Masamitsu Ichiguchi

Japanese: 市口政光 - いちぐちまさみつ
Masamitsu Ichiguchi

…In 1957, the Greco-Roman style was introduced, and Japan sent teams to compete in both the freestyle and Greco-Roman events at the 17th Rome Games (1960), but suffered a crushing defeat. However, at the 18th Tokyo Games (1964), Yoshikatsu Yoshida (flyweight), Yojiro Uetake (bantamweight), and Nagatake Watanabe (featherweight) won the freestyle events, and Tsutomu Hanahara (flyweight) and Masamitsu Ichiguchi (bantamweight) became the first Japanese to win the Greco-Roman style, winning a total of five gold medals and ranking first in the world overall. Furthermore, at the 19th Mexico Games (1968), Shigeo Nakata (flyweight), Yojiro Uetake (bantamweight), and Masaaki Kaneko (featherweight) won the freestyle events, and Souji Munemura (lightweight) won the Greco-Roman style, establishing Japan as a world power along with the Soviet Union, Turkey, and others. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ichiguchi Masamitsu" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…57年にはグレコローマンスタイルも導入され,第17回ローマ大会(1960)にはフリースタイル,グレコローマンスタイル両種目に選手団を送ったが惨敗。しかし第18回東京大会(1964)では,フリースタイルで吉田義勝(フライ級),上武洋次郎(バンタム級),渡辺長武(フェザー級)が優勝,またグレコローマンスタイルでも花原勉(フライ級),市口政光(バンタム級)が日本人初の優勝者となり,計5個の金メダルを獲得,総合成績でも世界1位となった。さらに第19回メキシコ大会(1968)では,フリースタイルで中田茂男(フライ級),上武洋次郎(バンタム級),金子正明(フェザー級)が優勝,グレコローマンスタイルも宗村宗二(ライト級)が制して,ソ連,トルコなどとともに世界の強国として不動の地位を築いた。…

※「市口政光」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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