Haruka Funakubo

Haruka Finakubo

Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1998-10-10) 10 October 1998
Died	Not recognized as a date. Years must have 4 digits (use leading zeros for years < 1000). (aged )
Occupation	Judoka
Website
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–57 kg
Medal record Women's judo Representing Japan World Championships 2021 Budapest Mixed team Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Mixed team IJF Grand Slam 2021 Paris –57 kg 2022 Paris –57 kg 2022 Budapest –57 kg 2018 Osaka –57 kg 2019 Ekaterinburg –57 kg IJF Grand Prix 2018 Zagreb –57 kg World Juniors Championships 2015 Abu Dhabi –57 kg 2017 Zagreb –57 kg 2018 Nassau –57 kg Asian Cadet Championships 2014 Hong Kong –57 kg
Profile at external databases
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Updated on 9 July 2022.

Haruka Funakubo (舟久保 遥香, Funakubo Haruka, born October 10, 1998 in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi) is a Japanese judoka.

Judo career

Funakubo started Judo at the age of 6. In April 2011, she went on to Fujigakuen Junior High School where she was under the instruction of Yuta Yazaki and his wife Noriko Yazaki. Yuta is a former Asian Games champion, in addition, a Newaza specialist. Noriko is a former national champion.they both participated at the 2003 World Judo Championships. In August 2013, she won all bouts for Ippon at the National Junior High School Championships.

In April 2014, she went on to Fujigakuen High School. She won the Inter-High School Championships and the All-Japan Junior Championships 2 times in a row respectively in 2015, 2016. In October 2015, she won the World Judo Championships Juniors both individual (–57 kg weight class) and team event. She won 5 out of 8 bouts with Funakubo-Gatame for Ippon.

In 2017, she became a member of the Judo club at the Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group. In February 2017, she won all bouts with Funakubo-Gatame for Ippon at the European Open Sofia.

In April 2017, she became vice champion at the All-Japan weight championships. In October 2017, she retained the world junior title as well as the team title.

In September 2018, she won the Asian Games team event. In October 2018, she won the world junior title as well as the team title three times in a row.

In April 2021, she won the All-Japan Selected Judo Championships. In June 2021, she won the 2021 World Judo Championships – Mixed team. In october 2021, she won the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Paris.

In february 2022, she won the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris. In April 2022, she won the All-Japan Selected Judo Championships.

Funakubo-Gatame

Funakuo's favorite technique is Newaza, especially Osaekomi-waza called Funakubo-Gatame. Funakubo-Gatame is considered a modified Hara-Zutsumi (stomach wrap grabbing) technique. Hara-Zutsumi originates from Nanatei Judo This is officially classified as Kuzure-Kesa-Gatame or Kata-Gatame. When she was in the second grade at junior high school, she couldn't practice Judo because of a knee injury. Thus she was doing 1000 Pull‐ups every day for a month. After the recovery, she invented Funakubo-Gatame to turn over an opponent in a prone position.

Some in the media say Funakubo looks like the actress Rena Nōnen.

External links

• Haruka Funakubo on Twitter
• Funakubo-Gatame Judo Newaza 舟久保遥香 舟久保固め 柔道 | Youtube
• Funakubo -Gatame Variations 色々な舟久保固め Judo | Youtube
• Funakubo Haruka's Newaza Technique Judo 舟久保遥香 柔道 | Youtube