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Judo in Japan is popular. Judo was founded in Tokyo in the Kodokan. Japan is the best judo country in the world. With 40 Olympic judo titles and 125 judo world titles Japan hosts many great judoka. Tadahiro Nomura, Ryoko Tani, Kosei Inoue, Yashuhiro Yamashita are some of the great names of the past. Current Olympic Champions are Shohei Ono, Mashu Baker and Haruka Tachimoto. In 2020 Japan hosts the Olympic Games in Tokyo. In Rio Japan won 12 medals, never a single country won so many medals in judo. All teams of Japan are World Champion. Japan hosted the 2019 World Championships in Tokyo. The Grand Slam will be held in Osaka.

Judo legends

Judoka

Ryoko Tani

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
09/08/2008	3	Olympic Games Beijing	U48
16/09/2007	1	World Championships Rio de Janeiro	U48
14/08/2004	1	Olympic Games Athens	U48
14/09/2003	1	World Championships Osaka	U48
29/07/2001	1	World Championships Munich	U48
16/09/2000	1	Olympic Games Sydney	U48
10/10/1999	1	World Championships Birmingham	U48
12/10/1997	1	World Championships Paris	U48
26/07/1996	2	Olympic Games Atlanta	U48
01/10/1995	1	World Championships Chiba	U48
15/10/1994	1	Asian Games Hiroshima	U48
03/10/1993	1	World Championships Hamilton	U48
02/08/1992	2	Olympic Games Barcelona	U48
09/11/1991	3	Asian Championships Osaka	U48
28/07/1991	3	World Championships Barcelona	U48

Shohei Ono

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
31/07/2021	2	Olympic Games Tokyo Mixed team	U73
26/07/2021	1	Olympic Games Tokyo	U73
27/08/2019	1	World Championships Tokyo	U73
30/08/2018	1	Asian Games Jakarta	U73
08/08/2016	1	Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro	U73
26/08/2015	1	World Championships Astana	U73
28/08/2013	1	World Championships Rio de Janeiro	U73
27/04/2012	2	Asian Championships Tashkent	U73

Naohisa Takato

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
06/10/2022	1	World Championships Tashkent	U60
24/07/2021	1	Olympic Games Tokyo	U60
06/04/2021	1	Asian Oceania Championships Bishkek	U60
20/09/2018	1	World Championships Baku	U60
28/08/2017	1	World Championships Budapest	U60
26/05/2017	1	Asian Championships Hong Kong	U60
06/08/2016	3	Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro	U60
25/08/2014	3	World Championships Chelyabinsk	U60
26/08/2013	1	World Championships Rio de Janeiro	U60

Masae Ueno

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
13/08/2008	1	Olympic Games Beijing	U70
27/04/2008	1	Asian Championships Jeju	U70
03/12/2006	1	Asian Games Doha	U70
18/08/2004	1	Olympic Games Athens	U70
16/05/2004	1	Asian Championships Almaty	U70
12/09/2003	1	World Championships Osaka	U70
03/10/2002	3	Asian Games Busan	U70
27/07/2001	1	World Championships Munich	U70
28/05/2000	1	Asian Championships Osaka	U70

Noriko Anno

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
19/08/2004	1	Olympic Games Athens	U78
11/09/2003	1	World Championships Osaka	U78
26/07/2001	1	World Championships Munich	U78
07/10/1999	1	World Championships Birmingham	U78
09/10/1997	1	World Championships Paris	U72
15/10/1994	1	Asian Games Hiroshima	OpenW
30/09/1993	2	World Championships Hamilton	O72

Judoka Ryoko Tani

Olympic Games Beijing
09/08/2008	U48	Result 3

World Championships Rio de Janeiro
16/09/2007	U48	Result 1

Olympic Games Athens
14/08/2004	U48	Result 1

World Championships Osaka
14/09/2003	U48	Result 1

World Championships Munich
29/07/2001	U48	Result 1

Olympic Games Sydney
16/09/2000	U48	Result 1

World Championships Birmingham
10/10/1999	U48	Result 1

World Championships Paris
12/10/1997	U48	Result 1

Olympic Games Atlanta
26/07/1996	U48	Result 2

World Championships Chiba
01/10/1995	U48	Result 1

Asian Games Hiroshima
15/10/1994	U48	Result 1

World Championships Hamilton
03/10/1993	U48	Result 1

Olympic Games Barcelona
02/08/1992	U48	Result 2

Asian Championships Osaka
09/11/1991	U48	Result 3

World Championships Barcelona
28/07/1991	U48	Result 3

Judoka Shohei Ono

Olympic Games Tokyo Mixed team
31/07/2021	U73	Result 2

Olympic Games Tokyo
26/07/2021	U73	Result 1

World Championships Tokyo
27/08/2019	U73	Result 1

Asian Games Jakarta
30/08/2018	U73	Result 1

Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro
08/08/2016	U73	Result 1

World Championships Astana
26/08/2015	U73	Result 1

World Championships Rio de Janeiro
28/08/2013	U73	Result 1

Asian Championships Tashkent
27/04/2012	U73	Result 2

Judoka Naohisa Takato

World Championships Tashkent
06/10/2022	U60	Result 1

Olympic Games Tokyo
24/07/2021	U60	Result 1

Asian Oceania Championships Bishkek
06/04/2021	U60	Result 1

World Championships Baku
20/09/2018	U60	Result 1

World Championships Budapest
28/08/2017	U60	Result 1

Asian Championships Hong Kong
26/05/2017	U60	Result 1

Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro
06/08/2016	U60	Result 3

World Championships Chelyabinsk
25/08/2014	U60	Result 3

World Championships Rio de Janeiro
26/08/2013	U60	Result 1

Judoka Masae Ueno

Olympic Games Beijing
13/08/2008	U70	Result 1

Asian Championships Jeju
27/04/2008	U70	Result 1

Asian Games Doha
03/12/2006	U70	Result 1

Olympic Games Athens
18/08/2004	U70	Result 1

Asian Championships Almaty
16/05/2004	U70	Result 1

World Championships Osaka
12/09/2003	U70	Result 1

Asian Games Busan
03/10/2002	U70	Result 3

World Championships Munich
27/07/2001	U70	Result 1

Asian Championships Osaka
28/05/2000	U70	Result 1

Judoka Noriko Anno

Olympic Games Athens
19/08/2004	U78	Result 1

World Championships Osaka
11/09/2003	U78	Result 1

World Championships Munich
26/07/2001	U78	Result 1

World Championships Birmingham
07/10/1999	U78	Result 1

World Championships Paris
09/10/1997	U72	Result 1

Asian Games Hiroshima
15/10/1994	OpenW	Result 1

World Championships Hamilton
30/09/1993	O72	Result 2

Last 365 days of judo

Judoka

Megumi Horikawa

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
03/12/2022	3	Grand Slam Tokyo	U63
09/10/2022	1	World Championships Tashkent	U63
09/07/2022	1	Grand Slam Budapest	U63
18/02/2022	1	Grand Slam Tel Aviv	U63

Sanshiro Murao

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
22/12/2022	1	IJF World Masters Jerusalem	U90
03/12/2022	3	Grand Slam Tokyo	U90
06/08/2022	1	Asian Championships Nur-Sultan	U90
10/07/2022	1	Grand Slam Budapest	U90

Uta Abe

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
04/12/2022	1	Grand Slam Tokyo	U52
07/10/2022	1	World Championships Tashkent	U52
15/07/2022	1	Grand Prix Zagreb	U52

Haruka Funakubo

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
04/02/2023	3	Grand Slam Paris	U57
03/12/2022	1	Grand Slam Tokyo	U57
08/10/2022	2	World Championships Tashkent	U57
08/07/2022	1	Grand Slam Budapest	U57

Wakana Koga

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
20/12/2022	2	IJF World Masters Jerusalem	U48
04/12/2022	3	Grand Slam Tokyo	U48
04/08/2022	1	Asian Championships Nur-Sultan	U48
15/07/2022	1	Grand Prix Zagreb	U48

Judoka Megumi Horikawa

Grand Slam Tokyo
03/12/2022	U63	Result 3

World Championships Tashkent
09/10/2022	U63	Result 1

Grand Slam Budapest
09/07/2022	U63	Result 1

Grand Slam Tel Aviv
18/02/2022	U63	Result 1

Judoka Sanshiro Murao

IJF World Masters Jerusalem
22/12/2022	U90	Result 1

Grand Slam Tokyo
03/12/2022	U90	Result 3

Asian Championships Nur-Sultan
06/08/2022	U90	Result 1

Grand Slam Budapest
10/07/2022	U90	Result 1

Judoka Uta Abe

Grand Slam Tokyo
04/12/2022	U52	Result 1

World Championships Tashkent
07/10/2022	U52	Result 1

Grand Prix Zagreb
15/07/2022	U52	Result 1

Judoka Haruka Funakubo

Grand Slam Paris
04/02/2023	U57	Result 3

Grand Slam Tokyo
03/12/2022	U57	Result 1

World Championships Tashkent
08/10/2022	U57	Result 2

Grand Slam Budapest
08/07/2022	U57	Result 1

Judoka Wakana Koga

IJF World Masters Jerusalem
20/12/2022	U48	Result 2

Grand Slam Tokyo
04/12/2022	U48	Result 3

Asian Championships Nur-Sultan
04/08/2022	U48	Result 1

Grand Prix Zagreb
15/07/2022	U48	Result 1

Last results

	Judo event	Type	Place	Date

1	Grand Slam Tokyo	GSL	Tokyo	3 Dec 2022
2	Kodokan Cup Chiba	NT	Chiba	29 Oct 2022
3	All Japan Judo Championships Tokyo	NC	Tokyo	29 Apr 2022
4	All Japan Open Championships Yokohama	NC	Yokohama	17 Apr 2022
5	All Japan Judo Championships Fukuoka	NC	Fukuoka	2 Apr 2022

1.
Judo event	Grand Slam Tokyo
Type	GSL
Place	Tokyo
Date	3 Dec 2022

2.
Judo event	Kodokan Cup Chiba
Type	NT
Place	Chiba
Date	29 Oct 2022

3.
Judo event	All Japan Judo Championships Tokyo
Type	NC
Place	Tokyo
Date	29 Apr 2022

4.
Judo event	All Japan Open Championships Yokohama
Type	NC
Place	Yokohama
Date	17 Apr 2022

5.
Judo event	All Japan Judo Championships Fukuoka
Type	NC
Place	Fukuoka
Date	2 Apr 2022

Birthdays

	Name	Birthdate	Age

1	Daigo Kagawa	9 Feb 1997	26 years
2	Shoichiro Mukai	10 Feb 1996	27 years
3	Ayumi Ishii	10 Feb 1989	34 years
4	Yasuyuki Muneta	10 Feb 1981	42 years
5	Tatsuhiro Hiranabe	11 Feb 1996	27 years

1.
Name	Daigo Kagawa
Birthdate	9 Feb 1997
Age	26

2.
Name	Shoichiro Mukai
Birthdate	10 Feb 1996
Age	27

3.
Name	Ayumi Ishii
Birthdate	10 Feb 1989
Age	34

4.
Name	Yasuyuki Muneta
Birthdate	10 Feb 1981
Age	42

5.
Name	Tatsuhiro Hiranabe
Birthdate	11 Feb 1996
Age	27

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