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{{All-Japan Judo Champions Judo competitions in Japan National championships in Japan
judo
is an unarmed gendai budō, 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 Nipponi ...
tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
held every year in Japan. The men's tournament is held in Nippon Budokan
The , often shortened to simply Budokan, is an indoor arena located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally built for the inaugural Olympic judo competition in the 1964 Summer Olympics. While its primary purpose is to host martial arts con ...
on 29 April and the women's tournament (dubbed "Empress cup All-Japan women's Judo championships") is held in Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
is an indoor sports arena located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 people and was opened in 1962.
It is a five-minute walk from the closest subway station, Kannai Station, on the JR/Yokohama Municipal Subway.
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in April. The Kodokan
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 All Japan Judo Federation
Founded in 1949, the All Japan Judo Federation( ja, 全日本柔道連盟) is the largest judo association in Japan, and the official representative for judo in the Japanese Olympic Committee.
The Federation has several subsidiary organizations ...
sponsor the championship.
This tournament has only one open-weight division. Weight distinction is held as and particularly.
For Japanese Judoka, this is one of the three major judo titles, along with the Olympic Games and World Championships
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
.
Since 2011 All Japan Judo Championship is fought with International rules.
Records
Men
* Most titles
**Yasuhiro Yamashita
is a Japanese judoka. He currently works as an instructor or advisor for numerous organizations, including Tokai University, the International Judo Federation, and thAll Japan Judo Federation He retired from competitive judo on June 17, 1985 a ...
: 9 titles
** Naoya Ogawa : 7 titles
** Masahiko Kimura : 4 titles
**Keiji Suzuki
is a Japanese judoka.
He won the Olympic gold medal in the heavyweight (+100 kg) division in 2004. He is also a two-time world champion.
He is noted for being a remarkably small judoka in the heavyweight division; he also regularly com ...
: 4 titles
*Most Participation
**Yasuyuki Muneta
is a Japanese judoka. He won two gold medals and a silver medal at the World Judo Championships.
He is from Matsuyama, Ehime. After graduation from Meiji University
, abbreviated as Meiji (明治) or Meidai (明大'')'', is a private rese ...
: 15 times
**Katsuyuki Masuchi
is a Japanese judoka. His wife, Chiyori is bronze medalist of Olympic Games in 1992.
Masuchi is from Tsu, Mie. He began judo at the age of a 10 and after graduation from Tsukuba University, He belonged to Marunaka and Nippon Steel.
H ...
: 13 times
**Isamu Sonoda
is a retired Olympic champion Japanese judoka who competed in the middleweight (-80 kg) division.
Biography
Sonoda was born in Yanagawa, Fukuoka, Japan. He attended the Fukuoka Institute of Technology, and won a gold medal at the 1969 W ...
: 12 times
** Jun Konno : 12 times
**Naoto Yabu : 12 times
*Youngest champion
**Satoshi Ishii
is a Japanese-born judoka, mixed martial artist, kickboxer and submission grappler who has held Croatian citizenship since 2019.
Ishii won the gold medal in Olympic Judo at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, a silver medal at the ...
: Champion at 19 years and 4 months of age in 2006
**Yasuhiro Yamashita
is a Japanese judoka. He currently works as an instructor or advisor for numerous organizations, including Tokai University, the International Judo Federation, and thAll Japan Judo Federation He retired from competitive judo on June 17, 1985 a ...
: Champion at 19 years and 10 months of age in 1977
*Lightest champion
**Isao Okano
is a retired judoka who competed in the middleweight (−80 kg) division in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
: 79 kg in 1969 and 80 kg in 1967
Women
* Most titles ** Maki Tsukada : 9 titles ** Yoko Tanabe : 6 titles ** Noriko Anno : 5 titles ** Miho Ninomiya : 2 titles * Youngest champion ** Sarah Asahina – Champion at 20 years and 8 months of age in 2017Recent Winners
Men
*2018 – Hisayoshi Harasawa
is a Japanese judoka. Harasawa was considered a staple of Japanese heavyweight judo throughout the 2010s decade.
He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's +100 kg. where he won the silver medal on the final again ...
*2017 – Takeshi Ojitani
Takeshi ( in hiragana or in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
*武, "warrior"
*毅, "strong"
*猛, "fierce"
*健, "healthy"
*剛, "sturdy"
*彪, "spotted"
*威, "intimidate"
*壮, "robust"
*丈, "length"
*雄, "mascu ...
*2016 – Takeshi Ojitani
Takeshi ( in hiragana or in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
*武, "warrior"
*毅, "strong"
*猛, "fierce"
*健, "healthy"
*剛, "sturdy"
*彪, "spotted"
*威, "intimidate"
*壮, "robust"
*丈, "length"
*雄, "mascu ...
*2015 – Hisayoshi Harasawa
is a Japanese judoka. Harasawa was considered a staple of Japanese heavyweight judo throughout the 2010s decade.
He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's +100 kg. where he won the silver medal on the final again ...
*2014 – Takeshi Ojitani
Takeshi ( in hiragana or in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
*武, "warrior"
*毅, "strong"
*猛, "fierce"
*健, "healthy"
*剛, "sturdy"
*彪, "spotted"
*威, "intimidate"
*壮, "robust"
*丈, "length"
*雄, "mascu ...
*2013 – Takamasa Anai
is a Japanese judoka.
He began judo at the age of 5.
He is Coached by former world champion and olympic silver medalist Shinichi Shinohara. He won the All-Japan Championships and took the bronze medal
at the World Championships in 2009. H ...
*2012 – Hirotaka Kato
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* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the eth ...
*2011 – Keiji Suzuki
is a Japanese judoka.
He won the Olympic gold medal in the heavyweight (+100 kg) division in 2004. He is also a two-time world champion.
He is noted for being a remarkably small judoka in the heavyweight division; he also regularly com ...
*2010 – Kazuhiko Takahashi
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* , politician
* , a video game producer
* Kazuhiko Chiba, Japanese footballer
* Kazuhiko Hasegawa, film director
* Kazuhiko Hosokawa, professional golfer
...
*2009 – Takamasa Anai
is a Japanese judoka.
He began judo at the age of 5.
He is Coached by former world champion and olympic silver medalist Shinichi Shinohara. He won the All-Japan Championships and took the bronze medal
at the World Championships in 2009. H ...
*2008 – Satoshi Ishii
is a Japanese-born judoka, mixed martial artist, kickboxer and submission grappler who has held Croatian citizenship since 2019.
Ishii won the gold medal in Olympic Judo at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, a silver medal at the ...
*2007 – Keiji Suzuki
is a Japanese judoka.
He won the Olympic gold medal in the heavyweight (+100 kg) division in 2004. He is also a two-time world champion.
He is noted for being a remarkably small judoka in the heavyweight division; he also regularly com ...
*2006 – Satoshi Ishii
is a Japanese-born judoka, mixed martial artist, kickboxer and submission grappler who has held Croatian citizenship since 2019.
Ishii won the gold medal in Olympic Judo at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, a silver medal at the ...
Women
*2017 – Sarah Asahina *2016 – Kanae Yamabe *2015 – Megumi Tachimoto *2014 – Kanae Yamabe *2013 –Akari Ogata
is a Japanese judoka.
She started taking part in karate at the age of 7 and she became national junior karate champion when she was 10, but at age 13, she quit karate and started to practise judo.
She won the bronze medal in the half-heavyweig ...
*2012 – Kanae Yamabe
*2011 – Mika Sugimoto
is a Japanese female judoka. She won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, as well as the gold medal in the heavyweight (+78 kg) division and in the openweight division at the 2010 World Judo Championships
The 2010 World Jud ...
*2010 – Maki Tsukada
*2009 – Maki Tsukada
*2008 – Maki Tsukada
*2007 – Maki Tsukada
*2006 – Maki Tsukada
References
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