is a Japanese

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ka. Kubota is from

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. He began judo at the age of a 2nd grader and after graduation from

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, he belonged to Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Kubota received a gold medal at the

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in 1996 and silver medal at the World Masters Munich in 1997. He also participate

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in 1998, but defeated by

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from

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As of 2009, Kubota coaches judo at All-Japan national team and Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

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Japanese male judoka Sportspeople from Kawasaki, Kanagawa 1975 births Living people Judoka at the 1998 Asian Games Universiade medalists in judo FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games competitors for Japan Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-judo-bio-stub