| For the Masters Championships 2009 there were 108 participants, with 90 men and 18 women.
Men's 6 age categories were for 40 years, 50 years, 60 years, 65 years, 70 years and 75 years, and we had nine competitors for 70 years, and five for 75 years.
Just for your information, the competitor Mr. Tsutomu Tosaka became Champion as many as 12 times in total in the past, including successive winning from 1999 through to 2009.
In Japan, there are various news media covering his story with encouraging comments about the Bodybuilding sports being most likely to help human anti-aging lifestyle.
Congratulations to the Japanese Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation and its President Mr Hitoshi Tamari, for their continued contributions to bodybuilding as sport and ideal anti aging lifestyle.

75 years class top 5 competitors:
1st: Jiro KOBAYASHI 75 years
2nd: Yutaka KOSAIHIRA 75 years
3rd: Kinya FUJIWARA 75 years
4th: Shoichi AOYAMA 78 years
5th: Toshikazu TABUKI 79 years

1st place Jiro Kobayashi

1st place Jiro Kobayashi

7 top competitors for 70 years class lined up:
1st: Tsutomu TOSAKA 74 years
2nd: Hiroo KIMURA 72 years
3rd: Toshisuke KANAZAWA 73 years
4th: Hideo ANODA 70 years
5th: Kiyoshi NAKAJIMA 70 years

1st place Tsutomu Tosaka
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