On November 27, our Weight Training club won the first place in the team division of the "41st Fall Kansai Student Powerlifting Championships" held at our university. The team also won the team division at the 57th Spring Kansai Student Powerlifting Championships held on August 28 at the same university, making it two consecutive team championships for the team.
　
In addition, five students won in each weight classes, with FUJII Saki (4th year, Faculty of Law) in the women's 52kg weight class and TSUBOUCHI Reo (2nd year, School of Economics) in the men's 105kg weight class setting new All-Japan student records.
　
This competition is a selection event for the Intercollegiate Championships to be held in December, and is a competition that measures the abilities of each university. Many members of our university's weight training club were selected to participate in the Intercollegiate Championships, showing the strength of the club to other universities.
　
In response to this result, Fujii said, "I was able to break the student record thanks to my coaches and seniors who gave me advice, as well as my classmates and juniors who trained with me on a daily basis. I will continue to do my best without being satisfied with my current situation. I also believe that I was able to show that even an athletically inept person like myself can break student records. I would be happy if it was an opportunity for juniors to learn the importance of continuing. Tsubouchi said enthusiastically, "There were many uncertainties in this tournament, such as losing weight and reviewing my form, but with the support of my coaches and seniors, I was able to challenge the tournament in perfect condition. I'm aiming for a record."
　
HAMAGUCHI Taiki (4th year, School of Letters), the captain of the weight training club, said, "We are very happy to have won the overall championship in the preliminary round of the Intercollegiate Championships, beating out strong Kyoto University of Science and Technology. I am also very happy that there were 17 participants in the Intercollegiate Championships, the most in recent years. We will continue the momentum from this time's victory to win the overall championship at the Intercollegiate Championships as well."

【Reference】Information on the Intercollegiate Championships
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Cup,
The 49th All-Japan Powerlifting Student Powerlifting Championships
Date and Time: December 25 (Sun.), 11:00 a.m.
Place: Zip Arena Okayama Sub-Arena

【Individual Results】41st Kansai Student Fall Powerlifting Championships
Powerlifting is a competition of Squat (S), Bench Press (B), and Deadlift (D).
*The underlined records below are the new All-Japan student records.

Women's 52kg class
1st FUJII Saki (4th year, Faculty of Law) Record S80kg B62.5kg D100kg T242.5kg
2nd Ingyin Phoo (3rd year, GDP) record S90kg B40kg D102.5kg T232.5kg


Women's 63kg
3rd FUKUDA Ayano (4th year, Faculty of Law) Record S102.5kg B50kg D125kg T277.5kg
4th Ibegwam Chigaemezu (3rd year, GDP) record S100kg B45kg D110kg T255kg
5th place OGATA Momoko (4th year, School of Letters) record S90kg B45kg D110kg T245kg
6th TAKAE Manami (4th year, School of Economics) Record S70kg B42.5kg D100kg T212.5kg
7th SAKAMOTO Sae (1st year, School of Economics) record S45kg B45kg D80kg T170kg

Women's over 63kg
2nd KITAGAWA Miyabi (1st year, Faculty of Law) record S80kg B25kg D80kg T185kg

Men's 53kg weight class
1st OGURA Shota (4th year, School of Engineering) record S117.5kg B70kg D132.5kg T320kg
2nd AOYAGI Hiroshi (4th year, School of Engineering) Record S100kg B72.5kg D115kg T287.5kg

Men's 59kg weight class
1st place - INAGAKI Hikaru (4th year, School of Letters) Record S145kg B95kg D155kg T395kg
2nd place WATANABE Soutarou (3rd year, School of Education) Record S80kg B70kg D150kg T300kg

Men's 66kg weight class
3rd TODA Naoki (4th year, School of Engineering) Record S175kg B112.5kg D175kg T462.5kg
4th TANII Yousuke (3rd year, Faculty of Law) Record S160kg B105kg D170kg T435kg
6th place: TSURUSHIMA Rendai (3rd year, School of Education) record S125kg B90kg D170kg T385kg　

Men's 74kg weight class
2nd place MATSUI Daichi (4th year, School of Environmental Science and Technology) Record S185kg B120kg D215kg T520kg
3rd place: HAMAGUCHI Taiki (4th year, School of Letters) record S182.5kg B110kg D165kg T457.5kg
4th AKAGAWA Takeru (3rd year, School of Environmental Science and Technology) Record S160kg B97.5kg D180kg T437.5kg

Men's 83kg weight class
5th FUJIWARA Tomoki (1st year, School of Engineering) record S155kg B110kg D175kg T440kg　

Men's 93kg weight class
2nd place Sabai (3rd year, GDP) record S205kg B130kg D250kg T585kg
3rd UTSUMI Masaki (4th year, School of Science) Record S225kg B125kg D195kg T545kg

Men's 105kg weight class
1st YAMADA Hideki (4th year, Faculty of Law) Record S150kg B110kg D190kg T450kg

Men's over 105kg
1st place TSUBOUCHI Reo (2nd year, School of Economics) Record S285kg B160kg D240kg T685kg