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The 29th Japan Classic Powerlifting Championship 2025 results
Illustrative photo · APF competition, Keesler, 2012 — not this meet
Photo: Kemberly Groue / U.S. Air Force · Public domain · Source · Display cropped; original linked.
7 elite raw lifters (7 men, 0 women) competed at this meet, with an average score of 517.5 DOTS. The best performance relative to bodyweight came from Kyota Ushiyama, who totalled 1,543.2 lbs (700 kg) at 145.2 lbs (65.9 kg) bodyweight (549.4 DOTS).
Meet at a glance
Raw full-power lifters
189
All entrants, not only elite
Bombed out
2
No valid total
Attempts made
77%
1,304 of 1,690
Avg. total for 3rd place
1,192 lbs
Across weight classes
Best lifter
Highest DOTS score of the meet, all weight classes combined.
Women
Yu Nomura
1,072.5 lbs (486.5 kg) total · 497.6 DOTS
Heaviest lifts of the meet
Squat
- 1. Kota Koshiyama816.8 lbs
- 2. Tomomi Ohara728.6 lbs
- 3. Ayuto Motoki723.1 lbs
Bench press
- 1. Yuta Nagai489.4 lbs
- 2. Kazuki Kawasaki487.2 lbs
- 3. Kazuki Eda474 lbs
Deadlift
- 1. Taiki Yamakawa724.2 lbs
- 2. Daiki Matsushita719.8 lbs
- 3. Yasuhiro Tsuchida711 lbs
Podiums by weight class
Top three totals in each class, all age divisions combined. Official placings may differ by division.
Women up to 104 lbs (47 kg)
7 lifters
- Rie Kani782.6 lbs
- Yuka Ueno744.1 lbs
- Yuki Sakamoto722 lbs
Women up to 115 lbs (52 kg)
10 lifters
- Yu Takekawa815.7 lbs
- Shiori Sato815.7 lbs
- Megumi Saito782.6 lbs
Women up to 126 lbs (57 kg)
15 lifters
- Fuka Kondo914.9 lbs
- Mana Mihashi887.4 lbs
- Kanan Kawanishi854.3 lbs
Women up to 139 lbs (63 kg)
16 lifters
- Yuho Hamada925.9 lbs
- Chiaki Kondo854.3 lbs
- Namiko Sakata815.7 lbs
Women up to 152 lbs (69 kg)
14 lifters
- Yu Nomura1,072.5 lbs
- Yuka Okada948 lbs
- Ayaka Tsutsumi914.9 lbs
Women up to 168 lbs (76 kg)
7 lifters
- Sesu970 lbs
- Miki Ishii887.4 lbs
- Madoka Shiga859.8 lbs
Women up to 185 lbs (84 kg)
10 lifters
- Miyu Matsuda1,118.8 lbs
- Kyoko Miyazaki942.5 lbs
- Rei Uchiyama942.5 lbs
Women 185+ lbs (84+ kg)
5 lifters
- Minami Sato1,121 lbs
- Emi Kamoto1,050.5 lbs
- Hitomi Ota1,014.1 lbs
Men up to 130 lbs (59 kg)
11 lifters
- Kyosuke Yoshioka1,300.7 lbs
- Yasutaka Takiyama1,267.7 lbs
- Masaki Fuseya1,234.6 lbs
Men up to 146 lbs (66 kg)
11 lifters
- Kyota Ushiyama1,543.2 lbs
- Yusuke Satake1,511.3 lbs
- Ryosuke Kadohori1,444 lbs
Men up to 163 lbs (74 kg)
26 lifters
- Yu Utsugi1,592.8 lbs
- Tatsuya Kawashima1,493.6 lbs
- Masayuki Kudaka1,466.1 lbs
Men up to 183 lbs (83 kg)
15 lifters
- Kanta Yamashita1,687.6 lbs
- Aoi Ishikawa1,659 lbs
- Yasuhiro Tsuchida1,614.9 lbs
Men up to 205 lbs (93 kg)
15 lifters
- Shimon Tsuruya1,664.5 lbs
- Jun Furukawa1,620.4 lbs
- Ryosuke Nakajima1,603.9 lbs
Men up to 231 lbs (105 kg)
15 lifters
- Daiki Matsushita1,862.9 lbs
- Kazuki Kawasaki1,787.9 lbs
- Ayuto Motoki1,781.3 lbs
Men up to 265 lbs (120 kg)
8 lifters
- Taiki Yamakawa1,832 lbs
- Tomomi Ohara1,830.9 lbs
- Kazuki Eda1,829.8 lbs
Men 265+ lbs (120+ kg)
2 lifters
- Kota Koshiyama1,908.1 lbs
- Akihiro Matsumura1,636.9 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 · Japan | 145.5 lbs (66 kg) | 1 | 534.6 lbs / 385.8 lbs / 622.8 lbs | 1,543.2 lbs (700 kg) | 549.4 |
| Yusuke Satake · JapanPR | 145.5 lbs (66 kg) | 2 | 563.3 lbs / 363.8 lbs / 584.2 lbs | 1,511.3 lbs (685.5 kg) | 540.2 |
| Yu Utsugi · Japan | 163.1 lbs (74 kg) | 1 | 584.2 lbs / 358.3 lbs / 650.4 lbs | 1,592.8 lbs (722.5 kg) | 524.5 |
| Ryosuke Kadohori · JapanPR | 145.5 lbs (66 kg) | 3 | 534.6 lbs / 347.2 lbs / 562.2 lbs | 1,444 lbs (655 kg) | 519.1 |
| Yasutaka Takiyama · JapanPR | 130.1 lbs (59 kg) | 2 | 485 lbs / 297.6 lbs / 485 lbs | 1,267.7 lbs (575 kg) | 498.5 |
| Tatsuya Kawashima · JapanPR | 163.1 lbs (74 kg) | 2 | 518.1 lbs / 440.9 lbs / 534.6 lbs | 1,493.6 lbs (677.5 kg) | 495.8 |
| Keigo Ohira · Japan | 183 lbs (83 kg) | 5 | 584.2 lbs / 440.9 lbs / 584.2 lbs | 1,609.4 lbs (730 kg) | 495.4 |
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