Women's Individual Round 3 Court 1 Section1Match

Encho 1 (extension) — Okumura（奥村） wins

📅 August 2–5, 2026 📍 Lotto Arena Nara

The 3rd round of the women's individual event at the 73rd All Japan High School Kendo Tournament took place, and Okumura（奥村） defeated Mizusawa（水澤）. Neither side scored a valid strike within the regulation time, leading to a 0-0 tie and encho. In Encho 1 period, Okumura scored a do, which became the winning point. The match lasted 6 minutes and 10 seconds, ending in a victory for Okumura.

Matchup

Red Mizusawa Azumi（水澤亜純） / Nagano Shogyo（長野商業） / Nagano3rd Year 3rd dan
Nagano Shogyo 3rd-year sandan Mizusawa（水澤）. Competing in the 2026 women's individual event.
White Okumura Nonoka（奥村望乃果） / Toyama Hokubu（富山北部） / Toyama3rd Year 3rd dan
Toyama Hokubu is a 3rd-year sandan player Okumura（奥村）. Toyama Hokubu won the Reiwa 8 prefectural qualifiers and is competing in the Inter-High in all four categories: men's and women's individual and team events.

Highlights

The tension as neither side gave ground during regulation time, leading to an extension with the score remaining 0-0.

A fierce battle of 6 minutes and 10 seconds featuring steady offense and defense

Okumura（奥村）'s sharp do strike that settled the match with one ippon in encho

Live commentary video

Valid strike

#	Situation	Red and White	Players	Technique
1	Encho 1	White	Okumura（奥村）	Do

Conclusion: Encho 1
Match time: 6:10
Winner: Okumura（奥村）（White）
Foul: No record

Text Commentary

Commentary
剣持翔

The 73rd All Japan High School Kendo Championships, Women's Individual 3rd Round. Court 1, Match 1.

Explanation
堂島厳

Mizusawa（水澤） from Nagano Shogyo and Okumura（奥村） from Toyama Hokubu. A very solid exchange of offense and defense is expected.

Commentary
剣持翔

And we're off. Both are watching for an opening, cautiously gauging the distance.

Explanation
堂島厳

Neither side is breaking. With extremely high concentration, they are gauging each other's movements.

Commentary
剣持翔

Intense offense and defense continue within the time limit, but no valid strikes are landed. It is 0-0.

Explanation
堂島厳

Both sides maintained a solid defense, and time ran out without a decisive blow.

Commentary
剣持翔

The match now enters encho. The tension has suddenly intensified.

Explanation
堂島厳

Mental endurance will be put to the test. The real battle begins now.

Commentary
剣持翔

Encho 1, the match has shifted! White's Okumura（奥村） steps in sharply for a do!

Explanation
堂島厳

That was a splendid do. You caught them with perfect timing.

Commentary
剣持翔

The decision is ippon! Okumura（奥村） scored with a do, making it the winning point!

Explanation
堂島厳

A brilliant conclusion in encho. It was likely the result of maintaining focus until the very end.

Commentary
剣持翔

Match time 6 minutes 10 seconds. Okumura（奥村） from Toyama Hokubu defeated Mizusawa（水澤） from Nagano Shogyo.

Explanation
堂島厳

It was a very high-level, solid match. I would like to applaud Okumura（奥村）'s victory.

Commentary
剣持翔

The winner of the fierce battle was Okumura（奥村）. Now, we ask them to shift their focus to the next match.

To both players

Applause for Okumura（奥村）, who achieved a brilliant victory. Respect also goes to Mizusawa（水澤） for fighting bravely and never giving up until the end. I look forward to the further growth of both players.

Nagano Shogyo（長野商業）

Official name: 長野商業高等学校
Reading: Nagano Shogyo
Division/Category of Establishment: Public (Nagano Prefecture)
Location: 243 Tsumashina, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture
History: Opened in June 1900 as Nagano Municipal Otsu Commercial School. Renamed to Nagano Municipal Nagano Shogyo School in 1913, and transferred to Nagano Prefecture in 1922. It became a high school due to the educational system reform of 1948 and merged with the girls' commercial school.
Department.: Full-time Course: Commercial and Accounting / Part-time Course: General
Kendo Club: In FY2024, the men's team finished 4th in the qualifying league and the women's team reached the best 8 at the Hokushinetsu Tournament, and the women's team finished 1st in the qualifying league at the Hokushinetsu High School Kendo Newcomers Tournament. In FY2023, the men's team took 3rd place and a male individual was named an outstanding player at the Spring Hokushinetsu.
Notes: History, school motto, and location are to be investigated (TODO).

Source: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/長野県長野商業高等学校↗ https://www.nagano-c.ed.jp/chosho/gakkouannai/club/club.htm↗ (学校公式・部活動)

Toyama Hokubu（富山北部）

Official name: 富山県立富山北部高等学校
Reading: Toyama Hokubu
Division/Category of Establishment: Toyama Prefectural (Co-educational)
Location: Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture.
History: Founded in 1916 as Higashi岩瀬 Town Higashi岩瀬 Vocational Supplementary School, it became a high school during the educational system reforms of 1948. In 2020, it merged with Toyama Prefectural Mizuhashi High School to become the current Toyama Hokubu High School.
School motto/philosophy: The school motto is "Integrity," "Boldness," and "Self-Governance." Since 2021, it also upholds "Polish your spirit and forge a new path," inherited from the merged Mizuhashi High School.
Department.: General studies (including the sports course), pharmaceutical and biological sciences, and information design.
Kendo Club: In the fiscal year 2026, having won the Toyama Prefecture qualifiers, they will participate in Inter-High in all four categories: men's team, women's team, men's individual, and women's individual. The women's individual representatives are 奥村望乃果 (3rd year, 3rd dan) and 太田わかば (3rd year, 2nd dan), and the men's individual representatives are 佐藤太陽 (3rd year, 3rd dan) and 八重﨑蓮斗 (3rd year, 3rd dan). No past national tournament results could be confirmed from publicly available information.
Notes: Reading is "Toyama Hokubu".

Source: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/富山県立富山北部高等学校↗ https://app.notion.com/p/ca79419e71f742e4835f7f1a3231ff02↗

Source: 73rd All Japan High School Kendo Tournament Official Website "Tournament Bulletin" (Match Results / Tournament Bracket)
https://inhigh.kendotaikai.jp/大会速報↗
Only facts recorded in the logs (matches, valid strikes and their order, outcomes, match duration, and presence of fouls) are listed. The play-by-play and commentary are AI-generated content.