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November 2, 2003
2003 All-Japan Shorinji Kempo Taikai
- Shorinji Kempo Group 30th Anniversary of Japan-China Relationship -
2003 All-Japan Shorinji Kempo Taikai
 2003 All-Japan Shorinji Kempo Taikai was held in Miyagi on November 2nd, 2003. This was the first time that an All-Japan Taikai was held in the Tohoku district (the northeastern region of Japan). The concept for this Taikai is "Coexistence - Joy of being together." The event site gymnasium Grande 21 was crowded by 5,000 people including participating Kenshi, their family and staff.
Taikai was held divided into two sections, Section One in the morning, and Section Two in the afternoon.
Parent-Child Pair Embu |
In the Section One in the morning, 16 categories in total (7 categories of the competition section and 9 categories of the presentation section) were conducted on 16 courts. The categories of the Presentation Section were; Primary School pairs, Junior High School pairs, Parent-Child pairs, Married Couples, Men 45 yrs and above, Women 30 yrs and above, Primary School Groups, Junior High School Groups, and Adult Groups. Please see below for the categories of the Competition Section.
 2,160 kenshi representing each prefecture participated in the Embu judgment from 9:00 am. Those who participated in the categories of the Competition Section and marked high scores at this preliminary participated in the Final held in the Section Two in the afternoon.
The Section Two started with the Opening Ceremony at 13:00. After the opening announcement, Miyagi Prefecture Shorinji Kempo Federation President, who is also the Chairman of the Taikai, gave an address, followed by greetings from other guests, Chinkon-gyo, and the final embu performances. For attractions, Embu by Shorinji Kempo Federation Official Demo Team, Suzume Odori (or Sparrow Dance, one of the local Miyagi's traditional performing arts), Iai-do and Karate-do demonstrations were enjoyed by the audience.
Charity Embu: Participated by 494 Kenshi of 58 branches in Japan. Contributed money was donated to a welfare organization in Miyagi through the Miyagi Prefectural Governor. |
All the embu evaluation was finished, and from 15:00, awards were given to the award winners of the Taikai . The results are below.
Section 4th Dan and Above
Saiyushu (Most Excelence) Award
- Toshiyuki Nakakomi / Michiomi Nakatomi (Fukuyama Minami Branch, Hiroshima)
Yushu (Excellence) Award
- Noboru Takeda / Takashi Fujita (Setagaya Branch, Tokyo)
Yuryo (Superior) Award
- Hidenari Isamu / Hidechika Shingaki / Mitsunori Yasuda (Kansai Gaikokugo Uni. Branch, Osaka)
- Naoko Suzuki / Chikao Yoda (Sendai Chuo Branch, Miyagi)
Embu on a wheel chair: Hisashi Shinno Daikenshi 5th Dan & Kohei Itabashi |
- Yuki Tanaka / Yuya Masui (Nihon Taiiku Uni. Branch, Tokyo)
- Kazuhito Morikawa / Hirohito Morikawa (Rakuto Sports Youth Club / Rakuto Branch, Kyoto)
Section 3rd Dan
Saiyushu (Most Excellence) Award
- Kiyofumi Onishi / Yuzo Kawaguchi / Sho Yagi (Otemon Gakuin Univ. Branch, Osaka)
Yushu (Excellence) Award
- Yuhei Shimizu / Takahiro Hokazono (Hotoku Kenrinkai Branch, Hotoku Gakuen Branch, Hyogo)
Yuryo (Superior) Award
- Tetsuya Hamada / Sohei Sugita (Keio Gijuku Univ. Branch, Kanagawa)
- Asami Miura / Takumi Nara (Goshogawara Daiichi High School Branch, Aomori)
Awarded Embu Performance |
- Takanori Oshika / Tsutomu Yokoyama (Otemon Gakuin Univ. Branch, Osaka)
- Kohei Fujitani / Nobuhiko Akagi (Fukuyama Minami Branch, Hiroshima)
Section 2nd Dan
Saiyushu (Most Excellence) Award
- Kohei Kawana / Sakae Matsuura (Sendai Ikuei High School Branch, Miyagi)
Yushu (Excellence) Award
- Motomi Ito / Toshihiro Mitani / Atsuhiko Ikeda (Fukuyama Minami Branch, Hiroshima)
Yuryo (Superior) Award
Suzume Odori (sparrow dance), Miyagifs traditional performing art |
- Akihiro Ishii / Kensuke Sakamoto (Fukuoka Univ. Branch, Fukuoka)
- Teppei Ogawa / Kenichi Kawada / Kazuya Masumoto (Otemon Gakuin Univ. Branch, Osaka)
- Hikari Sugimoto / Yumi Okumura / Yuki Oshima (Shiga Otsu Branch / Shiga Konan Branch, Shiga)
- Ken Ugai / Toyotaka Tasaka (Kyoto Univ. Branch, Kyoto)
Section 1st Dan
Saiyushu (Most Excellence) Award
- Gen Kishimoto / Junichi Kano (Nihon Univ. Branch, Tokyo)
Yushu (Excellence) Award
- Hideki Ikeda / Takashi Matsuda / Takuya Kamiyama (Kansai Gaikokugo Univ. Branch, Osaka)
Yuryo (Superior) Award
- Yusuke Oyoshi / Genta Wada (Kyoto Shoei High School Branch, Kyoto)
- Komei Nakamura / Pedro Matsumoto (Kongo Gakuen High School Branch, Chiba)
- Manabu Kagen / Junya Nobuhara (Hyogo Kyoiku Univ. Hyogo)
- Eisuke Nakayama / Hiroaki Nagai (Kanto Gakuin High School Branch, Kanagawa)
Section Women 3rd Dan and Above
Saiyushu (Most Excellence) Award
Awarded Embu performance |
- Kayo Watanabe / Fumiko Matsui (Hakodate Univ. Branch, Hokkaido)
Yushu (Excellence) Award
- Kumiko Kawasaki / Kanako Shibata (Kyoto Girls Junior High & High School Branch / Seika Branch, Kyoto)
Yuryo (Superior) Award
- Setsuko Kuwahara / Hiroko Kuroda (Osaka Joto Branch / Higashi Osaka Chuo Branch, Osaka)
- Michi Fujita / Ichie Hashimoto (Osaka Mihara Branch / Osaka)
- Kiyomi Ueyama / Yuka Yamamoto (Osaka Fukushima Girls High School Branch, Osaka)
- Kaori Ozeki / Saori Fukita (Utsunomiya Minami Branch, Tochigi)
Section Women 2nd Dan
Saiyushu (Most Excellence) Award
- Michiko Takata / Natsuko Yamada (Osaka Univ. Branch, Osaka)
Yushu (Excellence) Award
- Eriko Watanabe / Asumi Murayama (Hakodate Univ. Branch, Hokkaido)
Panel Exhibition: History of exchange between the Shorinji Kempo Group and China |
Yuryo (Superior) Award
- Shiho Kuwano / Saori Tahira (Shiga Konan Branch / Otsu Commercial High School Branch, Shiga)
- Emiko Sakai / Yuka Hirano (Kyoto Girls Junior High & High School Branch, Kyoto)
- Yoko Nakao / Yuko Yasue (Nihon Taiiku Univ. Branch, Tokyo)
- Yuka Nakatani / Maya Funeno (Senshu Ozaki Branch, Osaka)
Section Women 1st Dan
Saiyushu (Most Excellence) Award
- Eriko Uetake / Shinobu Kumakura (Kongo Gakuen High School Branch, Chiba)
Yushu (Excellence) Award
- Chiharu Kawano / Sayuri Oshiro (Toyonaka Branch, Osaka)
Yuryo (Superior) Award
- Akiko Kawai / Yoko Mitsuhashi (Keio Gijuku Univ. Branch, Kanagawa)
- Ayano Tainaka / Yoko Takaya / Tomoka Sasaki (Kongo Gakuen High School Branch, Chiba)
- Fumie Nishimura / Yumi Matsuyama (Shiga Kokan Branch, Shiga)
- Hiroko Kimura / Yui Mizuno (Nagakute Minami Branch, Aichi)
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