Karate tournaments held in Yamanashi and Okinawa

The 38th Chairman's Cup Yamanashi Prefecture Junior Karate Tournament (Elementary School Division) was held at the Kose Sports Park Budokan Arena. Eishinkan claimed the overall championship in the team category. Individual winners in the kata division included Mitsuki Goto (1st grade boys), Chishun Kawaguchi (2nd grade boys), Kanato Hyuga (3rd grade boys), Rio Watanabe (4th grade boys), Managa Endo (5th grade boys), and Eiki Kazuno (6th grade boys). Female winners included Rio Hyuga (1st grade), Sakura Chiba (2nd grade), Rena Aikawa (3rd grade), Rinne Inoue (4th grade), Ena Sano (5th grade), and Rinne Kanazawa (6th grade).

In Okinawa, the 29th Prefectural Junior High School Newcomer Karate Tournament took place at the Okinawa Karate Kaikan. In the girls' kata division, Reina Higashijima of Kaori Ryuhokan defeated Sona Minei with a score of 3-2. In the boys' kata division, Ruki Gushichimu of Azusa Ryuhokan won the title after defeating Yugen Shinjo 3-2.