Miku Tashiro

Miku Tashiro
Personal information
Nationality Japanese
Born (1994-01-25) 25 January 1994
Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country Japan
Sport Judo
Event(s) –63 kg
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2018 Baku–63 kg
2014 Chelyabinsk–63 kg
2015 Astana–63 kg
Youth Olympics
2010 Singapore–63 kg

Miku Tashiro (田代　未来, Tashiro Miku, born 7 April 1994) is a female Japanese judoka.[1]

Career

She started judo at the age of 8.[2] Her favorite techniques are Uchi mata and Ōuchi gari.[2]

In 2009, she won the gold medal in the 63 kg weight class at the World Judo Championships Cadet.[2] In 2010, she won the gold medal in the 63 kg weight class at the Youth Olympics and the World Judo Championships Junior.[2]

In 2011, she suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury at the Kinshuki High School Judo Tournament.[3] The next year she returned to the tatami after long rehabilitation[3]。

In 2013, she took a position at Komatsu Limited after graduating from Shukutoku High School.[2]

She won the bronze medal in the Extra-lightweight (63 kg) division at the 2014 World Judo Championships.[3]

References

  1. ↑ IJF profile
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "近代柔道 2014年4月号 柔道全日本強化選手名鑑　2014 -". Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 20 April 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 谷本2世だ！田代、初出場で銅メダル「手応え感じた」／柔道　Sankei Sports　29 August 2014
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