is a retired

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ka. Kamochi is from

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. He began

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at the age of 3rd grader and won the championship consecutively for six years. He also began judo at his junior high school days and when he was a student of

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, he was trained by former world champion,

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. In 1991, he participated in the

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held in

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. He also participated

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and won a gold medal at the half-heavyweight category. Kamochi belonged to JRA after graduation from university in 1992. He retired in 1999 after All-Japan Teams Championships.

Achievements

*1989 - All-Japan Junior Championships (-95 kg) ''1st'' :: - All-Japan Selected Championships (-95 kg) ''3rd'' :: - Kodokan Cup (-95 kg) ''3rd'' *1990 : World University Championships (-95 kg) ''1st'' :: -

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(-95 kg) ''2nd'' :: - All-Japan Selected Championships (-95 kg) ''3rd'' :: - All-Japan University Championships (-95 kg) ''3rd'' *1991 -

(-95 kg) ''5th'' :: -

(-95 kg) ''1st'' :: - Kodokan Cup (-95 kg) ''1st'' :: - All-Japan Selected Championships (-95 kg) ''2nd'' :: - All-Japan University Championships (-95 kg) ''1st'' *1992 - Jigoro Kano Cup (-95 kg) ''2nd'' :: - All-Japan Selected Championships (-95 kg) ''3rd'' :: - Kodokan Cup (-95 kg) ''3rd'' *1993 -

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(-95 kg) ''2nd'' :: - All-Japan Selected Championships (-95 kg) ''2nd'' *1994 - Jigoro Kano Cup (-95 kg) ''3rd'' :: - All-Japan Selected Championships (-95 kg) ''1st'' :: - Kodokan Cup (-95 kg) ''3rd'' :: - Kodokan CupIn 1994, Kodokan Cup was held 2 times, April and December. (-95 kg) ''1st'' *1995 - All-Japan Selected Championships (-95 kg) ''3rd'' :: - Kodokan Cup (-95 kg) ''3rd'' *1996 - Jigoro Kano Cup (-95 kg) ''2nd'' :: - All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) ''3rd'' :: - All-Japan Selected Championships (-95 kg) ''2nd'' :: - Kodokan Cup (-95 kg) ''3rd'' *1997 - All-Japan Selected Championships (-95 kg) ''3rd''

References

Japanese male judoka Sportspeople from Saitama Prefecture 1970 births Living people Nihon University alumni 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-judo-bio-stub