Eri Tōsaka

Eri Tōsaka, 2016

Eri Tosaka medal table
Wrestler
Japan
Olympic games
gold	2016 Rio de Janeiro	up to 48 kg
World Championship
silver	2012 Strathcona County	up to 48 kg
gold	2013 Budapest	up to 48 kg
gold	2014 Tashkent	up to 48 kg
gold	2015 Las Vegas	up to 48 kg
Asian Games
gold	2014 Incheon	up to 48 kg
Asian Championship
bronze	2012 Gumi	up to 48 kg
bronze	2016 Bangkok	up to 48 kg
Universiade
gold	2013 Kazan	up to 48 kg

Eri Tōsaka ( Japanese 登 坂 絵 莉 , Tōsaka Eri ; born August 30, 1993 in Takaoka , Toyama Prefecture ) is a Japanese wrestler . She was runner-up in 2012, world champion in 2013, 2014 and 2015 and also Olympic champion in the weight class up to 48 kg in 2016 .

Career

Eri Tōsaka began wrestling as a child. She is now attending Shigakkan University in Ōbu , Aichi Prefecture and is also a member of the university's wrestling club. After some successes at national level in the junior sector, it was used for the first time in 2011 at an international championship, the Asian Junior Championship in Jakarta. There she won the title in the weight class up to 48 kg, in which she only wrestled in junior and senior age, ahead of Nguyen Thi Lua from Vietnam. In December 2011, she was also the Japanese vice-champion in the senior category behind the multiple world champion Hitomi Obara- Sakamoto.

In February 2012 she started at the Asian championship in Gumi / South Korea and came in third behind Zhao Shasha from China and Lee Yu-mi from South Korea. She was not considered for a nomination for the 2012 Olympic Games, because Hitomi Obara-Sakamoto, who also became Olympic champion in London, dominated the action in her weight class. Eri Tōsaka got the chance to start at the World Championships in Strathcona County / Canada in September 2012 and took advantage of it. She won there over Lenka Matejewa, Slovakia, Jaqueline Schellin , Germany and Patimat Bagomedowa from Azerbaijan and was thus in the final battle against the Belarusian Vanessa Kaladschinskaja . She was subject to this controversial 1: 2 rounds (2: 0, 0: 1 and 2: 3) points. The Japanese side was of the opinion that Eri Tōsaka was disadvantaged by the judges in the third round, which they gave 2: 3 points. She became runner-up world champion.

In December 2012 she won the Japanese women's championship title for the first time, defeating junior world champion Yuki Irie on points in the final battle .

In 2013, Eri Tosaka continued to push forward. First she won the Universiade in Kazan and in September 2013 she won the Universiade in Budapest with victories over Madalina Liguraru, Romania, Alyssa Lampe , United States, Tatjana Amanchol-Bakatschuk , Kazakhstan, Melanie Lesaffre, France and Mayelis Yesenio Caripo Castillo , Venezuela World champion in the weight class up to 48 kg body weight.

In January 2014, she was part of the Japanese team at the Team World Cup in Tokyo, which cleared Russia 8-0 in the final. She landed a shoulder win over Valerija Tschepsarakowa in the weight class up to 48 kg. In September 2014 Eri Tosaka won the undisputed second world title in Tashkent in the weight class up to 48 kg. She defeated Silvia Felice, Italy, Natalja Pulkowskaja, Ukraine, Alyssa Lampe, Kim Hyun-gyong , North Korea and Iwona Matkowska , Poland. Shortly after this triumph, Eri Tosaka also won the Asian Games in Incheon / South Korea, which are very important to the Asian athletes. In the final, she defeated Sun Yanan from China.

At the 2015 World Cup in Las Vegas, Eri Tosaka won her third title in her traditional weight class with victories over Erdenesüchiin Narangerel, Mongolia, Jana Rattigan-Stadnik, Great Britain, Genevieve Morrison, Canada, Walentina Islamowa-Brik, Russia and Maria Stadnik , Azerbaijan Episode. In December 2015 she also won the Japanese championship title for the fourth time in the weight class up to 53 kg body weight ahead of Nanami Irie.

At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Eri Tosaka also succeeded in the weight class up to 48 kg with victories over Schuldis Eschimowa, Kazakhstan, Haley Ruth Augellu, United States, Sun Yanan, China and Maria Stadnik from Azerbaijan (3: 2 points) to become an Olympic champion for the first time.

After her Olympic victory, Eri Tosaka could not compete because of a protracted foot injury. But she hopes to qualify for the Meiji Cup in June 2017 for the World Championships in August 2017. Unfortunately, she did not recover in time, so that she was unable to compete in 2017. The three-time junior world champion (Cadets) Yui Susaki represented them worthily.

At the Japanese championship in December 2017, however, she was able to start. There she came in 3rd place in the new weight class up to 50 kg body weight. At the Meiji Cup in Tokyo in June 2018, she also took 3rd place in the same weight class behind Yui Susaki and Yuki Irie .

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2011	1.	Asian Junior Championship in Jakarta	up to 48 kg	before Nguyen Thi Lua, Vietnam, Vinesh, India and Tsogtbaataryn Tsenddschaw , Mongolia
2012	3.	Asian Championship in Gumi / South Korea	up to 48 kg	behind Zhao Shasha, China and Lee Yu-mi, South Korea
2012	2.	World Cup in Strathcona County / Canada	up to 48 kg	after victories over Lenka Matejewa, Slovakia, Jaqueline Schellin, Germany and Patimat Bagomedowa, Azerbaijan and a defeat against Vanessa Kaladschinskaja, Belarus
2013	1.	Universiade in Kazan	up to 48 kg	before Patimat Bagomedowa, Valerija Tschepsarakowa , Russia and Aria Liwatsch, Ukraine
2013	1.	World Cup in Budapest	up to 48 kg	after victories over Madalina Linguraru, Romania, Alyssa Lampe, USA, Tatjana Amanchol-Bakatschuk, Kazakhstan, Melanie Lesaffre, France and Mayelis Yesenio Caripa Castillo, Venezuela
2014	1.	World Cup in Tashkent	up to 48 kg	after victories over Silvia Felice, Italy, Natalja Pulkowskaja, Ukraine, Alyssa Lampe, Kim Hyon-gyong, North Korea and Iwona Matkowska, Poland
2014	1.	Asian Games in Incheon / South Korea	up to 48 kg	after victories over Lee Yu-mi, South Korea, Erdenesüchiin Narangerel , Mongolia, Vinesh, India and Sun Yanan, China
2015	1.	World Cup in Las Vegas	up to 48 kg	after victories over Erdenesüchiin Narangerel, Jana Rattigan-Stadnik, Great Britain, Genevieve Morrison, Canada, Walentina Islamowa-Brik, Russia and Maria Stadnik, Azerbaijan
2016	3.	Asian Championship in Bangkok	up to 48 kg	behind Sun Yanan , China and Irina Borissowa, Kazakhstan
2016	gold	OS in Rio de Janeiro	up to 48 kg	after victories over Schuldis Eschimowa, Kazakhstan, Haley Ruth Augello, USA, Sun Yanan and Maria Stadnik

National competitions

year	space	Weight class	Results
2011	2.	Japanese championship	up to 48 kg	behind Hitomi Obara- Sakamoto, in front of Yuki Irie
2012	1.	Japanese championship	up to 48 kg	before Yuki Irie , Ayano Suzuka and Yuka Yago
2013	1.	Japanese championship	up to 48 kg	before Yuki Irie, Yoshika Watanabe and Yuko Yugo
2014	1.	Meiji Cup in Tokyo	up to 48 kg	before Yu Miyahara, Yuki Irie and Shiori Ito
2014	1.	Japanese championship	up to 48 kg	before Yu Miyahara and Yuki Irie
2015	1.	Japanese championship	up to 53 kg	before Nanami Irie, Mayu Mukaida and Arisa Tanaka
2017	3.	Japanese championship	up to 50 kg	behind Yuki Irie and Miho Igarashi
2018	3.	Meiji Cup in Tokyo	up to 50 kg	behind Yui Susaki and Yuki Irie, together with Miho Igarashi
2018	3.	Japanese championship	up to 50 kg	behind Yuki Irie and Kika Kagata

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Japanese Wrestling Association website

Web links

• Eri Tosaka in the fight against Vanessa Kaladschinskaya at the 2012 World Cup
• Profile of Eri Tōsaka at the Institute for Applied Training Science