The 56th Scholar Athletics Meet Awards Ceremony and 2009 Physical Education Club General Victory Celebration were held with much fanfare on March 23rd at the Chuo University Surugadai Memorial Hall.

At the awards ceremony, the head of the Scholar Athletics Meet, Jotaro Takagi, presented the Superior Group Award to the Semi-hardball Club which won its eighth overall and second consecutive intercollegiate championship and the Superior Group Event Award to the Fencing Club which won the intercollegiate saber championship. He also presented an Outstanding Effort Group Award to the Men's Shooting Club, the Women's Shooting Club, the Kenpo Club, the Softball Club, and others for winning intercollegiate championships and the Outstanding Effort Group Event Award to the Bicycle Racing Club.

Seven students were presented with the Superior Athlete Award including Konomi Asazu of the Women's Track Club who individually participated in the two woman bobsled at the Vancouver Olympics becoming the first female student winter Olympics athlete in Chuo University history. In addition, 19 were presented with the Physical Education Award, four with the Outstanding Effort Award, and three with the Special Award.

Also, Chancellor and President and Head of the Association of Student Clubs, Dr. Kazuyuki Nagai, presented the President's Award to the seven Superior Athlete Award winners and four of the Physical Education Award winners. He also awarded one with the Superior Manager Award and two with the Long-time Manager Award.

Board of Regents Chair and Head of the Association of Student Clubs, Shuji Hisano, presented the Association of Student Clubs Head Award to the Superior Group Award winners, the Superior Group Event Award winners, four of the Outstanding Effort Group Award winners, one of the Outstanding Effort Group Event Award winners, six of the Superior Athlete Award winners, and six of the Physical Education Award winners. Ms. Asazu was presented with the Association of Student Clubs Head Special Award, and seven alumni who participated in international events such as swimming, kendo, and the World Baseball Classic were also awarded.

At the victory celebration after the awards ceremony, the head of the Scholar Athletics Meet, Jotaro Takagi, encouraged the students with “I want you to maintain your abilities and get even more roused up,” while also telling the graduating athletes that “I want you to go into society and be active on the front line, improving the reputation of Chuo University.”

After that, Chancellor and President Nagai praised the award winners with "your diligence and hard work are real contributions to Chuo University." Board of Regents Chair Hisano said "we have to keep Chuo University's sports strong," and emphasized his desire to support them actively going forward.

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Superior Group Award	Semi-hardball Club		61st All Japan College Semi-hardball Tournament Champions
Superior Group Event Award	Fencing Club		49th All Japan Intercollegiate Fencing Tournament Saber Champions
Outstanding Effort Group Award	Shooting Club, Men's		2009 Kanto Student Rifle Shooting Tournament Spring Meet Men's Overall Group Champion
	Shooting Club Women's		2009 Kanto Student Rifle Shooting Tournament Spring Meet Women's Overall Group Champion
	Kenpo Club		Japan Kenpo 20th Eastern Japan College Tournament Group Winner (3rd time in a row)
	Softball Club		30th Eastern Japan Softball Tournament Champions
Outstanding Effort Group Event Award	Bicycle Racing Club		48th All Japan Student Tournament Team Road Race Rally Group (Team Road) Champions
Superior Athlete Award (Individual)	Track Club	Souta Kawatsura (Law 2)	5th East Asia Track Meet Men's 200 m Bronze Medal
	Women's Track Club	Miyabi Tago (Law 3)	5th East Asia Track Meet Women's 400 m Hurdle Gold Medal
			78th Japan Student Track Interschool Tournament Women's 400 m Hurdle Champion
	Swimming Club	Ranmaru Harada (Policy Studies 4)	25th Universiade Track Games Men's 400 m Medley Relay Japan Team Champion
			13th FINA World Aquatics Championship Men's 400 m Medley Relay Japan Team (Set New Japan Record)
			85th Japan Student Swimming Championship 100 m Freestyle Champion (2nd time in a row)
	Shooting Club	Yuka Nakamura (Commerce 4)	22nd All Japan Women's Student Rifle Shooting Tournament 50m3×20W Champion (3rd time in a row)
			2009 All Japan Rifle Shooting Championship 50m3×20W, 50m P60W Champion
			ISSF World Cup Japan Representative (Beijing, China Games, Munich, Germany Games, Milan, Italy Games)
	Weightlifting Club	Naoya Hasegawa (Law 4)	55th All Japan Student Weightlifting Individual Tournament 56 Kilo Class Champion (2nd time in a row)
			55th All Japan Student Weightlifting Tournament 56 Kilo Class Champion
	Ski Club	Takahiro Oikawa (Law 3)	83rd All Japan Student Ski Championship Men's Super Giant Slalom Champion (2nd time in a row) Men's Slalom Champion FIS (UNI) 25th All Japan Alpine Championship Ski Meet Men's Giant Slalom Champion Men's Slalom Champion
	Women's Track Club	Konomi Asazu (Letters 5)	21st Olympic Winter Games (Vancouver, Canada) Women's Two Woman Bobsled Japan Representative * First female student to participate in winter Olympics in Chuo University history
Physical Education Award (Individual)	Volleyball Club	Kazuya Naito (Commerce 4)	25th Universiade Track Games Japan Representative
		Shunsuke Chijiki (Law 2)	25th Universiade Track Games Japan Representative
	Fencing Club	Keisuke Sakamoto (Economics 8)	FIE 2008/2009 Season World Cup Men's Épée Japan Representative
			2009 World Tournament Men's Épée Japan Representative
		Ryo Miyayama (Letters 3)	FIE 2008/2009 Season World Cup Men's Saber Japan Representative
	Wrestling Club	Masayuki Amano (Law 3)	2009 All Japan College Greco-Roman Tournament Men's 84 Kilo Class Champion
		Shinichi Nakai (Economics 3)	2009 All Japan College Greco-Roman Tournament Men's 74 Kilo Class Champion
	Table Tennis Club	Yuki Morita (Letters 4) Tatsuo Seyama (Economics 3)	76th All Japan Student Table Tennis Tournament Men's Doubles Champion
	Car Club	Daiki Tanabe (Law 3)	All Japan Dirt Trail Tournament Champion
			All Japan Student Gymkhana Tournament Champion
		Keisuke Hirao (Law 4)	All Japan Student Car Racing Tournament Men's Compact Car Division B Champion
	Archery Club	Narifumi Suzuki (Science 3)	57th All Japan Student Archery Tournament Champion
	Women's Track Club	Kana Shimizu (Letters 2)	2009 Japan Student Individual Track Tournament Women's 400 m Champion
		Yukari Nomura (Letters 3)	2009 Japan Student Individual Track Tournament Women's 800 m Champion
	Bicycle Racing Club	Masaki Ishida (Law 3) Naoya Tomoe (Commerce 3)	65th All Japan Intercollegiate Tournament Men's Tandem Sprint Champion (Set New Tournament and College Association Record)
	Kenpo Club	Shohei Hamada (Law 2)	25th All Japan Student Individual Kenpo Tournament Champion
	Ski Club	Shun Yamamoto (Law 3)	FIS World Cup Nordic Combined 2009/2010 Japan Representative
	Semi-hardball Club	Hirokazu Sawamura (Commerce 3)	Tohto University Base Ball League Match (Fall) New Jingu Stadium Student Speed Record
	Skating Club	Shunsuke Shigeno (Commerce 2)	2009 IIHF World Tournament Division 1 Group A Japan Representative 3rd Place
Outstanding Effort Award (Individual)	Shooting Club	Ayano Shimizu (Commerce 1)	5th Japan Student Invitational Rifle Shooting Tournament Women's 10mAR Champion
		Taiyo Imai (Law 1)	5th Japan Student Invitational Rifle Shooting Tournament Men's 10mAR Champion
		Noritaka Hamanaka (Economics 2)	2009 Kanto Student Rifle Shooting Fall Tournament Men's 10mS60 Champion
	Ski Club	Akari Shitaka (Letters 1)	2010 All Japan Student Snowboard Championship Women's Giant Slalom Champion
Special Award Individual	Ski Club	Naoki Kaede (Law 4)	International Games Commendation Award Winner (24th Winter Universiade Nordic Combined Team Champion)
	Mountaineering Club	Yusuke Kuramoto (Law 4)	Pang Phuchi, Nepal Succeeded in Climbing Unclimbed Mountain Samdo Peak
		Yoshitaka Kameoka (Law 4)	Pang Phuchi, Nepal Succeeded in Climbing Unclimbed Mountain Samdo Peak
President's Award (Individual)	Track Club	Souta Kawatsura (Law 2)	Superior Athlete Award
	Women's Track Club	Miyabi Tago (Law 3)	Superior Athlete Award
	Swimming Club	Ranmaru Harada (Policy Studies 4)	Superior Athlete Award
	Shooting Club	Yuka Nakamura (Commerce 4)	Superior Athlete Award
	Weightlifting Club	Naoya Hasegawa (Law 4)	Superior Athlete Award
	Ski Club	Takahiro Oikawa (Law 3)	Superior Athlete Award
	Women's Track Club	Konomi Asazu (Letters 5)	Superior Athlete Award
	Table Tennis Club	Yuki Morita (Letters 4) Tatsuo Seyama (Economics 3)	Physical Education Award
	Archery Club	Narifumi Suzuki (Science 3)	Physical Education Award
	Kenpo Club	Shohei Hamada (Law 2)	Physical Education Award
Superior Manager Award	Semi-hardball Club Koji Ikeda
Long-time Manager Award	Fencing Club Sosuke Toda
	Chuo University Sports Newspaper Club Katsuhiro Suzuki
Association of Student Clubs Head Award (Group)	Semi-hardball Club		Superior Group Award
	Fencing Club		Superior Group Event Award
	Shooting Club Men's		Outstanding Effort Group Award
	Shooting Club Women's		Outstanding Effort Group Award
	Kenpo Club		Outstanding Effort Group Award
	Softball Club		Outstanding Effort Group Award
	Bicycle Racing Club		Outstanding Effort Group Event Award
Association of Student Clubs Head Award (Individual)	Track Club	Souta Kawatsura (Law 2)	Superior Athlete Award
	Women's Track Club	Miyabi Tago (Law 3)	Superior Athlete Award
	Swimming Club	Ranmaru Harada (Policy Studies 4)	Superior Athlete Award
	Shooting Club	Yuka Nakamura (Commerce 4)	Superior Athlete Award
	Weightlifting Club	Naoya Hasegawa (Law 4)	Superior Athlete Award
	Ski Club	Takahiro Oikawa (Law 3)	Superior Athlete Award
	Table Tennis Club	Yuki Morita (Letters 4) Tatsuo Seyama (Economics 3)	Physical Education Award
	Archery Club	Narifumi Suzuki (Science 3)	Physical Education Award
	Kenpo Club	Shohei Hamada (Law 2)	Physical Education Award
	Volley Ball Club	Kazuya Naito (Commerce 4)	Physical Education Award
	Volley Ball Club	Shunsuke Chijiki (Law 2)	Physical Education Award
Association of Student Clubs Head Special Award	Women's Track Club	Konomi Asazu (Letters 5)	Superior Athlete Award