Women's Individual Round 4 Court 3 Section5Match

Encho 3 (extension) — Tanaka（田中） wins

📅 August 2–5, 2026 📍 Lotto Arena Nara

In the 4th round of the women's individual event at the 73rd All Japan High School Kendo Championship, Muramoto（村本） from Naradai Fuzoku faced Tanaka（田中） from Kusatsu Higashi. No valid strikes were scored during the regulation time or the first and Encho 2s, resulting in a long match lasting 11 minutes and 24 seconds. In Encho 3, Tanaka scored a do to take the winning point, and Tanaka in white won.

Matchup

Red Muramoto Momiji（村本紅葉） / Naradai Fuzoku（奈良大附属） / Nara2nd year 3rd dan
Muramoto（村本）, a 2nd-year 3rd-dan Naradai Fuzoku. He is practicing hard under the school motto "Effort is genius" at a prestigious school with a record of appearing in the Inter-High for 49 consecutive years.
White Tanaka Yuma（田中夢真） / Kusatsu Higashi（草津東） / Shiga3rd Year 3rd dan
Tanaka（田中）, a 3rd-year student with sandan rank. Kusatsu Higashi, a Shiga prefectural school, established its physical education department in 1995, and Tanaka competed in the women's individual event as a representative of the school.

Highlights

A tense development where neither side conceded an ippon from the regulation time through Encho 2.

A grueling war of attrition, both mentally and physically, that remained undecided even after Encho 3.

The concentration to fight until the end in a very long match lasting 11 minutes and 24 seconds

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Valid strike

#	Situation	Red and White	Players	Technique
1	Encho 3	White	Tanaka（田中）	Do

Conclusion: Encho 3
Match time: 11:24
Winner: Tanaka（田中）（White）
Foul: No record

Text Commentary

Commentary
剣持翔

The 73rd All Japan High School Kendo Championship, Women's Individual 4th Round. Court 3, Match 5.

Explanation
堂島厳

It became a very intense war of attrition. It is a close battle that remains undecided even after Encho 3.

Commentary
剣持翔

Red is Naradai Fuzoku's Muramoto（村本）, white is Kusatsu Higashi's Tanaka（田中）. Neither side will give way.

Explanation
堂島厳

Neither side scored a valid strike within the regulation time, and the match entered encho at 0-0.

Commentary
剣持翔

Encho 1, then second. Still, no winner is decided, and only time continues to pass.

Explanation
堂島厳

It became a truly long battle of 11 minutes and 24 seconds, pushing both mental and physical strength to their limits.

Commentary
剣持翔

And then came Encho 3. This is where the match shifts!

Explanation
堂島厳

White has made a move here!

Commentary
剣持翔

White's Tanaka（田中）, Do! It's a point!

Explanation
堂島厳

That was a sharp do. This gives white an ippon.

Commentary
剣持翔

The winning point in Encho 3. White's Tanaka（田中） scores a do, and the match is over.

Explanation
堂島厳

Muramoto（村本） fought tenaciously until the end, but Tanaka（田中）'s concentration prevailed.

Commentary
剣持翔

Match time 11:24. The winner is Tanaka（田中） from Kusatsu Higashi!

Explanation
堂島厳

It was a wonderful match where both sides gave their all.

To both players

Applause for Tanaka（田中）, who won a fierce battle with a brilliant do. Respect also goes to Muramoto（村本） for fighting bravely and never giving up until the end. We look forward to the further growth of both players.

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↗

Kusatsu Higashi（草津東）

Official name: 滋賀県立草津東高等学校
Reading: Kusatsu Higashi
Division/Category of Establishment: Shiga Prefectural (Co-educational)
Location: 8-65 Nishishibukawa 2-chome, Kusatsu City, Shiga Prefecture.
History: Opened in April 1978 as a general academic high school focused on serving the local community. In April 1995, it established the only physical education course in the prefecture.
Department.: General studies and physical education (40 students per grade, the only one in Shiga Prefecture).
Kendo Club: Winning the Shiga Prefecture qualifiers for the Reiwa 8 academic year, they will participate in Inter-High as a women’s team. 田中夢真 (3rd year, 3rd dan) will participate in the women’s individual event, and 横江光輝 (3rd year, 3rd dan) will participate in the men’s individual event. No nationwide tournament results for the kendo club alone could be confirmed in publicly available information. As a school, they produced Yui Ohhashi, the gold medalist in the women’s 400-meter individual medley at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics (graduated in fiscal year 2013), and the soccer club was runner-up at the 79th All Japan High School Soccer Tournament in 2000.

Source: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/滋賀県立草津東高等学校↗ https://app.notion.com/p/0bf783a8139a4128b21c8bf825cbab58↗

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.