28. Hungary Sakura Cup -2023- results

It was thought that the event reached its limits last year, however, the 2023 Hungary Sakura Cup beat lots of records at so many levels. The tournament had 210 participants from 35 clubs from 13 countries – Germany, Serbia, Slovenia, Poland, Romania, Austria, Croatia, Great Britain, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Japan and Hungary took part in the tournament. Despite the difficult times in Ukraine, we were happy to host kendo children from Odessa.
It was amazing to see that the event had 160 children and junior competitors. The tournament was held on six courts, which is a record on its own in Hungary and the region. H.E. Mr Masato Ohtaka, the Japanese Ambassador, accepted our invitation again, Mr Ohtaka enjoyed the event and was happy to see many young kendokas practising in Central-Eastern Europe.
We wish to thank all the referees and the organizers for their hard work. It showed that the kendo community has a very high level of cooperation and we all understand the importance of developing children and juniors.

Also, we would like to say thank you to our sponsors:
European Kendo Federation
VSD Kendo Klub, Dunakeszi
National Botanic Garden, Hungary
Mattel, Poland
Okami Sportshop, Poland
See you in 2024!
Budapest Főnix Kendo és Iaido Klub

Kihon A category

1. Avory HARMEL – Mumonkan Kendo Club, Graz, Austria

2. Márton DUBI – Szigetközi Junior Kendo Klub, Győrzámoly, Hungary

3. Julie ZIEGELHEIM – Prague, Czech Republic

3. Tege ZORKÓCZY – Szigetközi Junior Kendo Klub, Győrzámoly, Hungary

FS: Kázmér TAKÁCS-HÉJJAS – Budapest Főnix Kendo és Iaido Klub, Budapest, Hungary

FS: Max TINKA – SanDoMon Kendo Klub, Prague, Czech Republic

Kihon B category

1. Illés BOZI– Győr Kendo Klub – Győr, Hungary

2. Bendegúz BALLA-SZILI – Szigetközi Junior Kendo Klub, Győrzámoly, Hungary

3. Cserháti Zente CSERHÁTI – Szigetközi Junior Kendo Klub, Győrzámoly, Hungary

3. Szabolcs KERTÉSZ– Bushido Kendo Klub, Debrecen, Hungary

FS: Benedek SÁNDOR – Budapest Főnix Kendo és Iaido Klub, Budapest, Hungary

Kihon C category

1. Győrvári Viktor – Bushido Kendo Klub, Debrecen, Hungary

2. Moldován Máté – Fehérvár Kendo Klub, Székesfehérvár, Hungary

3. Medard Verbinc – Shubukan Kendo Klub, Ljubljana, Slovenia

3. Hunor SZÉKELY– Fudoshin Kendo Klub, Budapest Hungary

FS: Rozi HIDASI – Budapest Főnix Kendo és Iaido Klub, Budapest, Hungary

FS: Chen Wen JIE – TFSE Kendo Klub, Budapest, Hungary

FS: Hunor SZÉKELY– Fudoshin Kendo Klub, Budapest Hungary

Kihon D category

1. Endre KULUTÁCZ– Fudoshin Kendo Klub, Budapest Hungary

2. Klara LELJA – Shubukan Kendo Klub, Ljubljana, Slovenia

3. Otto REIHARDT – Mumonkan Kendo Club, Graz, Austria

3. Dominik BECAJ – Shubukan Kendo Klub, Ljubljana, Slovenia

FS: Alexandra DÓCS – Fudoshin Kendo Klub, Budapest Hungary

Junior A category

1. Áron SZÉKELY – Szigetközi Junior Kendo Klub, Győrzámoly, Hungary

2. Donáth KLUDOVÁCZ- Budapest Főnix Kendo és Iaido Klub, Budapest, Hungary

3. Iza KOZINSKA – Warsaw Kendo Klub, Warsaw, Poland

3. Szymon CRESLAR – Genryoku Kendo Klub, Wisla, Poland

FS: Ewa KOSMEDA – Dragons Kendo Klub, Wroclaw, Poland

FS: Zente OLÁH – Bakony Kendo és Iaido Klub, Veszprém, Hungary

Junior B category

1. Ezra BÉKY – Hara Kendo Klub, Budapest, Hungary

2. Hana MURAKAMI – Mumonkan Kendo Club, Graz, Austria

3. Botond SZŰCS – Bakony Kendo és Iaido Klub, Veszprém, Hungary

3. Tadeus WOWERKA – Sopocki Kendo Klub, Sopot, Poland

FS: Zoárd Örs SÁNTHA – Kashi Kendo Klub, Tirgu Mures, Romania

FS: Áron NÓGRÁDI – Budapest Főnix Kendo és Iaido Klub, Budapest, Hungary

Junior C category

1. Filip BLAZEK – Kusanagikai Kendo Klub, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

2. Botond MOLNÁR – Mushin Kendo Klub, Miskolc, Hungary

3. Matouš FROMEL – VSTJ Zlin, Czech Republik

3. Jiri ZIEGELHEIM – SanDoMon Kendo Klub, Prague, Czech Republic

FS: Martin VUKELIC – Rijeka Kendo Club, Rijeka, Croatia

FS: Iztok PIKALO – Shubukan Kendo Klub, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Junior D category

1. Kacper LORENZ– Warsaw Kendo Klub, Warsaw, Poland

2. Jinchiro HARA– Meisei High School, Osaka, Japan

3. Marek PAVLICEK – SanDoMon Kendo Klub, Prague, Czech Republic

3. Ondřej KNOTEK – VSTJ Zlin, Czech Republik

FS: Hans HARTI– Mumonkan Kendo Club, Graz, Austria

FS: Mia MURAKAMI – Mumonkan Kendo Club, Graz, Austria

Female Individual category

1. Julia JANECZKO – Dragons Kendo Klub, Wroclaw, Poland

2. Marija RAKOVIC – Makoto Kendo Klub – Belgrade, Serbia

3. Jerca ROGELJ – Shubukan Kendo Klub, Ljubljana, Slovenia

3. Mizuno AYUNA – Bushido Kendo Klub, Debrecen, Hungary

FS: Litkey BLANKA – Fudoshin Kendo Klub, Budapest Hungary

FS: Janka SOMORJAI- Szeged Kendo Klub, Szeged, Hungary

Male Individual category

1. Ernest IVNIK – Shubukan Kendo Klub, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2. Raul JEREB – Rijeka Kendo Klub, Rijeka, Croatia

3. Tibor KERECSÉNYI – Bushido Kendo Klub, Debrecen, Hungary

3. Ádám KORMOS – Jászkun Kendo Klub, Szolnok, Hungary

FS: István FARAKSVÖLGYI – Bakony Kendo és Iaido Klub, Veszprém, Hungary

FS: Máté HORVÁT – Szeged Kendo Klub, Szeged, Hungary

Junior Team category

1. Team 11 – (Káin Angyal, Kacper LORENC, Bartos SZYMANSKY)

2. Team 1 – (Ezra BÉKY, Csongor MOLNÁR, Lucijan SOBOL, Nikola JOVANOVIC)

3. Team 3 – (Botond VÉKONY, Botond SZŰCS, Jinichiro HARA)

3. Team 9 – (Áron PUSKA, Jiri ZIEGELHEIM, Marek PAVLICEK)

Adult Team category

1. Shubukan – (Klemen KOBAU, Ernest IVNIK, Jerca ROGLEJ)

2.  Zanshin – (Balázs ANDA, Zsolt ÉLŐ, Mátyás SZILASI)

3. Fudoshin – (Zsolt BENCZE, Gábor WALDMANN, Blanka LITKEY)

3. Makoto – (Marija RAKOVIC, Rastko LULIC, Reveka PIJEVAC)

FS: Mizuno AYUNA – Bushido Kendo Klub, Debrecen, Hungary

FS: Julia JANECZKO – Dragons Kendo Klub, Wroclaw, Poland