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The 27th Japan Classic Powerlifting Championships 2023 results
Illustrative photo · APF competition, Keesler, 2012 — not this meet
Photo: Kemberly Groue / U.S. Air Force · Public domain · Source · Display cropped; original linked.
4 elite raw lifters (4 men, 0 women) competed at this meet, with an average score of 534.2 DOTS. The best performance relative to bodyweight came from Kyota Ushiyama, who totalled 1,570.8 lbs (712.5 kg) at 145.1 lbs (65.8 kg) bodyweight (559.5 DOTS).
Meet at a glance
Raw full-power lifters
311
All entrants, not only elite
Bombed out
29
No valid total
Attempts made
77%
2,030 of 2,651
Avg. total for 3rd place
1,147.7 lbs
Across weight classes
Best lifter
Highest DOTS score of the meet, all weight classes combined.
Women
Misato Fukushima
932.6 lbs (423 kg) total · 488.3 DOTS
Heaviest lifts of the meet
Squat
- 1. 大原 友海712.1 lbs
- 2. Daiki Matsusita706.6 lbs
- 3. 久井 宏真694.5 lbs
Bench press
- 1. Kazuki Eda479.5 lbs
- 2. 中村 一希479.5 lbs
- 3. 田野 智徳463 lbs
Deadlift
- 1. Taiki Yamakawa712.1 lbs
- 2. Mao Kaneko694.5 lbs
- 3. 加藤 稜大694.5 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
- 藤井 紗希553.4 lbs
Women up to 104 lbs (47 kg)
5 lifters
- Rie Kani806.9 lbs
- 石澤 静江589.7 lbs
- 鎌田 香澄美485 lbs
Women up to 115 lbs (52 kg)
19 lifters
- 早川 琴果821.2 lbs
- Shiori Sato782.6 lbs
- 齊藤 恵782.6 lbs
Women up to 126 lbs (57 kg)
14 lifters
- Misato Fukushima932.6 lbs
- 中島 沙也香881.8 lbs
- 椙山 千春799.2 lbs
Women up to 139 lbs (63 kg)
15 lifters
- Yu Nomura948 lbs
- 服部 裕穂854.3 lbs
- 大川 祐依810.2 lbs
Women up to 152 lbs (69 kg)
12 lifters
- Yuka Okada931.5 lbs
- 松田 美悠903.9 lbs
- 堤 彩夏903.9 lbs
Women up to 168 lbs (76 kg)
5 lifters
- 宮﨑 恭子833.3 lbs
- 萩原 尊子688.9 lbs
- 岩屋 順子677.9 lbs
Women up to 185 lbs (84 kg)
2 lifters
- 梅村 優子815.7 lbs
- 黒﨑 久美644.9 lbs
Women 185+ lbs (84+ kg)
3 lifters
- Minami Satoh1,030.7 lbs
- 内山 麗1,003.1 lbs
- 前田 みゆき854.3 lbs
Men up to 117 lbs (53 kg)
2 lifters
- 大澤 怜782.6 lbs
- 笠松 航716.5 lbs
Men up to 130 lbs (59 kg)
18 lifters
- Yuji Murata1,262.1 lbs
- 犬伏 隆一1,179.5 lbs
- Hayato Fujita1,179.5 lbs
Men up to 146 lbs (66 kg)
34 lifters
- Kyota Ushiyama1,570.8 lbs
- Yusuke Satake1,460.6 lbs
- Taiga Sato1,416.5 lbs
Men up to 163 lbs (74 kg)
44 lifters
- Yu Utsugi1,653.5 lbs
- Yoshihiro Higa1,559.8 lbs
- Koki Yonechi1,444 lbs
Men up to 183 lbs (83 kg)
48 lifters
- Tetsuo Nakagawa1,620.4 lbs
- Kanta Yamashita1,587.3 lbs
- Ren Ishi1,554.3 lbs
Men up to 205 lbs (93 kg)
22 lifters
- Yusuke Takeda1,708.6 lbs
- Naoki Terunuma1,686.5 lbs
- Shimon Tsuruya1,670 lbs
Men up to 231 lbs (105 kg)
25 lifters
- Daiki Matsusita1,764.8 lbs
- Hironori Kurihara1,719.6 lbs
- 田野 智徳1,697.6 lbs
Men up to 265 lbs (120 kg)
13 lifters
- Taiki Yamakawa1,814.4 lbs
- Kazuki Eda1,813.3 lbs
- 大原 友海1,792.4 lbs
Men 265+ lbs (120+ kg)
1 lifter
- 中村 一希1,824.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyota Ushiyama · JapanPR | 145.5 lbs (66 kg) | 1 | 529.1 lbs / 380.3 lbs / 661.4 lbs | 1,570.8 lbs (712.5 kg) | 559.5 |
| Yu Utsugi · JapanPR | 163.1 lbs (74 kg) | 1 | 600.8 lbs / 385.8 lbs / 666.9 lbs | 1,653.5 lbs (750 kg) | 543.2 |
| Yusuke Satake · JapanPR | 145.5 lbs (66 kg) | 2 | 529.1 lbs / 347.2 lbs / 584.2 lbs | 1,460.6 lbs (662.5 kg) | 521.7 |
| Yoshihiro Higa · Japan | 163.1 lbs (74 kg) | 2 | 600.8 lbs / 341.7 lbs / 617.3 lbs | 1,559.8 lbs (707.5 kg) | 512.4 |
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