Mashu Baker

Mashu Baker
Born	25 September 1994 Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight	90kg (198lb)
Division	Middleweight
Fighting out of	Tokyo, Japan
Team	All Japan National Team
Trainer	Mitushi Hirokawa[2] Kosei Inoue
Rank	2nd degree black belt in Judo[2]
University	Tokai University

Mashu Baker

Medal record
Representing  Japan
Men's Judo
Olympic Games
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	–90 kg
World Championships
	2015 Astana	–90 kg

Mashu Baker or Matthew Baker (ベイカー 茉秋 Beikā Mashū, born 25 September 1994 in Tokyo) is a male Japanese judoka.

His father is an American.^[3] His parents divorced when he was little and was raised by his mother.^[4][5] He started judo at the age of 7.^[6] His favorite technique is Ouchi Gari.^[6] In 2015, He won the bronze medal in the Middleweight (90 kg) division at the 2015 World Judo Championships.^[3] He is currently ranked No. 1 in the world (as of 28 November 2016).^[7] He won the gold medal in under 90 kg division in 2016 Rio Olympics.^[8]

Competitive record

Judo record[9]
Total	36
Wins	32
by Ippon	18
Losses	4
by Ippon	1

(as of 4 December 2015)

References

1. "Judo Grand-Slam Tokyo 2015: Day 3". YouTube. 2015-12-06. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
2. "90 kg (G/M) BAKER, Mashu (JPN) - GONZALEZ, Asley (CUB) = Judo 2015 G/S - Tokyo (JPN)". YouTube. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
3. 【柔道世界選手権】ベイカー茉秋「誇らしい銅メダル」　Tokyo Sports　2015-8-30
4. 柔道男子９０キロ級　ベイカー茉秋、母に金を 毎日新聞, 2016年8月10日
5. Baker and Tachimoto give Japan golden double in Olympic judo AFP, 10 August 2016
6. "近代柔道 2015年4月号 柔道全日本強化選手名鑑　2015 -". Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 2015-04-20.
7. "IJF World Ranking List" (PDF). Intjudo.eu. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
8. "BAKER Mashu - Olympic Judo | Japan". Rio2016.com. 1994-09-25. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
9. "Mashu Baker: Statistics". Judobase.org. Retrieved 2016-08-19.

External links

• Profile at the judoinside.com.