2026 Junior Kendo Club – Australian Champions
Male Individual Results
Male U10
1st place: Luffy Liang (Nanseikan)
2nd place: Kaito Maher (USYD)
3rd place: Yijei Pei (Keys) and Tyler Del Prado (Reishinkan)
Male U12
1st place: Jacob Lin (keys)
2nd place: Mattias Ma (Hanrimwon) and Rex Gao (Keys)
3rd place: Dylan Byeol Han (Senshinkan) and Yubo Jiang (Kizuna)
Male U14
1st place: Sora Sugihara (Reishinkan)
2nd place: Yiding Pei (Keys)
3rd place: Junwoo Min (Kizuna) and Ray Asano (Monash University)
Male U16
1st place: Hayato Sugihara (Reishinkan)
2nd place: Derek Jin (Keys)
3rd place: Baize Li (Keys) and Alex Hollier (Melbourne Budokai)
Male U18
1st place: Sora Sugihara (Reishinkan)
2nd place: Luca Monden (Kizuna)
3rd place: Sean Myles Holland (Reishinkan) and Kojiro Nakamura (Reishinkan)
Male U20
1st place: Kosei Kubo (UTS)
2nd place: Daniel Park (Hanrinwon)
3rd place: Aiden Angjaya (UTS) and Denny An (Hanrinwon)
Female Individual Results
Female U10
1st place: Yulin Wang (Keys)
2nd place: Dorothy Li (UTS)
3rd place: Jocelyn Tang (UTS) and Leala Liang (Nanseikan)
Female U12/U14
1st place: Lain Maher (UYSD)
2nd place: Yuqi Zhang (Keys)
3rd place: Emma Leong (Kizuna)
Female U16/U18/U20
1st place: Krystal Huang (UTS)
2nd place: Rachel Gao (Keys)
3rd place: Valentina Moore (UTS) and Jana Laya (Melbourne Budokai)
Mixed Team Results
Male Team Event
1st place: Team A
Team members: Jacob Jin, Flynn Tsubasa Yabuki, Kai Usui-Crook and Sora Sugihara.
2nd place: Team D
Team members: Tyler Del Prado, Yiding Pei, Kayden Campbell and Sean Myles Holland.
3rd place: Team B
Team members: Kazuma Nguyen, Sean Bit Han, Hayato Sugihara and Jannik Chan.
3rd place: Team B
Team members: Tom La, Sora Sugihara, Taisuke Nakamura and Aston Clark-Holley.
Female Team Event
1st place: Team C
Team members: Yulin Wang and Valentina Moore.
2nd place: Team A
Team members: Emma Leong, Lain Maher and Jana Laya.
3rd place: Team B
Team members: Jocelyn Tang, Rachel Gao and Audrey Smith.
3rd place: Team D
Team members: Leala Liang, Yuqi Zhang and Krystal Huang.
Fighting Spirit Awards
The Fighting Spirit awards were presented to:
U10: Luffy Liang (Nanseikan)
U12: Emma Leong (kizuna)
U14: Yiding Pei (Keys)
U16: Kayden Campbell (DHMDK)
U18: Jana Laya (Melbourne Budokai)
U20: Helios Pang (ANU)
The Yagyudo Award was presented to Leala Liang from Nanseikan.
The Iki Special Award was presented to Rex Gao from Keys Kendo Club