Daniel Oshima Wins National Collegiate Judo Championship

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Harvard senior Daniel Oshima '10 won the National Collegiate Judo Championship at the 73kg division in leading the school’s Judo team to a third-place finish in the College division.

Oshima was joined in the competition by Amaury Berzin ’12, who took third place I the novice division.

A native of Somerville, Mass., Oshima was voted the Outstanding Male Competitor from the entire field – one year after finishing in third place in his division while his older brother, Michael Oshima '09, won a national title in his division.

Oshima finished in front of Indiana’s Addison Webb and San Jose State’s Diogo Borges while Berzin finished behind Iowa State’s Vincent Junior and Ball State’s Jonathan Tu in the 81kg novice division.

Oshima (L) and Berzik (R)