is a retired

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ese

judoka 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"). ...

. He was born in

Tsurugi, Ishikawa was a town located in Ishikawa District, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 22,103 and a density of 620.17 persons per km2. The total area was 35.64 km2. On February 1, 2005, Tsurugi, along with ...

, and began to train in judo at the age of 5. He entered the Ryotokuji Gakuen after graduating from

Tsukuba University is a public research university located in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. It is a top 10 Designated National University, and was ranked Type A by the Japanese government as part of the Top Global University Project. The university has 28 college c ...

. He is good at

Seoinage is a shoulder throw, one of the traditional forty throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the first group, Dai Ikkyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo (no waza), of Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67 Thro ...

and

Sode tsurikomi goshi is a Judo throw and one of the techniques adopted by the Kodokan into their Shinmeisho No Waza (newly accepted techniques) list. It is categorized as a hip technique, or Koshi-waza. Sode Tsurikomi Goshi translates as sleeve lifting pulling hip th ...

. Since 2000, He got a gold medal at the

Kodokan Cup The , or ''Kōdōkan'' (講道館), is the headquarters of the worldwide judo community. The ''kōdōkan'' was founded in 1882 by Kanō Jigorō, the founder of judo, and is now an eight-story building in Tokyo. Etymology Literally, ''kō'' ( ...

, and has been a judoka representing Japan in the Lightweight category. Kanamaru was placed seventh in the Men's 73 kg class at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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* * Japanese male judoka 1979 births Sportspeople from Ishikawa Prefecture Living people Asian Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Japan 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-judo-bio-stub