is a Japanese judoka. He won the gold medal in the openweight division at the 2010 World Judo Championships by defeating

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 ...

of France by a flags decision. Kamikawa is known for being a very technical judoka for a heavy weight and uses techniques such as

harai goshi 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, and cla ...

and uchi mata with frequency. He represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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* * 1989 births Living people Japanese male judoka Judoka at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in judo World judo champions Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Japan Universiade medalists in judo Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Universiade silver medalists for Japan Universiade bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-judo-bio-stub