The 66th All Japan Kendo Championship was held on November 3, 2018. We had the opportunity to interview the participating athletes after their matches. While we usually only learn from the athletes' matches, we thought there might be something to be learned from the post-match interviews.

I would like to thank all the players who cooperated with us. I interviewed them after their defeat was confirmed, and seeing how sincerely they answered the interview questions made me realize that they were also top-notch people.

We asked the following questions to almost all of the players! Please take a look!

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Question 1: Preparation for the main event

Question 2: Thoughts after the main event

Question 3: Preparing for next year

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1. Aomori Prefecture representative Furuhat
2. Tokushima Prefecture representative, Oishi
3. Wakayama Prefecture Representative Sakaguchi
4. Fukui Prefecture representative Hayashida
5. Miyagi Prefecture Representative: Senda
6. Yamanashi Prefecture Representative Sato
7. Fukuoka Prefecture Representative: Mochizuki
8. Osaka Prefecture representative Iwakiri
9. Osaka Prefecture representative Murakami
10. Tokyo representative Miyamoto
11. Hokkaido Representative Yamada
12. Miyazaki Prefecture Representative Matsuzaki

Aomori Prefecture representative Furuhat

●5th time participating in the championship

Participating in the Prefectural Tournament

●National Correctional Officer Championships Individual 2nd Place, Team 3rd Place

Tokushima Prefecture representative, Oishi

●3rd time participating in the championship

Participating in the East-West Tournament

●3rd place in the prefectural tournament

●National Teachers' Championship: 3rd place as a team and 1st place as an individual

●2nd place in the All Japan Student Championships team and individual competitions

●National Athletic Meet Winner

Wakayama Prefecture Representative Sakaguchi

First time competing in the championship

Participating in the Prefectural Tournament

●National Police Officer Championship Team Division 2 3rd place, Individual Participation

●Participating in the National Athletic Meet

Fukui Prefecture representative Hayashida

* 2nd time competing in the championship, 1st place finish

●National Teachers' Championship Individual Winner

Miyagi Prefecture Representative: Senda

●Second time participating in the championship tournament

Participating in the Prefectural Tournament

All Japan Student Group and Individual Participants

●Participating in the National Athletic Meet

Yamanashi Prefecture Representative Sato

First time competing in the championship

●National Police Tournament Team Participation

Fukuoka Prefecture Representative: Mochizuki

First time competing in the championship

All Japan Student Championships Team Championship, 2nd place once each

●2nd place in the national high school tournament team

●National Athletic Meet Winner

Osaka Prefecture representative Iwakiri

First time competing in the championship

National Police Officer Championship Team Winner, 3rd Place, Individual Participant

3rd place in the All Japan Student Championships

Osaka Prefecture representative Murakami

First time competing in the championship

●Two-time winner of the National Teachers' Championship

●All Japan Student Championship Team Winner

Tokyo representative Miyamoto

3rd place in the 3rd championship

●Participating in the National Athletic Meet

Hokkaido Representative Yamada

First time competing in the championship

●World Championship Team Winner

Two-time winner of the Prefectural Championships

All Japan Student Championship Individual Winner

Miyazaki Prefecture Representative Matsuzaki

●Second time participating in the championship tournament

Participating in the Prefectural Tournament

●Participating in the National Athletic Meet

Thank you to all the players!

We look forward to seeing you again next year!

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