Men's Individual Round 2 Court 3 Section20Match

Encho 1 (extension) — Kimura（木村） wins

📅 August 2–5, 2026 📍 Lotto Arena Nara

The second round of the men's individual event at the 73rd All Japan High School Kendo Championship was a close match that went into encho. The match lasted 5 minutes and 13 seconds, and Kimura（木村） in white scored a men strike during Encho 1. This ippon became the winning point, and the winner was Kimura.

Matchup

Red Tasaki Kanta（田﨑寛舵） / Mie（三重） / Mie3rd Year 2nd dan
Mie's Tasaki（田﨑） is a third-year with a second-dan rank. He belongs to the kendo club, a designated strengthening club of Mie, which upholds "shinkenmi" (seriousness) as its school motto.
White Kimura Ryuta（木村瑠汰） / Naradai Fuzoku（奈良大附属） / Nara3rd Year 3rd dan
Naradai Fuzoku's Kimura（木村） is a third-year student and sandan. They belong to the Naradai Fuzoku kendo club, which boasts a brilliant record of appearing in the Inter-High for 49 consecutive years.

Highlights

Neither side scored a valid strike within the regulation time, leading to a tense extension match with the score remaining 0-0.

A steady exchange of offense and defense that lasted until 5 minutes and 13 seconds into the match

Kimura（木村）'s sharp men strike that settled the match with an extension ippon

Live commentary video

Valid strike

#	Situation	Red and White	Players	Technique
1	Encho 1	White	Kimura（木村）	Men

Conclusion: Encho 1
Match time: 5:13
Winner: Kimura（木村）（White）
Foul: No record

Text Commentary

Commentary
剣持翔

The 73rd All Japan High School Kendo Championships, Men's Individual second round. Court 3, Match 20.

Explanation
堂島厳

Tasaki（田﨑） of Mie and Kimura（木村） of Naradai Fuzoku. A very steady exchange of offense and defense is expected.

Commentary
剣持翔

Red, Mie's Tasaki（田﨑）. White, Naradai Fuzoku's Kimura（木村）. Both leave no openings and clash fiercely.

Explanation
堂島厳

Both are carefully measuring the distance. It won't be easy to break their stance.

Commentary
剣持翔

Neither side scored a valid point within the regulation time. The match proceeds to encho at 0-0.

Explanation
堂島厳

It has become a mental war of attrition. Concentration from this point on will determine the outcome.

Commentary
剣持翔

It has gone into encho. Seizing a momentary opening, white's Kimura（木村） steps in sharply!

Commentary
剣持翔

Men! Ippon! White's Kimura（木村） scored!

Explanation
堂島厳

It was a perfect men. They scored the winning point immediately after entering encho to decide the match.

Commentary
剣持翔

Match time 5 minutes 13 seconds. With an ippon in Encho 1, white's Kimura（木村） won.

Explanation
堂島厳

Kimura（木村） showed a brilliant victory, maintaining focus until the very end and landing a precise strike to the men.

Commentary
剣持翔

Naradai Fuzoku's Kimura（木村） wins after a steady fight!

To both players

Applause for Kimura（木村）, who achieved a brilliant victory. We commend the fighting spirit of Tasaki（田﨑）, who fought tenaciously until the end. We look forward to the further growth of both players.

Mie（三重）

Official name: 三重高等学校
Reading: Mie
Division/Category of Establishment: Private (coeducational). A junior and senior high school with an affiliated Mie middle school.
Location: Mie Prefecture Matsusaka City Kubocho 1232
History: In April 1961 (Showa 36), the high school was established and relocated to the current location in August of the same year. The junior high school was established in April 1962. Coeducation was introduced in April 1974, and a six-year middle and high school system was adopted in April 1985. In April 1994, Mie High School and Matsusaka Women's High School merged. The new school building was completed in April 2008, and the six-year middle and high school system commenced. In April 2018, the operating entity became independent from Umemura Gakuen Educational Institution.
School motto/philosophy: School motto: "Sincerity and earnestness"
Department.: General studies (university preparatory course, advanced preparatory course, six-year course)
Kendo Club: The kendo club is a designated strengthening club of the high school. Winning the Mie prefectural qualifying tournament in 2026 (Reiwa 8), the men's team advanced to Inter-High, and is introduced in the Let's Kendo combination article as "Tokai Tournament 3rd place・Mie(Mie)". 平岡青空 and 田﨑寛舵 players participated in the men's individual event, and 別府紗衣 player participated in the women's individual event. The history and national tournament results of the kendo club alone could not be confirmed in publicly available information.
Notes: A school nationally known as a baseball powerhouse. This tournament features competition in the men's team, men's individual, and women's individual categories.

Source: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/三重中学校・高等学校↗ https://www.mie-mie-h.ed.jp/high/↗ https://mie-koutairen.jp/taikaiseiseki/kensoutai_r8.html↗ https://app.notion.com/p/bbd78f7832684bb18eb936294093951f↗

Naradai Fuzoku（奈良大附属）

Official name: 奈良大学附属高等学校
Reading: Naradai Fuzoku
Division/Category of Establishment: Private (coeducational). It is an affiliated school of 奈良大学 and has a system for internal advancement to the same university.
Location: Nara City, Akishino-cho, Nara Prefecture.
History: In June 1925 (Taisho 14), the history began with the establishment of Nantou Seikyo Middle School within the grounds of Yakushiji Temple in Tsujizato Village, Ikoma District, Nara Prefecture, as a night school for working youth. Following the 1948 educational reform, it became Nara Prefectural Seikyo High School, and co-education was introduced in 1957.
School motto/philosophy: Founded on the spirit of "Living Correctly and Strongly" (Seikyo Spirit). School motto: "Effort is genius."
Department.: General Studies (Special Advancement Course, Liberal Arts Course, Standard Course)
Kendo Club: Inter-High for 49 consecutive years (total of 44 appearances), and the All-Japan High School Kendo Tournament in the spring for 22 consecutive years (total of 29 appearances). They have won the prefectural Inter-High qualifier 44 times in a row for 16 consecutive years. They have been runners-up twice, placed third four times, and reached the top 8 eleven times in national tournaments. They placed third in the All-Japan High School Kendo Tournament in March 2025. The women’s team has won the prefectural tournament 47 times in a row and the overall championship 96 times, and have reached the top 8 at Inter-High four times.
Notes: The participating schools from Nara Prefecture, the host location of this tournament.

Source: https://www.nara-u-h.ed.jp/life/club_detail.html?id=271↗ https://www.nara-u-h.ed.jp/life/club_detail.html?id=270↗ https://yell.nara-np.co.jp/detail349.html↗ https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/奈良大学附属高等学校↗ https://app.notion.com/p/0fc36b4072824188b0c00127a434d62d↗

Source: 73rd All Japan High School Kendo Tournament Official Website "Tournament Bulletin" (Match Results / Tournament Bracket)
https://inhigh.kendotaikai.jp/大会速報↗
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