All-Japan Judo Championships

Men's final in 2007
Satoshi Ishii (left) vs Keiji Suzuki (right)

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 (dubbed "Empress cup All-Japan women's Judo championships") 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

Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu, achieved championship of the third own in 1955

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

The participants of championship in 1954

2016 – Takeshi Ojitani
2015 – Hisayoshi Harasawa
2014 – Takeshi Ojitani
2013 – Takamasa Anai
2012 – Hirotaka Kato
2011 – Keiji Suzuki
2010 – Kazuhiko Takahashi
2009 – Takamasa Anai
2008 – Satoshi Ishii
2007 – Keiji Suzuki
2006 – Satoshi Ishii

Women

2016 – Kanae Yamabe
2015 – Megumi Tachimoto
2014 – Kanae Yamabe
2013 – Akari Ogata
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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All-Japan Judo Champions

Men	1930 Kanbe Furusawa 1931 Tatsukuma Ushijima 1932 Tatsukuma Ushijima 1933 Not held 1934 Suekichi Tanaka 1935 Eisaku Iiyama 1936 Isamu Shinbara / Shinkichi Setoguchi 1937 Masahiko Kimura 1938 Masahiko Kimura 1939 Masahiko Kimura 1940 Not held 1941 Iwao Hirose 1942–47 Not held 1948 Yasuichi Matsumoto 1949 Takahiko Ishikawa / Masahiko Kimura 1950 Takahiko Ishikawa 1951 Toshiro Daigo 1952 Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu 1953 Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu 1954 Toshiro Daigo 1955 Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu 1956 Not held 1957 Shokichi Natsui 1958 Koji Sone 1959 Isao Inokuma 1960 Akio Kaminaga 1961 Akio Kaminaga 1962 Yoshinori Takeuchi 1963 Isao Inokuma 1964 Akio Kaminaga 1965 Seiji Sakaguchi 1966 Mitsuo Matsunaga 1967 Isao Okano 1968 Takeshi Matsuzaka 1969 Isao Okano 1970 Masatoshi Shinomaki 1971 Kaneo Iwatsuri 1972 Shinobu Sekine 1973 Haruki Uemura 1974 Nobuyuki Sato 1975 Haruki Uemura 1976 Sumio Endo 1977 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1978 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1979 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1980 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1981 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1982 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1983 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1984 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1985 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1986 Yoshimi Masaki 1987 Yoshimi Masaki 1988 Hitoshi Saito 1989 Naoya Ogawa 1990 Naoya Ogawa 1991 Naoya Ogawa 1992 Naoya Ogawa 1993 Naoya Ogawa 1994 Jun Konno 1995 Naoya Ogawa 1996 Naoya Ogawa 1997 Jun Konno 1998 Shinichi Shinohara 1999 Shinichi Shinohara 2000 Shinichi Shinohara 2001 Kosei Inoue 2002 Kosei Inoue 2003 Kosei Inoue 2004 Keiji Suzuki 2005 Keiji Suzuki 2006 Satoshi Ishii 2007 Keiji Suzuki 2008 Satoshi Ishii 2009 Takamasa Anai 2010 Kazuhiko Takahashi 2011 Keiji Suzuki 2012 Hirotaka Kato 2013 Takamasa Anai 2014 Takeshi Ojitani 2015 Hisayoshi Harasawa 2016 Takeshi Ojitani

Women	1986 Kaori Hachinohe 1987 Yoko Tanabe 1988 Yoko Tanabe 1989 Yoko Tanabe 1990 Yoko Tanabe 1991 Yoko Tanabe 1992 Yoko Tanabe 1993 Noriko Anno 1994 Noriko Anno 1995 Noriko Anno 1996 Noriko Anno 1997 Miho Ninomiya 1998 Miho Ninomiya 1999 Noriko Anno 2000 Mayumi Yamashita 2001 Midori Shintani 2002 Maki Tsukada 2003 Maki Tsukada 2004 Maki Tsukada 2005 Maki Tsukada 2006 Maki Tsukada 2007 Maki Tsukada 2008 Maki Tsukada 2009 Maki Tsukada 2010 Maki Tsukada 2011 Mika Sugimoto 2012 Kanae Yamabe 2013 Akari Ogara 2014 Kanae Yamabe 2015 Megumi Tachimoto 2016 Kanae Yamabe

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