Round 1 Stadium in Niigata and Grand Bowl Kurosaki, Niigata-Ken (Sept. 26-30, 2009)

The National Sports Festival is Japan's largest annual multi-sports meeting. The Prefectures (Ken) alternate in hosting the annual event cooperating with each of the participating sport organization. Niigata-Ken was the host prefecture this year.

The Japan Sports Association and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science, Sports and Technology were the co-organizers. The Japan Bowling Congress was involved as the organizer of the bowling competition, which was held from September 26-30 at Round 1 Stadium in Niigata (adult) and Grand Bowl Kurosaki (youth).

The bowling competition featured Singles, Doubles and 4-player Team events for Men and Women as well Singles and Doubles for Boys and Girls.

For the second consecutive year, Fukuoka Prefecture (pictured, click on the image to enlarge) emerged as the overall champion of the National Sports Festival Bowling Competition as the prefecture's bowlers won the most points in both the men's and women's division. Fukuoka received the Bowling President's Cup for accomplishing the feat.

Every year the National Sports Festival awards the Emperor's Cup (most points combined, men and women) and the Empress' Cup (most points for women) to the prefecture(s) which has earned the most points from all participating sports.

Points for Emperor’s and Empress’ Cup were given as follows:
Singles: 1st place - 8 points, 2nd place 7, ……, and 8th place 1.
Team: 1st place - 24 points, 2nd place 21, 3rd place 18, ……, and 8th place 3.

After the conclusion of all sports involved, both the Emperor's and Empress' Cup were awarded to Niigata Prefecture.

 

 

Bowling President's Cup - Overall Championship (Men & Women)

Points for the Emperor's Cup

1st Place: Fukuoka, 90
2nd Place: Saitama, 85
3rd Place: Ishikawa, 81
4th Place: Osaka, 73
5th Place: Hiroshima, 65
6th Place: Chiba, 64
(tie) Shizuoka, 64
(tie) Tokushima, 64
9th Place: Hokkaido, 56
10th Place: Mie, 38
11th Place: Aichi, 37
12th Place: Okinawa, 34
13th Place: Kanagawa, 32
14th Place: Kyoto, 31
15th Place: Miyagi, 26
16th Place: Okayama, 25
(tie) Nagasaki, 25
18th Place: Tokyo, 23
19th Place: Yamagata, 20
20th Place: Toyama, 19
21st Place: Ehime, 18
22nd Place: Aomori, 16
(tie) Shimane, 16
(tie) Kochi, 16
25th Place: Yamanashi, 15
(tie) Nagano, 15
27th Place: Gunma, 13
28th Place: Iwate, 11
29th Place: Niigata, Akita, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Fukui, Gifu, Shiga, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Tottori, Yamaguchi, Kagawa, Saga, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, 10 each.

 

 

Overall Women's Championship

Points for the Empress' Cup

1st Place: Fukuoka, 60
2nd Place: Tokushima, 54
3rd Place: Shizuoka, 49
4th Place: Hiroshima, 43
5th Place: Chiba, 39
6th Place: Mie, 38
7th Place: Saitama, 34
(tie) Okinawa, 34
9th Place: Ishikawa, 33
10th Place: Hokkaido, 29
11th Place: Kanagawa, 24
12th Place: Tokyo, 23
13th Place: Miyagi, 22
(tie) Nagasaki, 22
15th Place: Yamagata, 20
16th Place: Toyama, 19
17th Place: Okayama, 17
18th Place: Yamanashi, 15
19th Place: Osaka, 11
20th Place: Niigata, Aomori, Iwate, Akita, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Nagano, Fukui, Aichi, Gifu, Shiga, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Tottori, Shimane, Yamaguchi, , Kagawa, Ehime, Kochi, Saga, Kumamoto, 10 each.

 

 

Adult Men - 4-Player Team event

Prefectures with position, players, 24-game total and average
1. Ishikawa (Nakayama, Uo, Morita, Maeda), *5246, 218.58
2. Osaka (Takemoto, Baba, Suzuki, Hamada), 5214, 217.25
3. Hokkaido (Teraguchi, Matsunaga, Fukuda, Yasuki), 5048, 210.33
4. Shizuoka (Mori, Yamanishi, Koyanagi, Endo), 5030, 209.58
5. Aichi (Otsuki, Tamura, Kobayashi, Nonoyama), 4967, 206.96
6. Chiba (Sakuma, Hashima, Horie, Shoji), 4917, 204.88
7. Shimane (Hayashida, Sato, Tonokawa, Yoshida), 4889, 203.71
8. Kyoto (Maki, Shimamoto, Nakamura, Kamite), 4834, 201.42
* broke the previous Championship Record

Adult Women - 4-Player Team event

Prefectures with position, players, 24-game total and average
1. Fukuoka (Sakamoto, Ikeda, Kawaguchi, Watanabe), 4674, 194.75
2. Ishikawa (Okazawa, Daiku, Kubo, Sano), 4650, 193.75
3. Saitama (Nishii, Karatsu, Takizawa, Daimaruya), 4636, 193.17
4. Tokushima (Kimura, Funamoto, Otsuka, Shikayama), 4605, 191.88
5. Hokkaido (Honma, Honma, Mikami, Matsuda), 4557, 189.88
6. Okinawa (Ishimine, Nagayama, Aragaki, Shimabukuro), 4521, 188.38
7. Nagasaki (Morigami, Koike, Tanaka, Nagashima), 4487, 186.96
8. Yamagata (Oishi, Akiba, Kanno, Sato), 4449, 185.38

Men Doubles

Players with position, prefecture, 18-game total and average
1. Osaka A (Takemoto, Hamada), *4008, 222.67
2. Saitama A (Harada, Kochi), 3986, 221.44
3. Fukuoka A (Wada, Kawazoe), 3872, 215.11
4. Aichi A (Otsuki, Nonoyama), 3775, 209.72
5. Chiba B (Hashima, Shoji), 3765, 209.17
6. Tokushima B (Sakamoto, Hirai), 3729, 207.17
7. Okayama A (Hamada, Nishina), 3707, 205.94
8. Fukuoka B (Masumizu, Okazaki), 3644, 202.44
* broke the previous Championship Record

Boys Doubles

Players with position, prefecture, 18-game total and average
1. Ishikawa (Nakakura, Wakisaka), *4148, 230.44
2. Saitama (Ito, Tsukagoshi), 3968, 220.44
3. Kyoto (Nagai, Nagai), 3961, 220.06
4. Hiroshima (Kudo, Kihara), 3938, 218.78
5. Osaka (Hamanaka, Takada), 3902, 216.78
6. Fukuoka (Asato, Miyagi), 3883, 215.72
7. Aomori (Kudo, Kudo), 3835, 213.06
8. Nagasaki (Yamashita, Nakamura), 3818, 212.11
* broke the previous Championship Record

Women Doubles

Players with position, prefecture, 18-game total and average
1. Fukuoka A (Ikeda, Kawaguchi), 3691, 205.06
2. Tokushima A (Kimura, Funamoto), 3658, 203.22
3. Hiroshima A (Wakata, Mochizuki), 3651, 202.83
4. Shizuoka A (Nakano, Katai), 3638, 202.11
5. Okinawa A (Ishimine, Shimabukuro), 3635, 201.94
6. Toyama A (Yamamoto, Oshima), 3608, 200.44
7. Nagasaki A (Morigami, Nagashima), 3583, 199.06
8. Hokkaido A (Honma, Matsuda), 3532, 196.22

Girls Doubles

Players with position, prefecture, 18-game total and average
1. Mie (Oba, Nakaoka), *3914, 217.44
2. Shizuoka (Nojima, Hisamatsu), *3797, 210.94
3. Chiba (Mukoutani, Shimoide), *3793, 210.72
4. Hiroshima (Kawanaka, Hatada), *3790, 210.56
5. Miyagi (Endo, Asano), 3627, 201.50
6. Kanagawa (Sano, Sato), 3597, 199.83
7. Tokyo (Minowa, Oshima), 3539, 196.61
8. Okinawa (Hamamoto, Atae), 3416, 189.78
* broke the previous Championship Record

Men Singles

Players with position, prefecture, 9-game total and average
1. Tomoyuki Sasaki (Kanagawa), 2082, 231.33
2. Yasuo Nabae (Hiroshima), 2053, 228.11
3. Yoshihiro Nomura (Kochi), 2029, 225.44
4. Akira Suzuki (Osaka), 2023, 224.78
5. Tomonobu Hayasaka (Miyagi), 1984, 220.44
6. Suguru Harada (Saitama), 1962, 218.00
7. Hirofumi Arimoto (Okayama), 1959, 217.67
8. Tobi Koji (Tokushima), 1954, 217.11
* broke the previous Championship Record

Boys Singles

Players with position, prefecture, 9-game total and average
1. Tsurayuki Torao (Ehime), 2107, 234.11
2. Takuya Wakamatsu (Hokkaido), 2052, 228.00
3. Shota Tsukagoshi (Saitama), 2037, 226.33
4. Hideyuki Yabana (Nagano), 1990, 221.11
5. Takayoshi Yoshino (Chiba), 1942, 215.78
6. Takahito Fukuda (Gunma), 1931, 214.56
7. Tomohito Hino (Hokkaido), 1907, 211.89
8. Takumi Yoshida (Iwate), 1873, 208.11

Women Singles

Players with position, prefecture, 9-game total and average
1. Mari Kimura (Tokushima), 2025, 225.00
2. Nao Ohishi (Yamagata), 2008, 223.11
3. Kaori Daimaruya (Saitama), 1942, 215.78
4. Mayumi Naito (Yamanashi), 1925, 213.89
5. Haruka Matsuda (Hokkaido), 1879, 208.78
6. Maki Nakano (Shizuoka), 1876, 208.44
7. Azusa Okazawa (Ishikawa), 1834, 203.78
8. Miyuki Santo (Osaka), 1827, 203.00

Girls Singles

Players with position, prefecture, 9-game total and average
1. Misaki Mukoutani (Chiba), 2112, 234.67
2. Hikaru Takekawa (Okayama), 1975, 219.44
3. Yuka Ohshima (Tokyo), 1956, 217.33
4. Yuri Sato (Kanagawa), 1941, 215.67
5. Erika Oba (Mie), 1908, 212.00
6. Kana Shimoide (Chiba), 1884, 209.33
7. Mitsuki Okamoto (Fukuoka), 1879, 208.78
8. Kana Minowa (Tokyo), 1837, 204.11
* broke the previous Championship Record

Courtesy of Masahiko Kosugi, Japan Bowling Congress.