J. F. Oberlin University’s men’s kyūdō team won the 49th All-Kantō University Kyūdō Competition, held on June 15 and June 16 at Nippon Budōkan. It was their second victory in the tournament, the first having come nine years ago.

The team finished in a tie for third place in the preliminaries of the competition, moving them through to the knockout stage. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, they faced strong teams but were able to come out on top, putting them in the final against Nihon University. The team included three first-year students, who were competing in this tournament for the first time, as well as second- through fourth-year students, who have been encouraging the newest members of the club since the beginning of the season.

“We’re not going to sit back and rest on our laurels,” a team member promised. “We’re going to use our win last weekend as a stepping stone to the next higher level.” The kyūdō team looks forward to the continued support of the entire J. F. Oberlin University community.

Team members who competed at Nippon Budōkan included five students from the College of Arts and Sciences: Naoya Matsuura, Taichi Nakamura, and Hiroki Kaneko (all first-year students), Kunio Yoshino (a third-year student), and Takahito Hiruma (a fourth-year student). Also competing was Yūtarō Takahashi, a second-year student in the College of Health and Welfare.