Masaaki Kaneko

Japanese: 金子正明 - かねこまさあき
Masaaki Kaneko

…But at the 18th Tokyo tournament (1964), Yoshikatsu Yoshida (flyweight), Yojiro Uetake (bantamweight), and Nagatake Watanabe (featherweight) won the freestyle, 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 tournament (1968), Shigeo Nakata (flyweight), Yojiro Uetake (bantamweight), and Masaaki Kaneko (featherweight) won the freestyle, and Souji Munemura (lightweight) won the Greco-Roman style, establishing Japan as a world power along with the Soviet Union and Turkey. In 1970, a groundbreaking change was made to the international rules, with 10 weight classes, a kilogram system, and circular mats replacing square mats (Figure). …

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Japanese:

…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。70年には画期的な国際ルール改正が行われ,10階級,キログラム制などとともに正方形のマットに代わって円形マットが採用された(図)。…

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