is a Japanese

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ka. He was born in

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, and began judo at in earnest at the age of a junior high student. After graduating from

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, Mochida entered the

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and won a silver medal at the -78 kg category of the

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in 1989. He was good at

Okuriashi harai is one of the original 40 throws of Judo as developed by Kano Jigoro. It belongs to the second group of the traditional throwing list in the ''Gokyo no waza'' of the Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67 Throws of Kodokan Judo. It ...

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and Uchi mata. Mochida retired after All-Japan Police Championships in 1998. As of 2009, he coaches All-Japan men's judo team and so on.

Achievements

*1984 - All-Japan Junior Championships (-78 kg) ''1st'' *1985 - All-Japan University Championships (-78 kg) ''1st'' *1986 - Kodokan Cup (-78 kg) ''3rd'' *1987 - All-Japan Selected Championships (-78 kg) ''2nd'' :: - All-Japan University Championships (-78 kg) ''1st'' *1988 - Kodokan Cup (-86 kg) ''3rd'' *1989 -

(-78 kg) ''2nd'' :: - All-Japan Selected Championships (-78 kg) ''1st'' :: - Kodokan Cup (-78 kg) ''1st'' *1990 -

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(-78 kg) ''3rd'' :: - Tournoi Super World Cup Paris (-78 kg) ''1st'' :: - Kodokan Cup (-78 kg) ''1st'' *1991 - All-Japan Selected Championships (-78 kg) ''3rd'' *1992 - Jigoro Kano Cup (-78 kg) ''1st'' :: - All-Japan Selected Championships (-78 kg) ''2nd'' *1993 - All-Japan Selected Championships (-78 kg) ''3rd'' *1994 - All-Japan Selected Championships (-78 kg) ''1st'' :: - Kodokan Cup (-78 kg) ''2nd'' *1995 - All-Japan Selected Championships (-78 kg) ''2nd'' :: - All-Japan Police Championships (Middleweight) ''1st'' *1996 - All-Japan Police Championships (-86 kg) ''1st'' *1997 - All-Japan Police Championships (-86 kg) ''2nd''

References

1965 births Living people Japanese male judoka Sportspeople from Fukuoka Prefecture Nihon University alumni 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-judo-bio-stub