
JPA
Japanese Classic Powerlifting Championships 2018 results
Illustrative photo · APF competition, Keesler, 2012 — not this meet
Photo: Kemberly Groue / U.S. Air Force · Public domain · Source · Display cropped; original linked.
3 elite raw lifters (3 men, 0 women) competed at this meet, with an average score of 495.5 DOTS. The best performance relative to bodyweight came from Yoshihiro Higa, who totalled 1,592.8 lbs (722.5 kg) at 162.5 lbs (73.7 kg) bodyweight (524.2 DOTS).
Meet at a glance
Raw full-power lifters
288
All entrants, not only elite
Bombed out
23
No valid total
Attempts made
72%
1,833 of 2,545
Avg. total for 3rd place
1,131 lbs
Across weight classes
Best lifter
Highest DOTS score of the meet, all weight classes combined.
Women
Mayumi Kitamura
931.5 lbs (422.5 kg) total · 456.4 DOTS
Heaviest lifts of the meet
Squat
- 1. Yusuke Takeda705.5 lbs
- 2. Jun Furukawa617.3 lbs
- 3. 仲田 直樹617.3 lbs
Bench press
- 1. Yusuke Takeda485 lbs
- 2. Shinto Kinoshita474 lbs
- 3. Yusuke Suzuki446.4 lbs
Deadlift
- 1. 阪田 達也663.6 lbs
- 2. Taiki Yamakawa662.5 lbs
- 3. Yoshihiro Higa644.9 lbs
Podiums by weight class
Top three totals in each class, all age divisions combined. Official placings may differ by division.
Women up to 95 lbs (43 kg)
1 lifter
- 浜田 華澄492.7 lbs
Women up to 104 lbs (47 kg)
7 lifters
- Haruka Kani672.4 lbs
- 福村 彩666.9 lbs
- 青木 千明606.3 lbs
Women up to 115 lbs (52 kg)
14 lifters
- Rie Kani766.1 lbs
- Kotomi Hayakawa672.4 lbs
- 川端 友巳661.4 lbs
Women up to 126 lbs (57 kg)
14 lifters
- Shoko Onishi794.8 lbs
- 中井 美貴子705.5 lbs
- 中野 栞700 lbs
Women up to 139 lbs (63 kg)
11 lifters
- Mayumi Kitamura931.5 lbs
- Ayaka Tsutsumi859.8 lbs
- Yu Nomura837.8 lbs
Women up to 159 lbs (72 kg)
10 lifters
- Yuka Okada900.6 lbs
- Ai Takeuchi843.3 lbs
- Yui Maeno771.6 lbs
Women up to 185 lbs (84 kg)
5 lifters
- 梅村 優子870.8 lbs
- オヌ 花738.5 lbs
- 篠崎 純子628.3 lbs
Men up to 117 lbs (53 kg)
2 lifters
- Masaya Yamada964.5 lbs
- 岡田 和磨705.5 lbs
Men up to 130 lbs (59 kg)
17 lifters
- Yusuke Satake1,273.2 lbs
- Takaharu Ebihara1,223.6 lbs
- Motohito Kubo1,155.2 lbs
Men up to 146 lbs (66 kg)
40 lifters
- Yusuke Inoue1,433 lbs
- Yosuke Kiuchi1,401 lbs
- Hiroki Ikegami1,399.9 lbs
Men up to 163 lbs (74 kg)
48 lifters
- Yoshihiro Higa1,592.8 lbs
- Yu Utsugi1,422 lbs
- Yuki Shibuya1,399.9 lbs
Men up to 183 lbs (83 kg)
38 lifters
- Ikki Oshima1,510.2 lbs
- Devin McDonald1,477.1 lbs
- Katsushi Isesaki1,477.1 lbs
Men up to 205 lbs (93 kg)
27 lifters
- Kiyotaka Usami1,576.3 lbs
- Hiroki Ochai1,576.3 lbs
- Jun Furukawa1,559.8 lbs
Men up to 231 lbs (105 kg)
16 lifters
- Yusuke Takeda1,829.8 lbs
- 田中 幸佑1,565.3 lbs
- 山田 哲也1,515.7 lbs
Men up to 265 lbs (120 kg)
8 lifters
- 阪田 達也1,672.2 lbs
- 仲田 直樹1,642.4 lbs
- Taiki Yamakawa1,599.5 lbs
Men 265+ lbs (120+ kg)
7 lifters
- Shinto Kinoshita1,603.9 lbs
- 齋藤 颯太1,576.3 lbs
- 山本 貴之1,521.2 lbs
Elite men results
Best squat, bench press and deadlift of the day, in pounds (kg in brackets). Total = sum of the three lifts. PR = lifetime competition best set at this meet.
| Athlete | Class | Place | Squat / Bench / Deadlift | Total | DOTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshihiro Higa · JapanPR | 163.1 lbs (74 kg) | 1 | 600.8 lbs / 347.2 lbs / 644.9 lbs | 1,592.8 lbs (722.5 kg) | 524.2 |
| Yusuke Satake · JapanPR | 130.1 lbs (59 kg) | 1 | 435.4 lbs / 292.1 lbs / 545.6 lbs | 1,273.2 lbs (577.5 kg) | 495.0 |
| Yu Utsugi · Japan | 163.1 lbs (74 kg) | 2 | 518.1 lbs / 330.7 lbs / 573.2 lbs | 1,422 lbs (645 kg) | 467.4 |
How this edition compares
2 editions of Japanese Classic Powerlifting Championships in our data.
Highest total across all editions: 1,592.8 lbs (722.5 kg) by Yoshihiro Higa in 2018.
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