is a Japanese

judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

, who competed in the men's half-middleweight category. He picked up a bronze medal in the 81-kg division at the

2004 Asian Judo Championships The 2004 Asian Judo Championships were held at the Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 15 May to 16 May 2004. A total of 194 judokas participated, 113 men and 81 women. Medal summary Men Women Medal table ...

Almaty, Kazakhstan Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t ...

, and later represented his nation

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...

at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. Tomouchi qualified for the Japanese squad in the men's half-middleweight class (81 kg) at the

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, by placing third and receiving a berth from the

Asian Championships An Asian Championship is a top level international sports competition between Asian athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of Championships (Summer Olympic Sports) ;Aquatics * Asia ...

. He got off to a rough start with a waza-ari awasete ippon defeat from Russia's

Dmitri Nossov Dmitri Yurievich Nossov (russian: Дмитрий Юрьевич Носов; born April 9, 1980) is a Russian judoka and politician. He won a bronze medal in the half-middleweight (81 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics, despite break ...

in his opening match, but bounced back to compete for the bronze medal after Nossov qualified for the final. In the repechage round, Tomouchi could not tightly grapple Italy's Roberto Meloni with a

kata guruma is one of the traditional forty throws of judo as developed by Kano Jigoro. Kata guruma belongs to the third group of the traditional throwing list in the ''Gokyo no waza'' of the Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67 Throws of Kodo ...

(shoulder wheel), and lost the match again after the five-minute limit.

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* * * 1977 births Living people Japanese male judoka Olympic judoka for Japan Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from Ōmuta, Fukuoka Martial artists from Fukuoka Prefecture 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-judo-bio-stub