A Taku Takeuchi, the Japanese national title

In today's day in Hakuba he was held the Japanese national championship, early yesterday by a race of Japanese domestic circuit which was attended by all the best jumpers of the rising sun. If among women has been the undisputed star Sara Takanashi, among men, there has been the most hotly contested races, won respectively by Yuken Iwasa and Taku Takeuchi.

Sunday 6 November 2016 4 minutes reading time

The competition on the small trampoline, valid for the internal circuit, had an unexpected outcome because the victory was won by seventeen Yuken Iwasa. After closing in the lead the first set with a margin of only 9/10 on the most quoted Kento Sakuyama, in the decisive round it was once again realizing the best score again. For its part Sakuyama, fresh wedding, performed a solid proof realizing the second score in both rounds and thus climbing to the second step of the podium. Third place Taku Takeuchi, who managed to harpoon the podium leaving his feet Noriaki Kasai (4th) and Daiki Ito (5 Â°). To note the lackluster performance of Junshiro Kobayashi (11th) and those disastrous Shohei Tochimoto (27 Â°) and Rehuri Shimizu (32 Â°). CIRCUIT INTERNAL JAPANESE NH - HAKUBA HS98 1. Iwasa Yuken 232.22. SAKUYAMA Kento 226.63. Taku Takeuchi 224.04. KASAI Noriaki 222.45. Daiki ITO 220.16. SATO Yukiya 218.87. KOBAYASHI Ryoyu 216.7 ... 11. KOBAYASHI Junshiro 201,817. Kenshiro ITO 189,327. TOCHIMOTO Shohei 173,032. SHIMIZU Rehuri 82.6 Click here for the full results. Today's race however, valid as the national championship, was played on the big trampoline and has had the same protagonists, although in a different order. The victory was won by Taku Takeuchi, who after finishing the first race in the lead segment has managed to resist the Sakuyama comeback, again second. The podium was closed by veteran Kasai, who at the last minute managed to overcome the young Iwasa, second half. Just the Sapporo native has been the surprise of the weekend, as it has unsheathed performance comparable to those of the most quoted countrymen, although he has made his appearances in the international arena only in FIS Cup and Continental Cup, where he collected two wins and a third place during the summer. Also entering the top 10 Ryoyu Kobayashi (5th) and Daiki Ito (7th), while Tochimoto proves again in deep trouble even finishing 45th. Worth noting is the 'absence of Yumu Harada, who has not registered at the start in both races of the weekend. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP JAPANESE LH - HAKUBA HS131 1. Taku Takeuchi 242.82. SAKUYAMA Kento 139.63. KASAI Noriaki 238.04. Iwasa Yuken 233.75. KOBAYASHI Ryoyu 232.76. Sho SUZUKI 229.87. Daiki ITO 228.1 ... 11. Kenshiro ITO 207,714. SHIMIZU Rehuri 179,916. KOBAYASHI Junshiro 176,445. TOCHIMOTO Shohei 39.0 Click here for the full results.

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