Yoshiko Inoue

Yoshiko Inoue ( Japanese 井上 佳 子 , Inoue Yoshiko ; born April 26, 1988 in Yamaguchi Prefecture ) is a top Japanese wrestler .

Career

Yoshiko Inoue started wrestling as a child at the age of four in 1992. She developed rapidly and in 2005 became the Japanese junior champion in the "Cadets" age group. In the same year in Ōarai / Ibaraki prefecture, she was Asian champion of juniors (cadets) in the weight class up to 60 kg. She was then accepted into the Japanese national team of wrestlers and Kazuhito Sakae, the national coach of this team, took her under his wing. She was a member of the Chukyo Woman University Sport Club in Nagoya and studied at Shigakkan University . Today she starts for the wrestling team of the household appliance manufacturer Cleanup .

In 2006 Yoshiko Inoue became Junior World Champion in Guatemala City in the weight class up to 67 kg. She defeated u. a. also Kristin Büttner from Germany . In January 2007 she was the first Japanese champion in the women. In this competition, which was still valid for 2006, she won in the weight class up to 67 kg ahead of Mami Shinkai . In 2007 it was also used at the World Cup in Baku . She lost her second fight there against Jing Ruixue from the People's Republic of China and also had to admit defeat in the fight for a bronze medal Cathrine Downing from Canada , with which she came in 5th place.

In December 2007 she came in the Japanese championship in the weight class up to 59 kg behind Mizuka Kajita on the 2nd place. She had lost almost 8 kg in the process, but had to realize that this was not possible without a considerable loss of substance and did not repeat this experiment. In 2008 she was then Asian champion in Doha in the weight class up to 63 kg. In the final, she defeated Suman Kundu from India . She could not take part in the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 because Kaori Icho was or is the absolute "number 1" in Japan in the weight class up to 63 kg and the weight class up to 67 kg is not Olympic. In December 2008 she became Japanese champion for the second time in the weight class up to 67 kg. In the final battle she defeated Chiaki Iijima.

In May 2009 Yoshiro Inoue could not defend her championship title from 2008 at the Asian Championships in Pattaya . In the weight category up to 67 kg she came in 3rd place behind Jelena Schalygina from Kazakhstan and Ma Yan from China. At the world championship this year in Herning / Denmark , she lost after winning three fights against three-time world champion Martine Dugrenier from Canada and against Badrachyn Odontschimeg from Mongolia , which brought her back to 5th place.

After another 3rd place at the 2010 Asian Championship in New Delhi , where she came in behind Güzäl Mänürowa , Kazakhstan and Gelegdschamtsyn Narantschimeg , Mongolia, she was Asian Champion for the second time in 2011 in Tashkent . In the final battle, she defeated Tserendordschiin Bajardsaja from Mongolia on points. At the World Championships in Istanbul , she first defeated Sarah Jones from the United Kingdom and Nadezhda Semenzova from Azerbaijan , then lost to Bandsagtschiin Ojuunsüren from Mongolia and then won her first World Cup medal with a victory over Alina Stadnyk-Machynja from Ukraine .

In 2012 Yoshiko Inoue was used at the World Championships in Strathcona County / Canada in the non-Olympic weight class up to 67 kg and won there with a victory over I. Schauzowa Zirkewitsch, Belarus, a defeat against Adeline Gray , United States and victories over D. Manolowa, Bulgaria and Kaur Navjot , India , a bronze medal.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	successes
2005	1.	Asian Junior Championships (Cadets) in Oarai / Japan	up to 60 kg	before Hou Min-Wen, Taiwan and Saltanat Abdrachmanowa, Kazakhstan
2006	5.	World Cup in Nagoya	up to 67 kg	behind Jing Ruixue , People's Republic of China , Jelena Perepelkina , Russia , Cathrine Downing , Canada and Mami Shinkai , Japan
2006	1.	Junior World Championships in Guatemala City	up to 67 kg	after victories over Kristin Büttner, Germany , Heather Martin, USA and Natalja Lauschkina, Russia
2007	4th	World Cup in Krasnoyarsk	up to 67 kg	behind Zhang Fenglin, China, Jelena Perepelkina and Irina Zyrkewitsch, Belarus
2007	5.	World Cup in Baku	up to 67 kg	after defeating Yeon So-young, South Korea , defeating Jing Ruixue, defeating Kristine Odrina Orbowa, Latvia and defeating Cathrine Downing
2008	1.	Asian Championship in Doha	up to 63 kg	in front of Suman Kundu, India , Tserendordschiin Bajardsaja , Mongolia and Park Sang-eun, South Korea
2009	5.	World Cup in Taiyuan / China	up to 67 kg	behind Qin Xiaoping , Chiana, Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa , Mongolia, Olga Chilko, Belarus and Adeline Gray , USA
2009	3.	Asian Championship in Pattaya	up to 67 kg	behind Jelena Schalygina , Kazakhstan and Ma Yan, China
2009	5.	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	up to 67 kg	after victories over Alina de Silva Ferreira, Brazil , Olga Schanibekowa, Kazakhstan and Maher Doaa, Egypt and defeats to Martine Dugrenier , Canada and Badrachyn Odontschimeg , Mongolia
2010	3.	Asian Championship in New Delhi	up to 67 kg	behind Güzäl Mänürowa , Kazakhstan and Gelegdschamtsyn Narantschimeg , Mongolia
2011	3.	World Cup in Liévin	up to 67 kg	behind Yan Hong, China and Kristie Marano (Davis), USA, in front of Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa
2011	1.	Asian championship in Tashkent	up to 67 kg	in front of Tserendordschiin Bajardsaja , Tatjana Sacharowa, Kazakhstan and Narjot Kaur, India
2011	3.	World Cup in Istanbul	up to 67 kg	after victories over Sarah Jones, Great Britain and Nadezhda Semenzowa , Azerbaijan , a defeat against Bandsagtschiin Ojuunsüren , Mongolia and a win over Alina Stadnyk-Machynja , Ukraine
2012	1.	Mongolian Open in Ulan Bator	up to 67 kg	in front of band sacking Ojuunsüren , Tserendordschiin Bajardsaja and Otgonbatyn Ojuntujaa , all Mongolia
2012	7th	World Cup in Tokyo	up to 67 kg	Winner: Xu Xaiyan, China ahead of Gosal Surowa, Azerbaijan
2012	3.	World Cup in Strathcona County / Canada	up to 67 kg	after a victory over I. Shazova Zirkewitsch, Belarus, a defeat against Adeline Gray , USA and victories over D. Manolowa, Bulgaria and Kaur Navjot, India

Japanese championships

year	space	Weight class	Results
2006	1.	up to 67 kg	before Mami Shinkai , Eri Sakamoto and Hiroe Suzuki
2007	2.	up to 59 kg	behind Mizuka Kajita, in front of Kayoko Shimada and Kaya Tsuda
2008	1.	up to 67 kg	before Chiaki Iijima, Chihiro Hashimoto and Akie Arai
2009	2.	up to 72 kg	behind Kyoko Hamaguchi , in front of Akie Arai and Hiroe Suzuki
2010	1.	up to 67 kg	before Sara Dosha, Chihiro Hashimoto and Chiaki Iijima
2011	3.	up to 72 kg	behind Kyoko Hamaguchi and Mami Shinkai, together with Hiroe Suzuki

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• WM = World Championship

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Foeldeak Wrestling Database website
• Website "www.japan-wrestling.org"
• Website "www.japan-wrestling.jp"

Individual evidence

1. ^ Cleanup KK (Engl. Corp.): Wrestling team