using a chokehold that forced her opponent to pass out on the mat at the Nippon Budokan. The powerful move put Arai in the gold medal match, meaning Japan is guaranteed yet another judo medalist on ...

Akira Sone won the lone point for Japan, which won 11 individual judo medals. Sone, Chizuru Arai, Aaron Wolf, Tsukasa Yoshida, Shohei Ono claimed their second medals of the tournament with the mixed ...

Fast-forward almost eight years and the two made their father's dream come true, with both making the talented Japanese judo Olympic squad ... Uta stepped on the mats for her gold medal match ...

Japan's Takanori Nagase won the men's -81kg judo gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics ... foot wheel to throw Mollaei down on the tatami mats to earn a waza-ari sudden death overtime victory.