On August 8 (local time), Shohei Ono (24 years-old・Yoboku of Ohara Grand Church・Tenri University Graduate Student) earned Japan’s first men’s Judo Olympic gold at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in the -73kg final.
Siya ay kabilang sa kupunan ng Japan’s Men Judo Team na takipagtagisan noong nakaraang Olympics na naganap sa Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Si Ginoong Shohei Ono ang kauna- unahang nakabingwit ng gintong medalya (73kg- final) para sa nasabing kupuna.