is a Japanese judoka. He won a medal at the

2019 World Judo Championships The 2019 World Judo Championships were held in Tokyo, Japan from 25 August to 1 September 2019. Schedule ''All times are local (Japan Standard Time, UTC+9).'' Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Mixed events Prize m ...

. He won the 2021 World Judo Championships in the heavyweight division. In 2017, he won the gold medal in the men's +100 kg event at the

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held in

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

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. In 2020 he became world-renowned for after ending the 10-year unbeaten streak of legendary French judoka

Teddy Riner Teddy Pierre-Marie Riner (, ; born 7 April 1989) is a French judoka. He has won ten World Championships gold medals, the first and only judoka (male or female) to do so, and three Olympic gold medals (two individual, one team). He has also won ...

during the

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, beating him by an

ippon is the highest score a fighter can achieve in a Japanese martial arts ''ippon-wazari'' contest, usually kendo, judo, karate or jujitsu. In Judo In Judo, an ippon may be scored for a throw, a pin, a choke or a jointlock. For throws, the four ...

and consequently causing him his first defeat in years.International Judo Federation: Riner’s 10-year undefeated streak ended by Japan’s Kageura
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* 1995 births Living people Japanese male judoka World judo champions Judoka at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in judo Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Universiade medalists in judo Universiade gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people Jacket wrestlers {{Japan-judo-bio-stub