All-Japan Judo Championships
The All-Japan judo championships (全日本柔道選手権大会 Zennihon jūdō senshuken taikai) 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 is held in Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in April. The Kodokan and All-Japan Judo Federation sponsor the championship.
This tournament has only one open-weight division. Weight distinction is held as All-Japan Selected Judo Championships (全日本選抜柔道体重別選手権大会 Zennihon senbatsu jūdō taijūbetsu senshuken taikai) and Kodokan Cup (講道館杯 Kōdōkan hai) particularly.
For Japanese Judoka, this is one of the three major judo titles, along with the Olympic Games and World Championships. Since 2011 All Japan Judo Championship is fought with International rules.
Records
Men
- Most titles
- Yasuhiro Yamashita : 9 titles
- Naoya Ogawa : 7 titles
- Masahiko Kimura : 4 titles
- Keiji Suzuki : 4 titles
- Most Participation
- Yasuyuki Muneta : 15 times
- Katsuyuki Masuchi : 13 times
- Isamu Sonoda : 12 times
- Jun Konno : 12 times
- Naoto Yabu : 12 times
- Youngest champion
- Satoshi Ishii : Champion at 19 years and 4 months of age in 2006
- Yasuhiro Yamashita : Champion at 19 years and 10 months of age in 1977
- Lightest champion
- Isao Okano : 79 kg in 1969 and 80 kg in 1967[1]
Women
- Most titles
- Maki Tsukada : 9 titles
- Yoko Tanabe : 6 titles
- Noriko Anno : 5 titles
- Miho Ninomiya : 2 titles
Recent Winners
Men
- 2012 – Hirotaka Kato
- 2011 – Keiji Suzuki
- 2010 – Kazuhiko Takahashi
- 2009 – Takamasa Anai
- 2008 – Satoshi Ishii
- 2007 – Keiji Suzuki
- 2006 – Satoshi Ishii
Women
- 2012 – Kanae Yamabe
- 2011 – Mika Sugimoto
- 2010 – Maki Tsukada
- 2009 – Maki Tsukada
- 2008 – Maki Tsukada
- 2007 – Maki Tsukada
- 2006 – Maki Tsukada
References
- ↑ "近代柔道 2010年3月号 これで君も柔道博士". Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 20 February 2010.
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