2005 All Japan Junior Championships .

Watanabe & Okabe (JPN)

All Japanese Junior Championships 2005 was held in Yokohama, August 16 - 17.
Men's all around winner is Kyoichi Watanabe. He finished with 53.500 points. He said he regards Isao Yoneda highly. On second place came the Asian junior champion Tatsuki Nakajima. His point is 52.700. And two gymnasts are third place , Naoyuki Terao and Kouhei Uchimura,their point are 52.250.

(from left: Naoyuki Terao (3) - Kyoichi Watanabe (1) - Tatsuki Nakajima (2)

Sakiko Okabe

Women's Junior Results

Women's all around winner is Sakiko Okabe.
She finished with the top score of 34.900 points. Last year on this competition, she was on 4th place, only. And Sakiko defeated Mayu Kuroda, member of Japanese world championships team. Mayu Kuroda finished second with 34.775 points.
On third place came Momoko Ozawa with a score of 34.350 points.

Photo & report by Takako Kobayashi

Men's all around
(1) Kyouichi Watanabe:53.500
(2) Tatsuki Nakajima:52.700
(3) Naoyuki Terao:52.250
(3) Kouhei Uchimura:52.250
(5) Mitsutoshi Yamamuro:52.125
(6) Ryotaka Deguchi:51.350
(7) Naoki Terao:51.100
(8) Masaya Ishii:51.050

Qualification Results: Men
* Floor Excercises:
(1) Mitsutoshi Yamamuro:9.150
(2) Tatsuki Nakjima:8.800
(3) Kouhei Uchimura:8.750

* Pommel Horse
(1) Keita Takubo:9.200
(2) Ryotaka Deguchi:9.150
(3) Takamasa Suzuki:9.000
* Still Rings
(1) Naoyuki Terao:8.900
(2) Tomotaka Ikuse:8.850
(3) Naofumi Iwasita:8.750

* Vault
(1) Tomotaka Ikuse:9.550
(2) Mitsutoshi Yamamuro:9.525
(3) Syunsuke Goto:9.450
* Parallel Bars
(1) Naoyuki Terao:8.900
(2) Tatsuki Nakajima:8.850
(2) Mistutoshi Yamamuro:8.850

* High Bar
(1) Kyouichi Watanabe:9.275
(2) Naoyuki Terao:9.200
(3) Yusuke Tanaka:9.050

Women's all around
(1) Sakiko Okabe:34.900
(2) Mayu Kuroda:34.775
(3) Momoko Ozawa:34.350
(4) Yu Minobe:34.300
(5) Syoko Furukawa:34.025
(6) Mariko Kakitani:33.700
(7) Koko Tsurumi:33.675
(8) Yumi Ogawa:33.475

Qualification Results: Women
* Vault
(1) Syoko Furukawa:9.400
(2) Chinami Otaki:8.875
(3) Sakiko Okabe:8.850

* Uneven Bars

(1) Mayu Kuroda:9.600
(2) Megumi Kusuda:9.125
(3) Mana Ezaki:9.075

* Balance Beam
(1) Koko Tsurumi:8.950
(2) Syoko Ono:8.900
(3) Sachiko Maeda:8.850

* Floor Exercises
(1) Shoko Furukawa:8.475
(2) Momoko Ozawa:8.450
(2) Arisa Tominaga:8.450
Information: Takako Kobayashi, Yokohama