The East Asian nation’s first triumph at the Tampere Exhibition and Sports Center came in the 44 kilograms category as Manami Ueno beat China’s Yumei Chen 14-4 in the final. 

The bronze medal matches saw the United States’ Oveionce Tanyia Ray defeat Canada’s Alexia Adeline Devalmont Seal 10-2 and Romania’s Stefania Claudia Priceputu overcome Bulgaria’s Fatme Ibraimova Mandeva 8-6. 

Japan’s second victory of the day was secured by Yuzuru Kumano, who sealed the defence of her 59kg crown with an 8-2 win over Moldova’s Anastasia Nichita. 

In the bronze medal matches, India’s Kumari Manju defeated Ukraine’s Ilona Prokopevniuk 2-0 and Norway’s Grace Jacob Bullen overcame China’s Jing Jiang 9-3. 

Russia’s gold medals were won in the 51kg and 67kg categories with Kseniia Nezgovorova triumphing in the former and Khanum Velieva in the latter.

Defending champion Nezgovorova beat Ukraine’s Khrystyna Bereza 5-1 in their final, while Velieva defeated Cuba’s Yudari Sanchez Rodriguez 9-7. 

The 51kg bronze medal matches saw Mongolia’s Bolor Erdene Bat Orshikh overcame the US’ Cameron Jaylynn Guerin 12-2 and China’s Xuejiao Liao beat Japan’s Nao Taniyama 10-0.

Kyrgyzstan’s Meerim Zhumanazarova defeated Norway’s Hedda Haug Strand 10-0 in the first 67kg bronze medal match before Romania’s Alexandra Nicoleta Anghel overcame Japan's Naruha Matsuyuki 7-2.   

Competition in the remaining four women’s wrestling categories - 48kg, 55kg, 63kg and 72kg - will be held tomorrow.