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Meet the SJSU Judo Team and Staff!

COACHING STAFF

Head Coach: Yoshihiro Uchida
Hometown: Calexico, CA.
Founder of SJSU Judo Team est. 1946
Class of 1947, BS Biology
1964 US Olympic Coach
Coach: Michael “Mike” Swain
Hometown: New Jersey
Class of 1985, BS Business Admin.
First USA World Judo Champion Olympic Bronze Medalist
Coach: Kosuke Tanaka
Hometown: Tokushima, Japan
Class of 2011 & 2014, Tsukuba Univ.
BS Physical Education, MS Coaching
Coach: Keith Nakasone
Hometown: Okinawa, Japan
Class of 1979 – BS Business Mgmt
1980 Team USA Olympian
4x National Champion
Coach: Marti Malloy
Hometown: Oak Harbor, WA.
Class of 2010 & 2015 – BS Advertising, MS Mass Communications
2012 Olympic Bronze Medalist
2013 World Silver Medalist
Strength & Conditioning Coach:
David Torres
Hometown: Tijuana, MX.
Class of 2012 – Kinesiology
Former Mexican National Team Member – 73kg

Support Staff

Team Physician: Robert Nishime Hometown: Chicago, IL
Board-certified Family & Sports Medicine
Daniel Lopez Ferrer
Hometown: Spain
Former Member Spain National Team
Toni Lettner
Hometown: Germany
Former Member German National Team

Current Students

Womens Team:

Team Captain: Nina Seoane -63kg
Hometown: Pearl City, HI
Senior, Business Administration Finance
Favorite throw: Uchi Mata
Katie Gomez -52kg
Hometown: Orange County, CA
Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering
Favorite throw: Kouchi Gari
Mayu Wise -57kg
Hometown: Chiba, Japan
Junior, Child & Adolescent Development
Favorite throw: Uchi Mata
Nancy Nguyen -63kg
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Freshman, Electrical Engineering
Favorite throw: Ippon Seoi Nage
Charlize Jasmine Victoria Pascual -78kg Hometown: Honolulu, HI
Junior, Kinesiology
Favorite throw: Kenken Ouchi Gari
Akiko Balitactac -78kg
Hometown: San Carlos, CA
Freshman, Biology
Favorite throw: Osoto Gari

Mens Team:

Colby Hanley -66kg
Hometown: Maui HI
Senior Electrical Engineering
Favorite throw: Ippon Seoi Nage
Conor Uyekawa -60kg
Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA Sophomore, Photography
Favorite throw: Morote Seoi Nage
Matthew Bata -66kg
Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Freshman, Mechanical Engineering
Favorite throw: Ippon Seoi Nage
Ryan Kuratani -73kg
Hometown: Buena Park, CA
Junior, Mechanical Engineering
Favorite throw: Uchi Mata
Kristian Espinoza -73kg
Hometown: Downey, CA
Sophomore, Advertising
Favorite throw: Uchi Mata
Weston Uyekewa -73kg
Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA
Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering
Favorite throw: Tai Otoshi
Shiloe Skeeling-Peña – 90kg
Hometown: Oakland, CA
Senior, Kinesiology
Favorite throw: Uchi Mata
Ryuken Satoh -90kg
Hometown: Oiso, JP
Freshman, Business Administration
Favorite throw: Seoi Nage
Alejandro Uribe -90kg
Hometown: Tijuana, MX
YEAR, MAJOR
Favorite throw:

Open University Students:

Marisol Torro -57kg
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Stanford Class of 2024, Bioengineering
Favorite throw: Uchi Mata
Anne Suzuki -48kg
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Berkeley Class of 2016, Physics Favorite throw: Seoi Nage
Anakin Mendoza -60kg
Hometown: Oahu, HI
Class of 2026, Business Administration
Favorite throw: Sode Tsurikomi Goshi

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