He had experienced opponents in the form of European champion Avtandil Tchrikishvili in the quarter-final and reigning world champion Loïc Pietri in the final. Nagase threw Pietri for ippon using ashi guruma to win the gold medal.[14]

2014 Grand Slam Paris

Nagase participated in his second Grand Slam in Paris. He again faced Tchrikishvili in the quarter-final, and lost by shido. He won the repechage against Germany's Sven Maresch, and won by shido. He narrowly won the bronze against Canada's Antoine Valois-Fortier, with just a yuko between them.

2014 All Japan Championships

Nagase won his first senior national title at the All Japan Championships in Fukuoka. He beat Keita Nagashima in the final to represent Japan at the 2014 World Championships in the half-middleweight category, and claim gold.

Nagase also participated in the prestigious Open category in Tokyo, where he surprised heavyweight opponents by beating Kazuhiko Takahashi, who outweighs him by 40kg, in the quarter-final.[15] He lost to eventual champion Takeshi Ojitani, who beat him by ippon with osaekomi-waza. He ended up winning bronze.

2014 World Championships

Nagase represented Japan in his first world championships in Chelyabinsk. He was playing ippon judo in his first three fights, however again lost against eventual world champion Tchrikishvili in the quarter-final by shido. He narrowly won the repechage against Lebanon's Nacif Elias by shido, but was defeated by Pietri in a revenge match by waza-ari, leaving Nagase to finish fifth place.

In the team competition, Nagase faced Tchrikishvili for the second time in the tournament during the semi-final. As Georgia were the defending world champions and Tchrikishvili was the reigning world champion, odds were against Nagase, even though Japan were 2-0 up. However, he managed to defeat Tchrikishvili in golden score with an uchi mata for waza-ari.[16]

Japan was against home favourites Russia in the team final. With Russia President Vladimir Putin watching and the home crowd cheering, the Russians capitalized on their advantaged and defeated the first two Japanese judokas. Nagase managed to overcome the pressure and defeat Murat Khabachirov with an ouchi gari for ippon, salvaging Japan's chances. Japan ended up winning 3-2, and the final was cemented as one of the best in history.[17]

2014 Grand Slam Tokyo

Nagase successfully defended his Grand Slam title for the second year running. On the course to the final, Nagase was against double world and Olympic champion Kim Jae-bum in the quarter-final, and defeated him by waza-ari. In the semi-final, Nagase faced against rival Tchrikishvili, and won by ippon. Nagase won the gold medal after defeating Sergiu Toma in golden score.

2015 Grand Prix Dusseldorf

Nagase made a shock exit in the second round of the Grand Prix in Düsseldorf, losing to Belarus' Aliaksandr Stsiashenka by ippon and waza-ari.

2015 All Japan Championships

Nagase again won the gold in the half-middleweight category at the national championships, beating Nagashima for the second time.

2015 Masters Rabat

Nagase claimed his first Masters title in Rabat, defeating Toma again by osaekomi-waza for ippon.

2015 World Judo Championships

Nagase played ippon judo in his first two fights, however narrowly won by shido against Egypt's Mohamed Abdelaal. He then faced Korea's Lee Seung-soo in the quarter-final, where he used kouchi gari to throw Lee for waza-ari, then followed up with kuzure kesa gatame for ippon.[18] He once again met Tchrikishvili, in the semi-final, and scraped through to the final with a yuko. He defeated Pietri in the final with a sankaku kami shiho for ippon, making newaza one of Nagase's most effective techniques.[19] He became Japan's first half-middleweight world champion.[8] He was one of Japan's three male individual gold medalists in the tournament.[20]

In the team competition, Japan faced South Korea in the final. Nagase defeated Lee again, and Japan won the gold with a score of 3-2.

2015 Grand Slam Tokyo

Nagase looked to defend his Grand Slam title in Tokyo thrice, and looked to be on form, defeating all his opponents in his first three fights by ippon.

However, Nagase was caught in controversy in the quarter-final, where he was disqualified for committing hansoku make. The referee appeared to be pressured by Lee's coach Song Dae-nam, who was avidly shouting for disqualification. Nagase's head coach Kōsei Inoue later on explained that Nagase was holding the judogi, and not the leg. The International Judo Federation later apologized for the refereeing mistake.[21][22][23][24]

Nagese went on to win bronze against Greece's Roman Moustopoulos, scoring an ippon, a waza-ari and two yukos.

Competitive record

Judo Record[25]
Total 39
Wins 33
by Ippon 21
Losses 6
by Ippon 3

(as of 5 December 2016)

Palmares

2013
1st Grand Slam -81 kg, Tokyo[26]
2nd European Open -81kg, Tbilisi
1stUniversiade -81kg, Kazan
2014
1st Grand Slam -81 kg, Tokyo
3rd Grand Slam -81 kg, Paris
1st All Japan Judo Championships -81 kg, Fukuoka
3rd All Japan Judo Championships OpenM, Fukuoka
2015
1st World Championships -81 kg, Astana
1st IJF World Masters -81 kg, Rabat
1st All Japan Judo Championships -81 kg, Fukuoka
3rd Grand Slam -81kg, Tokyo

References

  1. ↑ "Masters Rabat 2015 Gold Medal Contest". Youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  2. ↑ "Grand Slam Tokyo 2015 -81kg Bronze Medal Contest". Youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  3. ↑ "Takanori Nagase". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "近代柔道 2015年4月号 柔道全日本強化選手名鑑　2015 -". Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 2015-04-20.
  5. ↑ 世界柔道、永瀬が「金」…81キロ級で日本勢初　Yomiuri Shinbun　2014-8-27
  6. ↑ "IJF World Rankings 8 Feb 2016" (PDF). Intjudo.eu. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  7. ↑ "Tokyo Grand Slam 2015". Youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  8. 1 2 "Nagase first World Champion U81 for Japan". Judoinside.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  9. ↑ "University of Tsukuba Judo Club". Tsukuba.ac.jp. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  10. ↑ "Rising judo stars shines at World Championships". Zaikeinews.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  11. ↑ "柔道日本代表81キロ級永瀬選手". Youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  12. ↑ "Athlete Information / Kazan Universiade 2013: Takanori Nagase".
  13. ↑ "Judo Men's Team: Universiade Kazan 2013 / detailed summary". Universiade2013.sportresult.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  14. ↑ "Grand Slam Tokyo -81kg Final 2013". Youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  15. ↑ "All Japan Judo Championships 2014 Quarter final~Final OpenM". Youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  16. ↑ "Georgia vs Japan - Semi-Final - Judo World Championship Teams Chelyabinsk 2014". Youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  17. ↑ "Japan vs Russia - Final - Judo World Championship Teams Chelyabinsk 2014". Youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  18. ↑ "122 / 81 KG LEE, Seungsu (KOR) - NAGASE, Takanori (JPN) * W.Ch.Sen - Astana 2015". Youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  19. ↑ "Takanori Nagase vs Loic Pietri 81 kg World Judo Championships 2015 Final". Youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  20. ↑ "Shohei Ono, Takanori Nagase, Ryunosuke Haga (JPN), SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 - Judo : (L-R) World Judo Championships Astana 2015 Japanese gold medalist". Alamy.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  21. ↑ "Takanori Nagase (white) of Japan commits a foul by grabbing a leg of Lee Seungsu (blue) of South Korea in the Men's -81kg semi final". Gettyimages.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  22. ↑ "IJF Tokyo Grand Slam - 2015". Judokong.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  23. ↑ "Was Nagase robbed?". Judocrazy.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  24. ↑ "永瀬貴規、韓国選手に不可解な反則負け！審判長は謝罪！柔道８１キロ級 グランドスラム東京 2015年12月5日". Youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  25. ↑ "Takanori Nagase: Statistics". Judobase.org. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  26. ↑ "Takanori Nagase Judo Results". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
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