{"id":3228,"date":"2022-05-02T20:09:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T20:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/?p=3228"},"modified":"2022-05-02T20:55:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T20:55:16","slug":"weightlifter-eishiro-murakami-109kg-sets-3-national-records-during-2022-all-japan-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/everything-else\/weightlifter-eishiro-murakami-109kg-sets-3-national-records-during-2022-all-japan-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Weightlifter Eishiro Murakami (109KG+) Sets 3 National Records During 2022 All-Japan Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 1-2, 2022, Eishiro &#8220;Tank&#8221; Murakami shared some of his recent top lifts \u2014 <strong>a 192-kilogram (423.2-pound) <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/learning-and-training-the-proper-technique-for-the-barbell-snatch\/\" data-lasso-id=\"104009\">snatch<\/a> and a 233-kilogram (513.6-pound) clean &amp; jerk<\/strong>. Murakami achieved both of the feats while competing in the Men&#8217;s 109-kilogram-plus division during the 2022 All-Japan Championships \u2014 a multi-discipline event that took place in Tokyo, Japan, in late April.<\/p>\n<p>By the competition&#8217;s end, Murakami&#8217;s overall weightlifting performance was enough to garner him <strong>three Japanese National Records<\/strong> on his snatch, clean &amp; jerk, and an <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/powerlifter-tiffany-chapon-435-kilogram-total-in-training\/\" data-lasso-id=\"104010\">overall total<\/a> of 425 kilograms (936.9 pounds).\u00a0Check out a video of Murakami&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/powerlifter-hunter-henderson-672-pound-squat-all-time-world-record\/\" data-lasso-id=\"104011\">record<\/a> snatch, courtesy of his Instagram profile:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CdDSfrSPgz4\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CdDSfrSPgz4\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"104014\">A post shared by TANK MURAKAMI (@tank_murakami)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><strong><em>[Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/olympic-weightlifter-katherine-nye-squat-410-pounds-pr\/\" data-lasso-id=\"103949\">Olympic Weightlifter Katherine Nye Squats 186 Kilograms (410 Pounds) For A New PR<\/a>]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"elite-class-in-japan\">Elite Class in Japan<\/h2>\n<p>Murakami&#8217;s record performance is nothing new in his native Japan. Each of those Japanese records on the snatch, clean &amp; jerk, and total were all previous marks held by the dynamic weightlifter \u2014 which he eclipsed by one, two, and three kilograms, respectively. One of Olympic weightlifting&#8217;s current elite performers, &#8220;Tank,&#8221; might be a more than appropriate nickname for Murakami, who is a three-time Japanese National Champion, according to his Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Through other stellar feats of <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/how-to-build-strength\/\" data-lasso-id=\"104012\">strength<\/a>, like a 175-kilogram (385-pound) <a href=\"http:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/best-back-workouts\/\" data-lasso-id=\"104013\">strict prone row<\/a> in mid-February 2022, the 25-year-old has developed a social media reputation for staggering power. Here are some of the notable results for the weightlifter, who has enjoyed steady progress in recent years, via the <a href=\"https:\/\/iwf.sport\/weightlifting_\/athletes-bios\/?athlete=murakami-eishiro-1995-08-08&amp;id=9656\" data-lasso-id=\"103950\">International Weightlifting Federation&#8217;s (IWF) athlete directory<\/a>:<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"eishiro-murakami-notable-career-results\">Eishiro Murakami | Notable Career Results<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>5th International Qatar Cup (+109KG)<\/strong> \u2014 6th place<\/li>\n<li><strong>2019 Ready Steady Tokyo (+109KG)<\/strong> \u2014 1st place<\/li>\n<li><strong>2019 IWF World Championships (+109KG)<\/strong> \u2014 11th place<\/li>\n<li><strong>2019 IWF World Cup (+109KG)<\/strong> \u2014 1st place<\/li>\n<li><strong>2020 Asian Championships (+109KG)<\/strong> \u2014 3rd place<\/li>\n<li><strong>2021 Open Championships (+109KG)<\/strong> \u2014 1st place<\/li>\n<li><strong>2022 All-Japan Championships (+109KG) <\/strong>\u2014 1st place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Notably, Murakami did not participate in the 2021 IWF World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. This 425-kilogram (936.9-pound) total would have slotted him in with a sixth-place finish at that competition.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CdBNs-DP2gp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CdBNs-DP2gp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"104015\">A post shared by TANK MURAKAMI (@tank_murakami)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><strong><em>[Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/powerlifter-shahram-saki-1025-kilogram-total\/\" data-lasso-id=\"103999\">Powerlifter Shahram Saki Logs 1025-Kilogram Total (2,259.7 Pounds), The Highest In Asia<\/a>]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-road-ahead\">The Road Ahead<\/h2>\n<p>A good portion of Japan&#8217;s top weightlifters used the All-Japan Championships competition as a springboard toward a place in the 2022 IWF World Championships, which is set to occur sometime between November 1 and December 31, 2022, in Bogota, Colombia. At the time of this writing, the IWF hasn&#8217;t confirmed a definite date. That competition will, in turn, be a part of the eventual qualification for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.<\/p>\n<p>Murakami aside, three Tokyo 2020 Japanese weightlifter male Olympians \u2014 including Yoichi Itokazu (67KG), Mitsunori Konnai (73KG), and Masanori Miyamoto (73KG) \u2014 were all participants during the 2022 All-Japan Championships. Notably, Toshiko Yamamoto (96KG) was not present. A woman Japanese weightlifter \u2014 Mikiko Andoh (59KG), who captured bronze in Tokyo \u2014 won the competition for her weight class.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Murakami at the forefront, it appears Team Japan is ready to achieve more greatness over the rest of 2022.<\/p>\n<p><em>Featured Image: @tank_murakami on Instagram<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/weighlifter-eishiro-murakami-sets-3-japanese-records-2022\/\">Weightlifter Eishiro Murakami (109KG+) Sets 3 National Records During 2022 All-Japan Championships<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\">Breaking Muscle<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 1-2, 2022, Eishiro \u201cTank\u201d Murakami shared some of his recent top lifts \u2014 a 192-kilogram (423.2-pound) snatch and a 233-kilogram (513.6-pound) clean &#038; jerk. 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