Miku Tashiro Explained

Miku Tashiro
Nationality:Japanese
Birth Date:25 January 1994
Birth Place:Tokyo, Japan
Height:1.63 m
Country:Japan
Weight Class:63 kg
Olympics Rank:5
Olympics Year:2016
Olympics Weight:Women's 63 kg
Worlds Rank:2
Worlds Year:2018
Worlds Weight:Women's 63 kg
Worlds Year2:2019
Worlds Weight2:Women's 63 kg
Regionals Type:AS
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:2023
Regionals Weight:Women's 63 kg
Updated:5 August 2024

Miku Takaichi is a Japanese judoka.[1] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in mixed team.[2]

Career

Tashiro started judo at the age of 8.[3] Her favorite techniques are Uchi mata and Ōuchi gari.[3]

In 2009, Tashiro won the gold medal in the 63 kg weight class at the World Judo Cadets Championships.[3] In 2010, she won the gold medal in the 63 kg weight class at the Youth Olympics and the World Juniors Championships.[3]

In 2011, Tashiro suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury at the Kinshuki High School Judo Tournament.[4] The next year she returned to the tatami after long rehabilitation.[4]

In 2013, Tashiro took a position at Komatsu Limited after graduating from Shukutoku High School.[3]

Tashiro won a bronze medal in the Extra-lightweight (63 kg) division at the 2014 World Championships.[4]

In November 2022, Tashiro married Kengo Takaichi, a judoka and former Japanese men's national team player.[5] As a result, her registered name was changed to "Miku Takaichi", and she participated in tournaments as Miku Takaichi from the December 2022 Tokyo Grand Slam, where she won the women's 63 kg class gold medal.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.ijf.org/judoka/3637 IJF profile
  2. Web site: Judo TASHIRO Miku. dead. 2021-08-16. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. 16 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210816194857/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/judo/athlete-profile-n1315324-tashiro-miku.htm.
  3. News: Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 近代柔道 2014年4月号 柔道全日本強化選手名鑑 2014 -. 20 April 2014.
  4. http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/20140829/jud14082905010001-n1.html 谷本2世だ!田代、初出場で銅メダル「手応え感じた」/柔道
  5. News: 柔道の田代未来が結婚 元代表の高市賢悟さんと. 産経ニュース . 2022-11-15. 産経デジタル. 2022-12-11.
  6. News: 高市未来、11月に結婚後初V「サポートしてもらっている。結果で恩返ししたい」. 2022-12-03. 2022-12-03. スポーツ報知. 報知新聞社.