Masahiko Tomouchi

Masahiko Tomouchi (塘内 将彦, Tomouchi Masahiko, born 13 July 1977 in Ōmuta, Fukuoka) is a Japanese judoka, who competed in the men's half-middleweight category.[1] He picked up a bronze medal in the 81-kg division at the 2004 Asian Judo Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and later represented his nation Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[2]

Masahiko Tomouchi

Personal information
Born	(1977-07-13) 13 July 1977 Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan
Occupation	Judoka
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–81 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.	R16 (2009)
Asian Champ.	(2004)
Olympic Games	13th (2004)
Medal record Men's judo Representing  Japan Asian Championships 2004 Almaty –81 kg IJF Grand Slam 2008 Tokyo –81 kg 2009 Rio de Janeiro –81 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	11674
JudoInside.com	1057
Updated on 28 November 2022.

Tomouchi qualified for the Japanese squad in the men's half-middleweight class (81 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing third and receiving a berth from the Asian Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[3] He got off to a rough start with a waza-ari awasete ippon defeat from Russia's Dmitri Nossov in his opening match, but bounced back to compete for the bronze medal after Nossov qualified for the final. In the repechage round, Tomouchi could not tightly grapple Italy's Roberto Meloni with a kata guruma (shoulder wheel), and lost the match again after the five-minute limit.[4][5]