All Japan Towada College Tournament (August 14th , 2018)

Katooshu · August 15, 2018

A national college tournament was held in Towada on August 14th.

Both the individual and team competition saw victory for Nippon Sports Science University. In the individual final, Purevsren Dergerbayar beat Chuo's Daisuke Tanaka by uwatenage, claiming his first title to go along with numerous best 4 and best 8 finishes. He has now won individual national titles in sumo and wrestling.

In team competition, NSSU downed Kyushu Institute of Information Sciences 3-2 to capture their 2nd Towada title in the last 3 years, and their first title this year. They were runner-up at last month's Kanazawa tournament and have several semifinal finishes this year, so it was about time for a yusho. Although Kyushu couldn't pull off the win, it has to be considered a good showing for them, as despite being the 2nd best team in West Japan they usually don't make it too far in national competition.

Powerhouse Toyo breezed through the prelims, which included a 4-1 victory over NSSU (only Dergerbayar won, beating Ryosuke Nakajima), but they lost 3-2 in the first round of knockouts to Takushoku. Shiroyama, Fukai, and Nakajima lost straight off the bat, and then Shiroishi and Nishino won the last two---but moot point by then.

Individual

Winner: Purevsren Dergerbayar (Nippon Sport Science University; 2nd year)

Runner-up: Daisuke Tanaka (Chuo University; 3rd year)

3rd: Hideki Tomiya (Tokyo University of Agriculture; 4th year)

4th: Hitoshi Sawada (Nihon University; 3rd year)

Quarterfinals: Yuta Takahashi (Nippon Sports Science University; 1st year), Shota Kato (Nihon University; 3rd year), Tomonori Nishino (Toyo University; 4th year), Masashi Enami (Nihon University; 3rd year)

Team

Winner: Nippon Sports Science University

Runner-up: Kyushu Institute of Information Sciences

3rd: Chuo University

4th: Takushoku University

Individual Final: Tanaka (Chuo) vs Dergerbayar (Nippon Sports Science University)