Haruka Funakubo

Haruka Funakubo (舟久保 遥香, Funakubo Haruka, born October 10, 1998 in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi) is a female Japanese judoka.[1][2]

Haruka Funakubo
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Women's Judo
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta Team
World Judo Championships Juniors
2015 Abu Dhabi–57 kg
2017 Zagreb–57 kg
2018 Nassau–57 kg

Judo career

Funakubo started Judo at the age of 6.[1][2] In April 2011, she went on to Fujigakuen Junior High School where she was under the instruction of Yuta Yazaki and his wife Noriko Yazaki. Yuta is a former Asian Games champion, in addition, a Newaza specialist. Noriko is a former national champion.they both participated at the 2003 World Judo Championships.[2][3][4][5] In August 2013, she won all bouts for Ippon at the National Junior High School Championships.[1][2]

In April 2014, she went on to Fujigakuen High School.[1][2] She won the Inter-High School Championships and the All-Japan Junior Championships 2 times in a row respectively in 2015, 2016.[2] In October 2015, she won the World Judo Championships Juniors both individual (–57 kg weight class) and team event. She won 5 out of 8 bouts with Funakubo-Gatame for Ippon.[2][4][6][7][8][9]

In 2017, she became a member of the Judo club at the Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group.[5] In February 2017, she won all bouts with Funakubo-Gatame for Ippon at the European Open Sofia.[10][11]

In April 2017, she became vice champion at the All-Japan weight championships.[1] In October 2017, she retained the world junior title as well as the team title.[12][13][14]

In September 2018, she won the Asian Games team event.[15] In October 2018, she won the world junior title as well as the team title three times in a row.[16][17]

Funakubo-Gatame

Funakuo's favorite technique is Newaza, especially Osaekomi-waza called Funakubo-Gatame.[2][4][5] Funakubo-Gatame is considered a modified Hara-Zutsumi (stomach wrap grabbing) technique. Hara-Zutsumi originates from Nanatei Judo[10] This is officially classified as Kuzure-Kesa-Gatame or Kata-Gatame.[2][4][5] When she was in the second grade at junior high school, she couldn't practice Judo because of a knee injury. Thus she was doing 1000 Pull‐ups every day for a month.[5] After the recovery, she invented Funakubo-Gatame to turn over an opponent in a prone position.[2][4][5]

Some in the media say Funakubo looks like the actress Rena Nōnen.[3][4][5]

References
  1. "近代柔道 2019年4月号 柔道全日本強化選手名鑑　2019 -". Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. April 20, 2019. p. 27.
  2. "近代柔道 2016年12月号 解体新書 舟久保遥香-". Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 2016-12-20. pp. 26–29.
  3. じぇじぇじぇな強さ！能年玲奈似の舟久保初V　柔道. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). September 12, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  4. 能年玲奈似の舟久保遥香　オリジナル寝技で初V. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). March 20, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  5. "Archived copy" 柔道界の“のん”！？　女子ジュニア王者・舟久保遥香、寝技「舟久保固め」で東京五輪目指す. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). March 7, 2017. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Junior World Championships 2015, Abu Dhabi DAY 2 -57kg: Flying Funakubo crowned Junior world champion". International Judo Federation. October 24, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  7. "Kosovan Krasniqi earns gold at IJF Junior World Championships while Japanese success continues". insidethegames.biz. October 24, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  8. "Junior World Championships 2015, Abu Dhabi DAY 5 New-look Japanese team still unstoppable". International Judo Federation. October 27, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  9. "Japan prove judo future is bright with team sweep at IJF Junior World Championships". The National. October 27, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  10. "近代柔道 2017年3月号 新ルールにも順応　5階級で優勝の活躍-". Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. March 20, 2017. pp. 20–21.
  11. "Japan Starts Off the Year With a Clean Sweep in Sofia". European Judo Union. February 4, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  12. "Japan dominate women's events on day two of IJF Junior World Championships". insidethegames. October 19, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  13. "CM juniors 2017 (J2) - Metifiot, c'est prometteur - L'esprit du judo". Lespritdujudo. October 19, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  14. "Junior World Championships 2017, Zagreb – Day Five – Tokyo 2020 Hopefuls From Japan Win First IJF Junior Mixed Team World Title". International Judo Federation. October 22, 2017. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  15. "Asian Games: Japan thrashes Kazakhstan to win mixed team judo gold". Kyodo News. September 1, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  16. "Japan, Italy and Turkey take the spoils on day two". International Judo Federation. October 18, 2018. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  17. "Japan put on dominant display to win mixed team event at IJF World Junior Championships". insidethegames.biz. October 22, 2018. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
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