Overview

• Nineteen-year-old Sakura Onishi claimed the women's 59kg crown by fall for her first world championship.
• Olympic 65kg champion Kotaro Kiyooka settled for silver after a technical superiority loss in a rematch against the Iranian Olympic silver medallist.
• Arashi Yoshida earned bronze in men's freestyle 97kg and Hoka Uchida took bronze in women's 55kg.
• Miwa Morikawa advanced to the women's 65kg final, keeping another gold chance alive for Japan.
• Remina Yoshimoto moved into the women's 50kg bronze-medal match after a semifinal defeat, with that bout still to come.