National Sports Festival of Japan
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National Sports Festival of Japan (国民体育大会 Kokumin Taiiku Taikai?) is the most premier sports event of Japan of national level which are held at a year interval. The abbreviated name is Kokutai (国体). The next games are the 63rd National Sports Festival of Japan (Challenge! Oita Kokutai (チャレンジ！おおいた国体 Charenji! Ōita kokutai?)) and will be held in October 2008 in Ōita Prefecture.
[edit] Emperor's Cup and Empress Cup Champions
| Year | Host | Emperor's Cup | Empress Cup |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto | no title | no title |
| 1947 | Ishikawa | no title | no title |
| 1948 | Fukuoka | Tokyo | Kyoyo |
| 1949 | Tokyo | Tokyo | Tokyo |
| 1950 | Aichi | Tokyo | Tokyo |
| 1951 | Winter | Hokkaido | Hokkaido |
| 1951 | Hiroshima | Tokyo | Tokyo |
| 1952 | Winter | Hokkaido | Hokkaido |
| 1952 | Fukushima Miyagi and Yamagata | Tokyo | Tokyo |
| 1953 | Winter | Hokkaido | Hokkaido |
| 1953 | Shikoku | Tokyo | Tokyo |
| 1954 | Winter | Hokkaido | Hokkaido |
| 1954 | Swimming | Nara | Nara |
| 1954 | Hokkaido | Tokyo | Tokyo |
| 1955 | Kanagawa | Tokyo | Tokyo |
| 1956 | Hyogo | Tokyo | Tokyo |
| 1957 | Shizuoka | Shizuoka | Tokyo |
| 1958 | Toyama | Tokyo | Tokyo |
| 1959 | Tokyo | Tokyo | Tokyo |
| 1960 | Kumamoto | Tokyo | Tokyo |
| 1961 | Akita | Tokyo | Tokyo |
| 1962 | Okayama | Tokyo | Tokyo |
| 1963 | Yamaguchi | Tokyo | Tokyo |
| 1964 | Niigata | Niigata | Niigata |
| 1965 | Gifu | Gifu | Gifu |
| 1966 | Oita | Oita | Tokyo |
| 1967 | Saitama | Saitama | Saitama |
| 1968 | Fukui | Fukui | Tokyo |
| 1969 | Nagasaki | Nagasaki | Nagasaki |
| 1970 | Iwate | Iwate | Osaka |
| 1971 | Wakayama | Wakayama | Osaka |
| 1972 | Kagoshima | Kagoshima | Kagoshima |
| 1973 | Chiba | Chiba | Tokyo |
| 1974 | Ibaraki | Ibaraki | Ibaraki |
| 1975 | Mie | Mie | Mie |
| 1976 | Saga | Saga | Tokyo |
| 1977 | Aomori | Aomori | Aomori |
| 1978 | Nagano | Nagano | Nagano |
| 1979 | Miyazaki | Miyazaki | Miyazaki |
| 1980 | Tochigi | Tochigi | Tochigi |
| 1981 | Shiga | Shiga | Shiga |
| 1982 | Shimane | Shimane | Shimane |
| 1983 | Gunma | Gunma | Gunma |
| 1984 | Nara | Nara | Nara |
| 1985 | Tottori | Tottori | Tottori |
| 1986 | Yamanashi | Yamanashi | Yamanashi |
| 1987 | Okinawa | Okinawa | Okinawa |
| 1988 | Kyoto | Kyoto | Kyoto |
| 1989 | Hokkaido | Hokkaido | Hokkaido |
| 1990 | Fukuoka | Fukuoka | Fukuoka |
| 1991 | Ishikawa | Ishikawa | Ishikawa |
| 1992 | Yamagata | Ishikawa | Ishikawa |
| 1993 | Kagawa and Tokushima | Kagawa | Kagawa |
| 1994 | Aichi | Aichi | Aichi |
| 1995 | Fukushima | Fukushima | Fukushima |
| 1996 | Hiroshima | Hiroshima | Hiroshima |
| 1997 | Osaka | Osaka | Osaka |
| 1998 | Kanagawa | Kanagawa | Kanagawa |
| 1999 | Kumamoto | Kumamoto | Kumamoto |
| 2000 | Toyama | Toyama | Toyama |
| 2001 | Miyagi | Miyagi | Miyagi |
| 2002 | Kochi | Tokyo | Tokyo |
| 2003 | Shizuoka | Shizuoka | Shizuoka |
| 2004 | Saitama | Saitama | Saitama |
| 2005 | Okayama | Okayama | Okayama |
| 2006 | Hyogo | Hyogo | Hyogo |
| 2007 | Akita | Akita | Akita |
