Masato Uchishiba

Japanese judoka (born 1978)

Masato Uchishiba

Uchishiba in 2017.

Personal information

Born

(1978-06-17) 17 June 1978 (age 46)
Kōshi, Kumamoto, Japan

Occupation

Judoka

Sport

Judo

Weight class

–60 kg, –66 kg

Achievements and titles

Olympic Games

(2004, 2008)

World Champ.

(2005)

Asian Champ.

(2002)

Medal record

Men's judo

Representing Japan
Olympic Games
	2004 Athens	‍–‍66 kg
	2008 Beijing	‍–‍66 kg
World Championships
	2005 Cairo	‍–‍66 kg
Asian Games
	2002 Busan	‍–‍60 kg
IJF Grand Slam
	2009 Paris	‍–‍66 kg
Summer Universiade
	2001 Beijing	‍–‍60 kg

Profile at external databases

IJF

JudoInside.com

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Updated on 28 May 2023

Masato Uchishiba (内柴正人, Uchishiba Masato, born 17 June 1978) is a Japanese judoka who won the gold medal in the men's under 66 kg division at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.^[1]^[2]

Biography

To win the Olympic gold at Athens, he defeated Jozef Krnáč of Slovakia. Of winning the gold, he said, "I wanted this so badly I wouldn't have cared if it was my last fight ever," though his comments were officially translated as: "It is probably my last Olympics, that is why I am proud of my medal." At the 2005 Judo World Championships, he won silver in his division. He also won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics against Benjamin Darbelet of France.

Starting in April 2010, Uchishiba coached the women's judo team at Kyushu University of Nursing and Social Welfare in Kumamoto Prefecture. In November 2011, the school released Uchishiba from his coaching position following sexual harassment allegations.^[3] On 6 December 2011, he was arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on suspicion of rape in Tokyo in September 2011. Uchishiba said that the act was consensual.^[4]^[5] On 1 February 2013, Tokyo District Court has declined his claim as "impossible to trust", and sentenced him to 5 years in prison.^[6]

Submission grappling career

Uchishiba competed in a superfight against Taisei Sakuraba at Quintet 4 on September 10th, 2023. He was submitted with a kneebar.^[7]

Honours

~~Medal with Purple Ribbon (2004, 2008)~~ (In 2011, deprived)

References

^ "Olympic medalists".
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Masato Uchishiba". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
^ Agence France-Presse/Jiji Press, "Olympic judo champ fired for sex harassment", Japan Times, 30 November 2011, p. 16.
^ Japanese judo champ arrested for sexual assault ESPN, 6 December 2011
^ Brasor, Philip, "Wrestling with the serious issue of rape", Japan Times, 18 December 2011, p. 11.
^ Westlake, Adam (1 February 2013). "Tokyo court finds Olympic judo champion Uchishiba guilty of rape, gives 5 year prison sentence". The Japan Daily Press. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
^ "Quintet 4 Live Results, Play-by-play, Analysis, Highlights, More". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved 10 September 2023.