Eiga wins 1st national kendo crown

Eiga wins 1st national kendo crown

TOKYO, Japan - World champion Naoki Eiga of the Hokkaido police department claims his first kendo national championship crown at Nippon Budoukan in Tokyo on Nov. 3, denying defending champion Masahiro Miyazaki a record seventh title with an overtime victory in the final. Eiga (R) scored a decisive strike to the wrist to seal the title moments after he deftly dodged Miyazaki's (L) attempted strike at his head in a match that lasted 7 minutes, 45 seconds.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000006495
  • Registered date
  • 2000/11/03 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 1624 × 1231 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 72 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 185.68(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Miyazaki wins fifth all-Japan kendo crown

    Miyazaki wins fifth all-Japan kendo crown

    Kanagawa police officer Masahiro Miyazaki is all smiles after claiming an unprecedented fifth kendo national championship crown Nov. 3 with a victory over Osaka rival Yoshihisa Eto at the Nippon Budokan. Miyazaki, a holder of the seventh dan, beat sixth-dan Eto with a strike to the head to regain the title he let slip away last year. ==Kyodo