The Shooting Club participated in the 2023 All Japan University Sport Shooting Championship (sponsored by the Students shooting - sport Representative Association of Japan), held at the Tochigi Shooting Range from October 19 to 22 and won the men’s and women’s overall championships.
With 46 universities from around Japan participating, the Shooting Club won both the men’s and women’s overall championships for the second consecutive year. The men’s team won for the second consecutive year and the women’s team won for the sixth consecutive year.
The results by category are as follows:
Men’s team (10m air rifle)
Second place: Meiji University
Men’s individual (50m rifle three positions)
Second place: UCHIDA Hidetoshi (3rd year in the School of Commerce); third place: OSHIO Yuto (4th year in the School of Political Science and Economics)
Men’s team (50m rifle three positions)
First place: Meiji University
Women’s individual (10m air rifle)
First place: MIURA Rio (3rd year in the School of Commerce); third place: IZUMIDATE Reika (4th year in the School of Global Japanese Studies)
Women’s team (10m air rifle)
First place: Meiji University
Women’s individual (50m rifle three positions)
Second place: MIYOSHI Akari (3rd year in the School of Agriculture)
Women’s team (50m rifle three positions)
First place: Meiji University
Comments from head coach TSUBA Kyohei and captain OSHIO Yuto
Head coach TSUBA Kyohei
This season, we have played with the goal of winning the All Japan University Sport Shooting Championship while tying to form various teams comprising different members to finalize regular players for the Championship. I was not so confident because we changed team members by game. In addition, the men’s team had not won since the Kanto Student Rifle Shooting Championship Spring Meeting. Each student, however, steadily improved his/her skills, and their morale was also raised to a level where everyone could become a regular player. Thus, I believed that this team would achieve great things. Such hard work by the students led to our results of wining the men’s and women’s overall championships for the second consecutive time and winning the women’s overall championship for the six consecutive time, which was a historical achievement for the Shooting Club of Meiji University. Lastly, I would like to praise the efforts that all of the students have made and thank Meiji University and everyone involved in our club for their support and encouragement.
Captain OSHIO Yuto
As a captain, I am relieved we won the men’s and women’s overall championships for the second year in a row. As we saw many of our members advance to the finals, some of the players displayed excellent performance as individuals as well. I would like the club members to keep competing with one another and aim to win the next year's Championship under the motto of “Invincible Meiji.”
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