the Golden team of Japan is BACK
The team of Japan is fully back in the top of judo. Forget 2012, they’re back. With the double in the team event, for the first time since 2002 and six gold medals, four silver medals and five bronze medals the team impressed like never before.
Year | City | men | women |
1997 | Osaka | bronze | bronze |
1998 | Minsk | gold | 5th |
2002 | Basel | gold | gold |
2006 | Paris | 5th | bronze |
2007 | Beijing | gold | bronze |
2008 | Tokyo | 5th | gold |
2010 | Antalya | gold | bronze |
2011 | Paris | bronze | silver |
2013 | Rio de Janeiro | bronze | gold |
2014 | Chelyabinsk | gold | bronze |
2015 | Astana | gold | gold |
The Japanese completed the aim to take World Championships in all 14 weight categories. Takanori Nagase closed the gap of that single missing world title.
Category Last World Champion
U60kg 2013: Naohisa Takato
U66kg 2014: Masashi Ebinuma
U73kg 2015: Shohei Ono
U81kg 2015: Takanori Nagase, the first ever
U90kg 2005: Hiroshi Izumi
U100kg 2015: Ryunosuke Haga
O100kg 2003: Yasuyuki Muneta
U48kg 2014: Ami Kondo
U52kg 2015: Misato Nakamura
U57kg 2015: Kaori Matsumoto
U63kg 2010: Yoshie Ueno
U70kg 2003: Masae Ueno
U78kg 2015: Mami Umeki
O78kg 2010: Mika Sugimoto
Result | City | Date |
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2 | Paris | 30 Jul |
1 | Abu Dhabi | 21 May |
1 | Zagreb | 26 Apr |
3 | Belgrade | 2023 |
2 | Montpellier | 2023 |