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29-474: Kiryū or Kiryu may refer to: People [ edit ] Yoshihide Kiryū (born 1995), Japanese track and field sprinter Kiryu Coco, a Japanese Virtual YouTuber formerly associated with hololive Places [ edit ] Kiryū, Gunma , a city in Gunma Prefecture, Japan Fictional characters [ edit ] Kazuma Kiryu , protagonist of

58-585: A month later, on 3 November 2012, Kiryū lowered his own record to 10.19 seconds. On 29 April 2013, Kiryū (still a student at Rakunan High School in Tō-ji ) ran at the Oda Memorial meet and tied the World junior record of 10.01 seconds co-held by Darrel Brown and Jeffery Demps . The IAAF subsequently rejected the inclusion of the time as an official record due to the use of unapproved wind-speed measurement equipment on

87-407: A number of factors including the ability to field athletes in every competition and the ability to strengthen athletes with the funding going into newly institutions such as venues and event management. In fact, Nobu Nishimura, the lieutenant governor of Yamaguchi prefecture which hosted the 2011 tournament, said at a party "the hosts have an advantage in events with flagmen (events where the result

116-453: A reference to the autumn tournament. It is possible that the winter tournaments had a different name, especially if they were held elsewhere. Tournaments in blue show where the host did not win the Emperor's Cup. With the exception of the first tournament, commemorative stamps have generally been issued for the autumn tournament. For the 2nd to 5th tournaments, 4 types of stamp were issued (only

145-551: Is awarded the Emperor's Cup . The top prefecture for just the women's score is awarded the Empress's Cup . At first, the summer and autumn tournaments were planned to always be held in Kansai , but after the first tournament in 1946, Ishikawa prefecture were presented the opportunity to host the second tournament. The host prefecture was then rotated throughout Japan. The logo was created for

174-489: Is decided by officials)" and "even if there's 'cheating' they will take first place". When he was criticised, he explained his position by saying "I meant the tendency where host prefectures have an advantage, not that it's ok to break the rules". In a move counter to this custom, as a result of then Kōchi prefecture governor, Daijirō Hashimoto, abolishing it at the 2002 Kochi hosted tournament, host prefecture Kōchi finished in 10th place with Tokyo winning overall. However, this

203-530: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Yoshihide Kiry%C5%AB 200 m : 20.41 (2013) Yoshihide Kiryū ( 桐生 祥秀 , Kiryū Yoshihide , born 15 December 1995) is a Japanese sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres . Born in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture , Kiryū played football while at elementary school and became interested in track and field at junior high school, as his brother took part in

232-467: Is the only time such an occasion as occurred. Recently many host prefectures have built large-scale venues in which to host various events, with a large focus on appearance. Examples include Nagai Stadium , Miyagi Stadium , Ōita Bank Dome , Tohoku Electric Power Big Swan Stadium , Shizuoka Stadium and International Stadium Yokohama . These were generally acknowledged as being built for the 2002 FIFA World Cup , but in reality their construction purpose

261-556: The Emperor and Empress are both in attendance. At the Autumn tournament there is a torch relay following which a main torch is lit and burns until the closing ceremony. Previously there was also an opening ceremony at the Winter tournament, but in line with changes to the tournament from 2010 it was changed to a smaller and simpler starting ceremony. The torch, which is based on the Olympic flame ,

290-626: The Kishi Memorial Gymnasium , Ryōzō Hiranuma (director of the Japan Sports Association ), Izutarō Suehiro (chairman of the Japan Swimming Federation ), Sanburō Kiyose, Tatsuo Hisatomi and Keijirō Ishida, who had all held important sporting administrative positions since before the war, proposed holding a national athletics event during talks about how sporting events could take place in the post war period. In 1946,

319-568: The Yakuza video game series Kiryu family, characters from the Fatal Frame / Project Zero video game series Yūzuki Kiryū , a character in the Kissxsis manga and anime Yoshiya Kiryū (also called Joshua), a character in the video game The World Ends with You Mimori Kiryu, a character from s-CRY-ed Zero and Ichiru Kiryu, characters from Vampire Knight Kiryu , another name for

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348-426: The 2nd tournament in 1947. The logo is a red torch leaning at a 30-degree incline to the right, wrapped in a blue Obi . Ever since the second tournament in 1947 the song Young Power ( 若い力 , Wakai Chikara ) , written by Takao Saeki and composed by Shinichi Takada , has been played at the opening and closing ceremonies of all large-scale sporting events. Furthermore, it is played at an opening ceremony in which

377-534: The 61st tournament in 2006, the Summer and Autumn tournaments were combined. On 20 December 2006 the Japan Sports Association, as the committee for the tournament, decided that swimming was to be held before mid-September as of and beyond the 64th tournament in 2009, though this actually came into effect in the 63rd tournament, in 2008. This took into account the peculiar qualities of holding swimming events. Also

406-421: The golf tournament was moved forward in the schedule. The previous Summer and Autumn tournaments have fundamentally been held across one prefecture . The two winter tournaments also take place in the same prefecture, making up the entire tournament. It is often the case when a tournament is held in colder areas such as Hokkaido , Tōhoku , Kōshin'etsu and Hokuriku , that both autumn and tournaments are held in

435-467: The group had informal talks with Hiromu Kasuga, the chairman of the Kansai Sports Federation, and formed a board of directors. After having their proposal examined and approval gained from GHQ , they received 400,000 yen from the government to help with costs, and the first tournament was held. Awarding the Emperor's Cup and Empress's Cup has depend on the prefecture. In the first, second, and

464-437: The prefecture in some capacity. There are many mascots who were already established as prefectural mascots prior to the tournament itself. At the opening and closing ceremonies the ceremonial music used is produced for each tournament, with it being performed when the torch and athletes enter the arena. In addition to this, it is often the case where a singer with a strong local connection will sing, along with songs which match

493-494: The same prefecture. It is very rare that the skating and ice hockey tournaments are held in separate areas. From the 56th tournament in 2001, the National Sports Festival for People with Disabilities was also held. During the tournament, the official rankings change in accordance with the number of points earned with the final result being the sum of all four tournaments. The top placing prefecture for both men and women

522-493: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kiryu . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kiryu&oldid=1256923048 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Japanese-language surnames Hidden categories: Short description

551-418: The special tournament in 1973, neither were awarded. In the 6th, 7th and 8th tournaments, the winter tournament was split from the summer and autumn tournament. In the 9th tournament, it was divided further by separating the swimming tournament. Any prefecture that was able to host the winter, summer and autumn tournaments have a ☆ mark at the start of their tournament names. The tournament names are generally

580-468: The sport. In 2011, he won the under-16 national title in the 100 metres at the National Sports Festival of Japan , with a time of 10.58 seconds. The following year, Kiryū ran in the under-18 category at the same competition and broke the world youth best for the 100 metres by bettering Tamunosiki Atorudibo 's record of 10.23 seconds by two hundredths of a second on 5 October 2012. Less than

609-403: The sum of these points being the method of competing for the Emperor's and Empresses Cups. 10 points are given for participation in each game in the tournament (which includes block-tournaments). Points are not awarded for participation in a block-tournament if the entrant was eligible to participate in the main tournament. In the 64th tournament, the maximum number of participation points available

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638-620: The third Mechagodzilla character in the Japanese Godzilla franchise Kiryu Kyosuke, or Kalin Kessler, a character from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Kiryū Moeka, a character from the visual novel Steins;Gate Sento Kiryu, protagonist of the Kamen Rider Build Wakatsu Kiryū, a character from Haikyuu!! Other [ edit ] Kiryū (己龍), a Japanese visual kei band 6275 Kiryu , an asteroid Topics referred to by

667-433: The third tournament had 5 types for the winter tournament as well). From the 6th to the 21st tournaments, there were two types of stamp issued, and ever since then there has been one type of stamp released for each tournament. The regions railway company also issues commemorative items such as train tickets. Each tournament normally has a unique mascot character to help build support and encourage good PR . The first mascot

696-596: The tournament, large amounts of tax payer money continues to go toward its maintenance. Before the war, there was a tournament, called the Meiji Shrine Tournament, that was held from 1924 to 1943. It had no winter tournament and was held in each area of Kanto , as a general rule commencing in the outer garden of the Meiji Shrine (an area spanning what is now Shibuya and Shinjuku in Tokyo ). On 26 December 1945 at

725-527: The track. At the 2016 Summer Olympics , Kiryū won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay . National Sports Festival of Japan The predecessor to the tournament was the Meiji Shrine tournament held from 1924 until 1943, a period including the Pacific War . Since then there was a Summer tournament that focused on swimming , and an Autumn tournament that focused on track-and-field ; however from

754-544: Was a nameless goat for the 30th tournament (1975) in Mie prefecture, though it was referred to as pet-mark. In the 38th tournament, hosted in Gunma in 1983, the first named character, a horse called Gunma-chan, was used. From then on, having a named character became the norm. There were no characters between from the 31st to the 37th tournaments. Recently, owing to the " Yuru-chara " boom, mascot characters commonly become official mascots of

783-404: Was first introduced at the 5th tournament in 1950, and the torch relay at the 12th tournament in 1957. From the 3rd tournament in 1948 a relay event had been held, though this was to carry the tournament's official flag, though this only remained until the 27th tournament in 1972. Afterwards, only the torch relay took place. Points are awarded depending on the outcome of each individual event, with

812-451: Was set at 400 points. The number of points awarded for victories differs depending on the event. As well as the two main trophies, each event awards trophies and certificates to victorious athletes. Ever since the 1964 tournament in Niigata, the host team winning the Emperor's Cup and Empress's Cup has generally become the norm. This is not simply down to that team's preliminary scores, but by

841-566: Was to be the main arena of the tournaments (however the International Stadium Yokohama was built with the intention of potentially hosting an Olympic games, and Nagai Stadium was renovated rather than built from scratch). The aforementioned arenas are also sometimes used as a base for J. League football teams based within the prefecture, but other arenas are not used very often following the tournament. In spite of no large-scale events being anticipated as taking place there following

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