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Japan suffers defeat vs S. Korea in golf match

MIYOSHI, Japan - Japan's captain Yumiko Yoshida (R), Momoko Ueda (C), and Lala Anai are seen after Japan's crushing defeat against South Korea in the Japan-South Korea women's golf team match play competition at Miyoshi Country Club in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 7, 2014.

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Taiwan's Teresa Lu wins Ricoh Cup golf tournament

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Taiwan's Teresa Lu (L) celebrates after making a birdie putt during a playoff with Japan's Lala Anai (R) to win the LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup golf tournament at Miyazaki Country Club in Miyazaki on Nov. 30, 2014.

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Taiwan's Teresa Lu wins Ricoh Cup golf tournament

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Taiwan's Teresa Lu poses with the winner's trophy after her victory in the LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup golf tournament at Miyazaki Country Club in Miyazaki on Nov. 30, 2014. Lu won the title after a playoff with Japan's Lala Anai.

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5 more Japanese golfers qualify for U.S. Women's Open

TOYOTA, Japan - Five Japanese women who qualified for the 69th U.S. Women's Open Championship to be held June 19-22, 2014 at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina, pose at Higashi Nagoya Country Club in Aichi Prefecture on May 19, 2014, after a sectional qualifying tournament. They are (from L) Lala Anai, Eri Joma, Misuzu Narita, Chisato Hashimoto and Ayaka Watanabe.

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Anai to hang up judo-gi

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese judoka Takamasa Anai speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 28, 2013. The former world champion said he will draw the curtain on his career after competing in the men's under 100-kilogram category in the following day's All Japan Judo Championship at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan.

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Anai crashes out of judo competition at London

LONDON, Britain - Czech Lukas Krpalek (upper) takes on Japan's Takamasa Anai during the round of 16 in the men's judo 100-kilogram category at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL competition venue on Aug. 2, 2012. Krpalek beat Anai.

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Anai crashes out of judo competition at London

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Takamasa Anai (R) is stunned after losing to Czech Lukas Krpalek in the round of 16 in the men's judo 100-kilogram category at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL competition venue on Aug. 2, 2012.

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Anai crashes out of judo competition at London

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Takamasa Anai (bottom) suffers a shock second-round defeat at the hands of Czech Lukas Krpalek (top) in the men's judo 100 kilograms at the London Olympics on Aug. 2, 2012.

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Anai crashes out of judo competition at London

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Takamasa Anai (front) pictured after suffering a shock second-round defeat at the hands of Czech Lukas Krpalek in the men's judo 100 kilograms at the London Olympics on Aug. 2, 2012.

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Anai crashes out of judo competition at London

LONDON, Britain - Czech Lukas Krpalek (upper) takes on Japan's Takamasa Anai during the round of 16 in the men's judo 100-kilogram category at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL competition venue on Aug. 2, 2012. Anai lost to Krpalek.

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Anai crashes out of judo competition at London

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Takamasa Anai (L) fights British James Austin during a first round match in the men's judo 100-kilogram category at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL competition venue on Aug. 2, 2012. Anai beat Austin.

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Grand Slam Tokyo judo meet

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Takamasa Anai (bottom), ranked first in the world in the 100-kilogram class, loses in the semifinals to South Korea's Hwang Hee Tae (top) on the final day of the three-day judo meet at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2011.

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World champion Anai wins in 100 kg of judo Grand Slam

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Takamasa Anai (L) beats Israel's Ariel Zeevi in the men's 100-kilogram final at the Grand Slam Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2010.

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Anai takes silver at Asian Games

GUANGZHOU, China - Takamasa Anai, one of the Japanese gold hopefuls in judo, walks off the competition site on Nov. 13, 2010, after taking the silver medal in the men's 100-kilogram match at the Asian Games in Guangzhou.

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Anai takes gold at world c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Takamasa Anai of Japan wears the gold medal after winning the 100-kilogram final at the World Judo Championship in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Anai takes gold at world judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Takamasa Anai of Japan celebrates after defeating Henk Grol (back) of the Netherlands in the 100-kilogram final at the World Judo Championship in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Anai takes gold at world judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Takamasa Anai (L) competes with Henk Grol of the Netherlands during the 100-kilogram finals at the World Judo Championship in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010. Anai won the gold medal at the event.

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Anai takes gold at world judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Takamasa Anai of Japan celebrates after winning the 100-kilogram final at the World Judo Championship in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Anai takes gold at world judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Takamasa Anai of Japan celebrates after defeating Henk Grol (back) of the Netherlands in the 100-kilogram final at the World Judo Championship in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Japan's Ogata wins women's 78kg-class at Grand Slam judo

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Akari Ogata (front) overpowers compatriot Sayaka Anai in the women's 78-kilogram-class final at Grand Slam Tokyo 2009 international judo tournament in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2009. Ogata won the gold.

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Japan's Anai wins men's 100-kg bronze at judo worlds

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Japan's Takamasa Anai (R) is photographed during a ceremony after winning the men's 100-kilogram bronze at the judo world championships in Rotterdam on Aug. 30, 2009, along with Kazakhstan's Maxim Rakov (2nd from R), Henk Grol of the Netherlands (L) and Egypt's Ramadan Darwish of Egypt. Japanese men will come home for the first time without winning a gold medal at the worlds with only Anai's third-place and a silver medal for Hiroaki Hiraoka.

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Japan's Anai takes bronze in men's 100-kg at judo worlds

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Japan's Takamasa Anai (top) beats Ukrainian Artem Bloshenko by ippon at men's 100-kilogram event at a judo world championships in Rotterdam on Aug. 30, 2009. Japanese men will come home without having won a gold medal for the first time at the worlds with only Anai's third-place and a silver medal for Hiroaki Hiraoka.

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(1)People pray for Japanese victims of Sept. 11 terror attacks

FUKUOKA, Japan - Nobuyuki Anai, father of Kazuhiro Anai who was among 24 Japanese victims of the terror attacks on New York's World Trade Center, pays homage at his son's grave in the city of Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 11.

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(1)People pray for Japanese victims of Sept. 11 terror attacks

FUKUOKA, Japan - Nobuyuki Anai, father of Kazuhiro Anai who was among 24 Japanese victims of the terror attacks on New York's World Trade Center, pays homage at his son's grave in the city of Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 11. (Kyodo)

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Anai takes gold at world judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Takamasa Anai of Japan celebrates after winning the 100-kilogram final at the World Judo Championship in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Anai takes gold at world judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Takamasa Anai (L) competes with Henk Grol of the Netherlands during the 100-kilogram finals at the World Judo Championship in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010. Anai won the gold medal at the event. (Kyodo)

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Anai takes gold at world c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Takamasa Anai of Japan wears the gold medal after winning the 100-kilogram final at the World Judo Championship in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Anai takes gold at world judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Takamasa Anai of Japan celebrates after defeating Henk Grol (back) of the Netherlands in the 100-kilogram final at the World Judo Championship in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Anai takes gold at world judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Takamasa Anai of Japan celebrates after defeating Henk Grol (back) of the Netherlands in the 100-kilogram final at the World Judo Championship in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan's Teresa Lu wins Ricoh Cup golf tournament

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Taiwan's Teresa Lu (L) celebrates after making a birdie putt during a playoff with Japan's Lala Anai (R) to win the LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup golf tournament at Miyazaki Country Club in Miyazaki on Nov. 30, 2014. (Kyodo)

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World champion Anai wins in 100 kg of judo Grand Slam

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Takamasa Anai (L) beats Israel's Ariel Zeevi in the men's 100-kilogram final at the Grand Slam Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Grand Slam Tokyo judo meet

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Takamasa Anai (bottom), ranked first in the world in the 100-kilogram class, loses in the semifinals to South Korea's Hwang Hee Tae (top) on the final day of the three-day judo meet at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Anai takes silver at Asian Games

GUANGZHOU, China - Takamasa Anai, one of the Japanese gold hopefuls in judo, walks off the competition site on Nov. 13, 2010, after taking the silver medal in the men's 100-kilogram match at the Asian Games in Guangzhou. (Kyodo)

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Golf: Japan LPGA Tour event

Lala Anai (L) is celebrated by Hinako Shibuno after winning the NEC Karuizawa 72 golf tournament in a playoff in Karuizawa, Japan, on Aug. 18, 2019. Shibuno finished in a tie for third. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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olf: Japan LPGA Tour event

Lala Anai holds the victor's trophy after winning the NEC Karuizawa 72 golf tournament in a playoff in Karuizawa, Japan, on Aug. 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Japan LPGA Tour event

Lala Anai acknowledges the gallery after winning the NEC Karuizawa 72 golf tournament in a playoff in Karuizawa, Japan, on Aug. 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Ogata wins women's 78kg-class at Grand Slam judo

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Akari Ogata (front) overpowers compatriot Sayaka Anai in the women's 78-kilogram-class final at Grand Slam Tokyo 2009 international judo tournament in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2009. Ogata won the gold. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Anai wins men's 100-kg bronze at judo worlds

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Japan's Takamasa Anai (R) is photographed during a ceremony after winning the men's 100-kilogram bronze at the judo world championships in Rotterdam on Aug. 30, 2009, along with Kazakhstan's Maxim Rakov (2nd from R), Henk Grol of the Netherlands (L) and Egypt's Ramadan Darwish of Egypt. Japanese men will come home for the first time without winning a gold medal at the worlds with only Anai's third-place and a silver medal for Hiroaki Hiraoka. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Anai takes bronze in men's 100-kg at judo worlds

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Japan's Takamasa Anai (top) beats Ukrainian Artem Bloshenko by ippon at men's 100-kilogram event at a judo world championships in Rotterdam on Aug. 30, 2009. Japanese men will come home without having won a gold medal for the first time at the worlds with only Anai's third-place and a silver medal for Hiroaki Hiraoka. (Kyodo)