Kaori Matsumoto
is a retired Japanese judoka. Career Kaori Matsumoto started judo at the age of 6. Iwai Judo Juku, the school she attended, also worked on wrestling once a week. Therefore, she brought a stance of leaning forward, similar to that of wrestling, to judo. As an elementary school student, she won medals at national wrestling competitions. In judo, she won her first national tournament when she was in her senior year of junior high school. Her favorite techniques are Kosoto gari, Sode tsurikomi goshi and Newaza. She broke her right shoulder during high school, her nasal bone and right elbow during college, and her right hand during the 2009 world championship due to an unbalanced diet and finished fifth. After those events, she began to control her eating habits and learned the importance of food education. She then won the International Conventions championship 7 times in a row, from the World Masters of January 2010 to the Grand Slam Tokyo of December 2010. She won the gold med ...
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ...
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Asian Judo Championships
Asian Judo Championships is the Judo Asian Championship organized by the Judo Union of Asia. The men's tournament began in 1966 and was held approximately every four years, until 1991, when it became an annual event (except in the years when the Asian Games have been held.) The women's tournament was first staged in 1981, and it has been held with the men's tournament every year, except in 1984/5. List of tournaments Judo Team Asian Championships ;Mixed Team Medal table References Asian Championships Results

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2014 Judo Grand Slam Tokyo
The 2014 Judo Grand Slam Tokyo was held in Tokyo, Japan, from 5 to 7 December 2014. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Source Results Medal table References External links * {{IJF World Tour Japan 2014 IJF World Tour 2014 Judo Grand Slam Judo Grand Slam, 2015 Judo Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...

2011 Judo Grand Slam Tokyo
The 2011 Judo Grand Slam Tokyo was held in Tokyo, Japan from 9 to 11 December 2011. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Source Results Medal table References External links * {{Authority control 2011 IJF World Tour 2011 Judo Grand Slam Judo Grand Slam, 2011 Judo Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...

2010 Judo Grand Slam Tokyo
The 2010 Judo Grand Slam Tokyo was held in Tokyo, Japan, from 11 to 13 December 2010. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Source Results References External links * {{IJF World Tour Japan 2010 IJF World Tour 2010 Judo Grand Slam Judo Judo competitions in Japan Judo Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...

2010 Judo Grand Slam Rio De Janeiro
The 2010 Judo Grand Slam Rio de Janeiro was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 22 to 23 May 2010. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Source Results References External links * {{IJF World Tour Brazil 2010 IJF World Tour 2010 Judo Grand Slam Judo Judo competitions in Brazil Judo Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...

2010 Judo Grand Slam Paris
The 2010 Judo Grand Slam Paris was held in Paris, France, from 6 to 7 February 2010. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Source Results References External links * {{IJF World Tour Paris 2010 IJF World Tour 2010 Judo Grand Slam Judo Grand Slam Paris 2010 Judo Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...

2009 Judo Grand Slam Moscow
The 2009 Judo Grand Slam Moscow was held in Moscow, Russia, from 30 to 31 May 2009. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Source Results References External links * {{IJF World Tour Russia 2009 IJF World Tour 2009 Judo Grand Slam Judo Judo competitions in Russia Judo Judo is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

2008 Judo Grand Slam Tokyo
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Judo Grand Slam
The Judo Grand Slam tournaments are international judo tournaments held by the International Judo Federation as part of the IJF World Tour. After the Olympic Games, World Championships and World Masters, the Grand Slam tournaments are the highest-ranking worldwide judo tournaments, i.e. the tournaments in which the judoka can acquire the most ranking points. While some sources states that the first Grand Slam tournament was held in Tokyo in December 2008, the IJF titled it as "Kano Cup", not "Grand Slam". In 2009 additional tournaments were also held in Paris, Moscow and Rio de Janeiro. In 2013, Baku replaced Rio de Janeiro. Until 2013 there were four Grand Slam tournaments every year. In 2014 it was decided that a fifth tournament would be added which would be held in Abu Dhabi. In 2019 two additional tournaments were added. 9 Grand Slam tournaments are planned for 2022. Grand Slam tournaments The locations where the tournaments are held in 2022: Other locations where the ...
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2011 Judo World Masters
The 2011 Judo World Masters World Masters was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 15 to 16 January 2011. Medal summary Medal table Host nation Men's events Women's events References External links * {{Authority control IJF World Masters World Masters World Masters Judo Masters 2011 Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...

2012 Judo World Masters
The 2012 Judo World Masters was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from 14 to 15 January 2012. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events References External links * {{2012 in IJF World Tour IJF World Masters World Masters Judo Masters 2012 Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ... January 2012 sports events in Asia ...
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