Hilo, Hawaii August 29, 2026

A group of Tenri students travelled to Hilo on August 29th and competed in the Uemura Cup hosted by Shudokan Judo. We came in third as a team and had 13 gold medals, 14 silver, and 3 bronze. Several of our students placed first in two divisions and won 2 gold medals.

Also Sensei Mike Valentine passed his national referee certification at the tournament. Congratulations Sensei Mike!

Gold Medals

Thara Lau

Noah Kim

Mika Yoshida x 2 gold

Jett Seson x2 gold

Sophie Delos Reyes x2 gold

Navi Kageyama x2 gold

Liam Lau

Jaaron Sato

Zen Leong

Silver Medals

Samson Souza

Aria Kim

Max Kimoto x2 silver

Regan Yamada

Bree Rooney

Levi Taniguchi

Winry Yamada

Jax Yoshida

James Hodges

Cobyn Mattson

Zhyra Tanaka

Skylor Chan x 2 silver

Bronze Medals

Ellery Lau

Audrey Souza

Zen Leong

Participated Did Not Place

Jaxon Taniguchi

Makana Duldulao

Congratulations to all!