Mashu Baker

Mashu Baker or Matthew Baker (ベイカー 茉秋, Beikā Mashū, born 25 September 1994 in Tokyo), is a male Japanese judoka.

Mashu Baker
Born (1994-09-25) 25 September 1994
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight90kg (198lb)
DivisionMiddleweight
Fighting out ofTokyo, Japan
TeamAll Japan National Team
TrainerMitushi Hirokawa[2] Kosei Inoue
Rank2nd degree black belt in Judo[2]
UniversityTokai University
Mashu Baker
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Men's Judo
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro–90 kg
World Championships
2015 Astana –90 kg
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta -90 kg
2018 JakartaMixed Team

His father is an American.[3] His parents divorced when he was little and was raised by his mother.[4]

He started judo at the age of 7.[5] His favorite technique is Ouchi Gari.[5] In 2015, he won the bronze medal in the Middleweight (90 kg) division at the 2015 World Judo Championships.[3] He is currently ranked No. 38 in the world (as of 2019).[6] He won the gold medal in under 90 kg division in 2016 Rio Olympics.[7]

Competitive record
Judo record[8]
Total 36
Wins 32
by Ippon 18
Losses 4
by Ippon 1

(as of 4 December 2015)

References
  1. "Judo Grand-Slam Tokyo 2015: Day 3". YouTube. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. "90 kg (G/M) BAKER, Mashu (JPN) - GONZALEZ, Asley (CUB) = Judo 2015 G/S - Tokyo (JPN)". YouTube. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. 【柔道世界選手権】ベイカー茉秋「誇らしい銅メダル」　Tokyo Sports　2015-8-30
  4. 柔道男子９０キロ級　ベイカー茉秋、母に金を 毎日新聞, 2016年8月10日
  5. "近代柔道 2015年4月号 柔道全日本強化選手名鑑　2015 -". Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 20 April 2015.
  6. "IJF World Ranking List" (PDF). Intjudo.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  7. "BAKER Mashu - Olympic Judo | Japan". Rio2016.com. 25 September 1994. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  8. "Mashu Baker: Statistics". Judobase.org. Retrieved 19 August 2016.


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