TUFS Kendo Club wins prizes at the 18th Tokyo Women's Age-Group Kendo Tournament

May 27, 2026

At the 18th Tokyo Women’s Age-Group Kendo Tournament held at the Tokyo Budokan on Saturday, May 23, 2026, Ms. Haruka Kobayashi (a fourth-year student in the School of International and Area Studies, specializing in Russian Studies and Russian Language) of our university’s Kendo Club received the Fighting Spirit Award.

• <Rose Division (Ages 20–29)>
  Ms. Haruka Kobayashi: Fighting Spirit Award

<Comment from Ms. Haruka Kobayashi>

I am deeply honored to have received the Fighting Spirit Award.
I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for the opportunity to cross swords with so many instructors and fellow competitors on the valuable stage of this Women’s Age-Group Tournament.

I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the instructors of the Tokyo Kendo Federation and all those involved who worked so hard to make this tournament possible.
I will use this experience as motivation to continue approaching my daily practice with sincerity and to strive for further growth.

 (This text was translated by AI.)