is a Japanese
judo
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ka. He is four times Asian champion and also won
All-Japan Judo Championships
is a judo tournament held every year in Japan. The men's tournament is held in Nippon Budokan on 29 April and the women's tournament (dubbed "Empress cup All-Japan women's Judo championships") is held in Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in April. T ...
in 1994 and 1997.
Career
He is from
Saitama Prefecture and began judo at the age of a seventh grader.
After graduation from
Nihon University
, abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Japan. Its predecessor, Nihon Law School (currently the Department of Law), was founded by Yamada Akiyoshi, the Minister of Justice (Japan), Minister of Justice, in 1889. ...
, He belonged to
Sohgo Security Services. He was long time before retiring itself from the high school days, a rival of
Naoya Ogawa.
Konno also well known that he and
Hidehiko Yoshida
is a Japanese gold-medalist judoka and retired mixed martial artist. He is a longtime veteran of Japan's PRIDE Fighting Championships, competing in the Middleweight (93kg) and Heavyweight divisions. He won gold at the 1992 Sum ...
quarrelled at the final of All-Japan Championships in 1994, for Konno's dangerous skills like
Kanibasami and
Joint lock
A joint lock is a grappling technique involving manipulation of an opponent's joints in such a way that the joints reach their maximal degree of motion and hyperextension.
In judō these are referred to as, 関節技 ''kansetsu-waza'', "joint lo ...
''Movie''.
As of 2010, Konno coaches judo at his alma mater, Nihon University.
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Achievements
*1986 - World Junior Championships (+95 kg) ''2nd''
:: - All-Japan Junior Championships (+95 kg) ''2nd''
:: - All-Japan University Championships (+95 kg) ''2nd''
*1987 - All-Japan University Championships (+95 kg) ''2nd''
*1989 - Pacific Rim Championships (+95 kg) ''1st''
*1990 -
Jigoro Kano Cup (Openweight) ''2nd''
:: -
All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) ''3rd''
:: - All-Japan Selected Championships (+95 kg) ''3rd''
*1991 -
Asian Championships
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List of Championships (Summer Olympic Sports)
;Aquatics
* Asia ...
(Openweight) ''1st''
:: - All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) ''2nd''
:: - All-Japan Selected Championships (+95 kg) ''3rd''
*1993 - Asian Championships (Openweight) ''1st''
:: - All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) ''2nd''
:: - All-Japan Selected Championships (+95 kg) ''3rd''
*1994 -
Asian Games (+95 kg) ''1st''
:: - All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) ''1st''
*1995 - Kodokan Cup (+95 kg) ''2nd''
*1996 - All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) ''5th''
*1997 - Asian Championships (+95 kg) ''1st''
:: - All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) ''1st''
*1998 - All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) ''5th''
:: - Kodokan Cup (+100 kg) ''1st''
*1999 - Jigoro Kano Cup (+100 kg) ''7th''
:: - All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) ''Loss''
*2000 - All-Japan Selected Championships (+100 kg) ''3rd''
References
Japanese male judoka
Sportspeople from Saitama Prefecture
1967 births
Living people
Nihon University alumni
Asian Games medalists in judo
Judoka at the 1994 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
20th-century Japanese people
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