The All-Japan Judo Championships is an open-weight tournament held every year on April 29th at the storied Nippon Budokan. For Japanese Judoka, this is one of the three major judo titles, along with the Olympic Games and World Championships. Some past All Japan tournament winners include Naoya Ogawa and Satoshi Ishii who have went on to careers in mixed-martial-arts.
This years winner was the worlds #9 (+100kg) Kazuhiko Takahashi who scored a judges decision over world #13 (+100kg) Hiroki Tachiyama in the finals winning his first ever national title.
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