Fifteen judokas including two-time Southeast Asian Games champion Kiyomi Watanabe failed to advance to the medal round oaf the Asian Judo Championships held at the Hong Kong Velodrome in Tseung Kwan O in Hong Kong.

Watanabe lost to Kim Joon of South Korea in the second round of the women’s -63 kg. while fellow Filipino-Japanese Keisei Nakano and Mariya Takahashi also bowed out of their respective second-round matches.

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