NSW Wrestling Announces Elite U15 Team for 2025 Japan Tour

NSW Wrestling is thrilled to announce the talented young athletes selected to represent our state on the upcoming U15 Team Japan Tour in November 2025, happening on November 2 - November 16. This tour presents a phenomenal opportunity for our rising stars to immerse themselves in one of the world's most dominant wrestling cultures, training and competing alongside Japan's elite youth athletes.

The tour will commence with an intensive two-week training camp designed to prepare our athletes for elite international competition. At the end of the training camp, four members will represent NSW Wrestling at the prestigious Chiyoda Cup on November 15th, one of Japan's largest U15 youth tournaments. The remaining five athletes will travel to Abu Dhabi to compete on the world stage at the World BJJ Championships.

This initiative is a cornerstone of our youth development program, Pathway to Olympics: Brisbane 2032, designed to provide our athletes with international experience and expose them to world-class training methodologies that will shape their competitive futures.

We extend our biggest congratulations to the selected athletes, their families, and their home clubs. This tour is a testament to your collective hard work and dedication. We look forward to seeing you represent Australia with pride and passion!

Meet the 2025 Japan Tour Team

The nine athletes travelling to Japan were selected by the NSW Wrestling Youth Technical Committee. The selection was based on outstanding performances at the National and NSW State Championships in 2025, combined with consistent attendance and high-level performance at NSW Wrestling's dedicated U15 school holiday training camps held throughout 2024 and 2025.

Boys

• Kaito Tamura, Armin Gholami, Malik Said, Zakariya Chamma, Zayn Chamma

Girls 

• Adriana Reid, Hajar Mooti, Natalia Hantas, Harper O’Brien

Each athlete will be accompanied by a parent/guardian for the duration of the tour.

Coaches/Officals

• Coach: Justin Holland, Mohsen Lack

• Team Official/Manager: Aryan Negahdari

We extend our biggest congratulations to the selected athletes, their families, and their home clubs. This tour is a testament to your collective hard work and dedication. We look forward to seeing you represent Australia with pride and passion!

Ichikawa Koshti Club

We are honoured to announce that our team will be training at Ichikawa Koshti Club, one of Japan's top-ranked U15 teams who visited us in Sydney earlier this year !

Renowned for its specialised youth training programs, the club is a powerhouse of talent development. It is the current home of many of Japan’s U15 national champions and boasts a legacy of producing world-class athletes, including Olympic gold medalists Yui Susaki and Nao Kusaka, and World Champions and medalists such as Arash Yoshida and Arya Yoshida.