{"id":7492,"date":"2026-07-26T00:52:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/?p=7492"},"modified":"2026-07-26T00:52:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:52:30","slug":"australian-junior-kendo-championships-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/?p=7492","title":{"rendered":"Australian Junior Kendo Championships – Results"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2026 Junior<\/span> Kendo Club – Australian Champions<\/h2>\n
Keys Kendo Club<\/div>\n

Male Individual Results<\/span><\/h2>\n

Male U10<\/h3>\n

1st place: Luffy Liang (Nanseikan)
\n2nd place: Kaito Maher (USYD)
\n3rd place: Yijei Pei (Keys) and Tyler Del Prado (Reishinkan)<\/p>\n

Male U12<\/h3>\n

1st place: Jacob Lin (keys)
\n2nd place: Mattias Ma (Hanrimwon) and Rex Gao (Keys)
\n3rd place: Dylan Byeol Han (Senshinkan) and Yubo Jiang (Kizuna)<\/p>\n

Male U14<\/h3>\n

1st place: Sora Sugihara (Reishinkan)
\n2nd place: Yiding Pei (Keys)
\n3rd place: Junwoo Min (Kizuna) and Ray Asano (Monash University)<\/p>\n

Male U16<\/h3>\n

1st place: Hayato Sugihara (Reishinkan)
\n2nd place: Derek Jin (Keys)
\n3rd place: Baize Li (Keys) and Alex Hollier (Melbourne Budokai)<\/p>\n

Male U18<\/h3>\n

1st place: Sora Sugihara (Reishinkan)
\n2nd place: Luca Monden (Kizuna)
\n3rd place: Sean Myles Holland (Reishinkan) and Kojiro Nakamura (Reishinkan)<\/p>\n

Male U20<\/h3>\n

1st place: Kosei Kubo (UTS)
\n2nd place: Daniel Park (Hanrinwon)
\n3rd place: Aiden Angjaya (UTS) and Denny An (Hanrinwon)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Female Individual Results<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Female U10<\/h3>\n

1st place: Yulin Wang (Keys)
\n2nd place: Dorothy Li (UTS)
\n3rd place: Jocelyn Tang (UTS) and Leala Liang (Nanseikan)<\/p>\n

Female U12\/U14<\/h3>\n

1st place: Lain Maher (UYSD)
\n2nd place: Yuqi Zhang (Keys)
\n3rd place: Emma Leong (Kizuna)<\/p>\n

Female U16\/U18\/U20<\/h3>\n

1st place: Krystal Huang (UTS)
\n2nd place: Rachel Gao (Keys)
\n3rd place: Valentina Moore (UTS) and Jana Laya (Melbourne Budokai)<\/p>\n

Mixed Team Results<\/span><\/h2>\n

Male Team Event<\/h3>\n

1st place:\u00a0Team A<\/strong>
\nTeam members: Jacob Jin, Flynn Tsubasa Yabuki, Kai Usui-Crook and Sora Sugihara.<\/p>\n

2nd place:\u00a0Team D<\/strong>
\nTeam members: Tyler Del Prado, Yiding Pei, Kayden Campbell and Sean Myles Holland.<\/p>\n

3rd place:\u00a0Team B<\/strong>
\nTeam members: Kazuma Nguyen, Sean Bit Han, Hayato Sugihara and Jannik Chan.<\/p>\n

3rd place:\u00a0Team B<\/strong>
\nTeam members: Tom La, Sora Sugihara, Taisuke Nakamura and Aston Clark-Holley.<\/p>\n

Female Team Event<\/h3>\n

1st place:\u00a0Team C<\/strong>
\nTeam members: Yulin Wang and Valentina Moore.<\/p>\n

2nd place:\u00a0Team A<\/strong>
\nTeam members: Emma Leong, Lain Maher and Jana Laya.<\/p>\n

3rd place:\u00a0Team B<\/strong>
\nTeam members: Jocelyn Tang, Rachel Gao and Audrey Smith.<\/p>\n

3rd place:\u00a0Team D<\/strong>
\nTeam members: Leala Liang, Yuqi Zhang and Krystal Huang.<\/p>\n

Fighting Spirit Awards<\/h3>\n

The Fighting Spirit awards were presented to:<\/p>\n

U10: Luffy Liang (Nanseikan)
\nU12: Emma Leong (kizuna)
\nU14: Yiding Pei (Keys)
\nU16: Kayden Campbell (DHMDK)
\nU18: Jana Laya (Melbourne Budokai)
\nU20: Helios Pang (ANU)<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Yagyudo Award<\/strong>\u00a0was presented to\u00a0Leala Liang\u00a0<\/strong>from Nanseikan.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Iki Special Award<\/strong>\u00a0was presented to\u00a0Rex Gao\u00a0<\/strong>from Keys Kendo Club<\/p>\n

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