Mashu Baker

Mashu Baker or Matthew Baker (ベイカー 茉秋, Beikā Mashū, born 25 September 1994 in Tokyo), is a male Japanese judoka.

Mashu Baker
Personal information
Native nameベイカー 茉秋
NationalityJapanese
Born (1994-09-25) 25 September 1994
Tokyo, Japan
Home townTokyo, Japan
Alma materTokai University
OccupationJudoka
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Sport
Country Japan
SportJudo
Weight class–90 kg
ClubJFA Judo Club
TeamAll Japan National Team
Coached byMitushi Hirokawa[2]
Kosei Inoue
Achievements and titles
World Champ.Bronze (2015)
Asian Champ.Bronze (2018)
Olympic GamesGold (2016)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍90 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Astana ‍–‍90 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Mixed Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta ‍–‍90 kg
World Masters
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guadalajara ‍–‍90 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tokyo ‍–‍90 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku ‍–‍90 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tyumen ‍–‍90 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tokyo ‍–‍90 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Düsseldorf ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Paris ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Tokyo ‍–‍90 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2019 Montreal ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Tashkent ‍–‍90 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF15143
JudoInside.com13805
Updated on 24 May 2023.

His father is an American.[3] His parents divorced when he was little and was raised by his mother.[4]

He started judo at the age of 7.[5] His favorite technique is Ouchi Gari.[5] In 2015, he won the bronze medal in the Middleweight (90 kg) division at the 2015 World Judo Championships.[3] He is currently ranked No. 38 in the world (as of 2019).[6] He won the gold medal in under 90 kg division in 2016 Rio Olympics.[7]

Competitive record
Judo record[8]
Total 36
Wins 32
by Ippon 18
Losses 4
by Ippon 1

(as of 4 December 2015)

References
  1. "Judo Grand-Slam Tokyo 2015: Day 3". YouTube. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. "90 kg (G/M) BAKER, Mashu (JPN) - GONZALEZ, Asley (CUB) = Judo 2015 G/S - Tokyo (JPN)". YouTube. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. 【柔道世界選手権】ベイカー茉秋「誇らしい銅メダル」　Tokyo Sports　2015-8-30
  4. 柔道男子９０キロ級　ベイカー茉秋、母に金を 毎日新聞, 2016年8月10日
  5. "近代柔道 2015年4月号 柔道全日本強化選手名鑑 2015 -". Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 20 April 2015.
  6. "IJF World Ranking List" (PDF). Intjudo.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  7. "BAKER Mashu - Olympic Judo | Japan". Rio2016.com. 25 September 1994. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  8. "Mashu Baker: Statistics". Judobase.org. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

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