Judo Grand Slam Tokyo

Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium

The Grand Slam Tokyo (formerly Jigoro Kano Cup Tokyo International Judo Tournament (嘉納治五郎杯東京国際柔道大会, Kanō Jigorō Hai Tōkyō Kokusai Jūdō Taikai)) is an international judo competition held as part of the International Judo Federation (IJF) World Tour Grand Slam series.

The first Jigoro Kano Cup was held at the Nippon Budōkan from November 23 to 26, 1978 and was a consequence of the canceled 1977 World Judo Championships.[1]

Venues

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Past winners

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Men

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Year Extra-lightweight Half-lightweight Lightweight Half-middleweight Middleweight Half-heavyweight Heavyweight Openweight
as Jigoro Kano Cup
1978 Japan Katsumi Suzuki Japan Katsunori Akimoto Japan Kazuo Yoshimura Japan Shōzō Fujii Japan Isamu Sonoda East Germany Dietmar Lorenz Japan Yasuhiro Yamashita Japan Yasuhiro Yamashita
1982 Japan Shinji Hosokawa Japan Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki Japan Hidetoshi Nakanishi Japan Nobutoshi Hikage Soviet Union Davit Bodaveli Japan Takeshi Suwa Japan Yasuhiro Yamashita
1986 Brazil Sérgio Pessoa Japan Yōsuke Yamamoto Japan Toshihiko Koga Japan Hirotaka Okada Soviet Union Alexander Sivtsev Japan Hitoshi Sugai Japan Hitoshi Saito
1990 Japan Tadashi Itakusu Soviet Union Sergei Kosmynin Japan Toshihiko Koga Japan Hidehiko Yoshida France Jean-Luc Geymond France Stéphane Traineau Japan Naoya Ogawa
1992 Japan Tadashi Itakusu Japan Kenji Maruyama Japan Daisuke Hideshima Japan Tatsuto Mochida Japan Masahiko Nakamashi Poland Paweł Nastula Belgium Harry Van Barneveld
1994 Japan Ryuji Sonoda Japan Yukimasa Nakamura Germany Martin Schmidt Japan Yoichi Nakamura Japan Hidehiko Yoshida Japan Shigeru Okaizumi Germany Frank Möller Japan Yoshiharu Makishi
1996 Japan Tadahiro Nomura Japan Yukimasa Nakamura South Korea Kim Dae-wook Japan Kazunori Kubota France Vincenzo Carabetta Japan Yoshio Nakamura Japan Yoshiharu Makishi Japan Shinichi Shinohara
1999 Japan Masato Uchishiba France Larbi Benboudaoud Uzbekistan Andrey Shturbabin Japan Masahiko Tomouchi Netherlands Mark Huizinga Japan Tomokazu Inoue Japan Yasuyuki Muneta
2001 Japan Yoshinori Shimode
2003 Japan Takeshi Ogawa Japan Tomoo Torii Japan Yusuke Kanamaru Japan Kenzo Nakamura Japan Yuta Yazaki Japan Keiji Suzuki Japan Yasuyuki Muneta
2005 Japan Kōsei Inoue
2006 Austria Ludwig Paischer Japan Hiroyuki Akimoto Italy Francesco Bruyere Japan Hirotaka Kato South Korea Hwang Hee-tae Japan Takamasa Anai Japan Yohei Takai
2007 Japan Hiroaki Hiraoka Poland Tomasz Kowalski South Korea Wang Ki-chun South Korea Song Dae-nam Greece Ilias Iliadis Japan Daisuke Kobayashi Japan Satoshi Ishii
2008 Japan Kisei Akimoto Japan Tatsuaki Egusa South Korea Wang Ki-chun Japan Masahiko Tomouchi Japan Takashi Ono Japan Takamasa Anai Japan Yohei Takai
as Judo Grand Slam
2009 Japan Masaaki Fukuoka Japan Masashi Ebinuma South Korea Wang Ki-chun United Kingdom Euan Burton Japan Takashi Ono South Korea Hwang Hee-tae Japan Kazuhiko Takahashi
2010 Japan Hirofumi Yamamoto Japan Masaaki Fukuoka Japan Riki Nakaya Japan Takahiro Nakai Japan Masashi Nishiyama Japan Takamasa Anai South Korea Kim Sung-min
2011 Japan Hirofumi Yamamoto Japan Tomofumi Takajo Japan Hiroyuki Akimoto Japan Tomohiro Kawakami Japan Masashi Nishiyama Russia Sergei Samoilovich Russia Alexander Mikhaylin
2012 Japan Naohisa Takato Japan Junpei Morishita Japan Shohei Ono South Korea Kim Jae-bum South Korea Lee Kyu-won Japan Daisuke Kobayashi South Korea Kim Sung-min
2013 Japan Naohisa Takato Japan Tomofumi Takajo Japan Riki Nakaya Japan Takanori Nagase Japan Mashu Baker Czech Republic Lukáš Krpálek South Korea Kim Sung-min
2014 South Korea Won-Jin Kim Japan Hifumi Abe Japan Hiroyuki Akimoto Japan Takanori Nagase South Korea Dong-han Gwak South Korea Cho Gu-ham Russia Renat Saidov
2015 Japan Naohisa Takato Japan Tomofumi Takajo Japan Hiroyuki Akimoto Georgia (country) Avtandili Tchrikishvili Japan Mashu Baker Japan Ryunosuke Haga Japan Hisayoshi Harasawa
2016 Japan Ryuju Nagayama Japan Hifumi Abe Japan Soichi Hashimoto Japan Takanori Nagase Serbia Aleksandar Kukolj Russia Kirill Denisov Japan Takeshi Ōjitani
2017 Japan Naohisa Takato Japan Hifumi Abe Japan Arata Tatsukawa Mongolia Otgonbaataryn Uuganbaatar Japan Kenta Nagasawa South Korea Cho Gu-ham Japan Yusei Ogawa
2018 Japan Ryuju Nagayama Japan Joshiro Maruyama Japan Shohei Ono Japan Takeshi Sasaki Japan Shoichiro Mukai Japan Aaron Wolf Netherlands Henk Grol
2019 Japan Naohisa Takato Japan Hifumi Abe Japan Masashi Ebinuma Japan Takanori Nagase Georgia (country) Beka Gviniashvili Japan Ryunosuke Haga Russia Inal Tasoev
2022 South Korea Jeon Seung-beom Japan Joshiro Maruyama Japan Soichi Hashimoto Japan Kenya Kohara Japan Kosuke Mashiyama Italy Gennaro Pirelli Japan Hyōga Ōta
2023 Japan Ryuju Nagayama Japan Hifumi Abe Azerbaijan Hidayat Heydarov South Korea Lee Joon-hwan Japan Sanshiro Murao Matvey Kanikovskiy Tamerlan Bashaev

Women

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Year Extra-lightweight Half-lightweight Lightweight Half-middleweight Middleweight Half-heavyweight Heavyweight
as Jigoro Kano Cup
2007 Cuba Yanet Bermoy Japan Misato Nakamura Japan Aiko Sato Japan Yoshie Ueno Japan Masae Ueno France Céline Lebrun Japan Mai Tateyama
2008 Japan Tomoko Fukumi Japan Yuka Nishida Japan Kaori Matsumoto Slovenia Urška Žolnir France Lucie Décosse China Yang Xiuli Russia Elena Ivashchenko
as Judo Grand Slam
2009 Japan Tomoko Fukumi Japan Misato Nakamura Japan Hitomi Tokuhisa Japan Yoshie Ueno Japan Mina Watanabe Japan Akari Ogata Japan Maki Tsukada
2010 Japan Tomoko Fukumi Japan Yuka Nishida Japan Kaori Matsumoto France Clarisse Agbegnenou Japan Haruka Tachimoto France Audrey Tcheuméo Japan Megumi Tachimoto
2011 Japan Haruna Asami Japan Takumi Miyakawa Japan Kaori Matsumoto Slovenia Urška Žolnir Japan Tomoe Ueno Japan Akari Ogata Japan Mika Sugimoto
2012 Japan Haruna Asami Japan Yuki Hashimoto Japan Anzu Yamamoto Japan Megumi Horikawa Netherlands Linda Bolder Japan Ruika Sato Japan Megumi Tachimoto
2013 Japan Ami Kondo Japan Yuki Hashimoto Japan Nae Udaka Japan Kana Abe Japan Chizuru Arai Netherlands Marhinde Verkerk Japan Megumi Tachimoto
2014 Japan Ami Kondo Japan Yuki Hashimoto Japan Kaori Matsumoto Slovenia Tina Trstenjak France Gévrise Émane United States Kayla Harrison Japan Nami Inamori
2015 Japan Ami Kondo Japan Misato Nakamura Japan Tsukasa Yoshida Germany Martyna Trajdos Japan Chizuru Arai United States Kayla Harrison Japan Nami Inamori
2016 Mongolia Mönkhbatyn Urantsetseg Japan Natsumi Tsunoda Japan Tsukasa Yoshida Austria Kathrin Unterwurzacher Japan Saki Niizoe Japan Ruika Sato Japan Sarah Asahina
2017 Japan Ami Kondo Japan Uta Abe Japan Tsukasa Yoshida Japan Miku Tashiro Japan Yoko Ono Japan Shori Hamada Japan Sarah Asahina
2018 Japan Funa Tonaki Japan Uta Abe Canada Jessica Klimkait Japan Masako Doi Japan Chizuru Arai Japan Ruika Sato Cuba Idalys Ortiz
2019 Japan Funa Tonaki France Amandine Buchard Japan Momo Tamaoki Japan Masako Doi Japan Yoko Ono Japan Mami Umeki Japan Akira Sone
2022 Japan Kano Miyaki Japan Uta Abe Japan Haruka Funakubo Japan Miku Takaichi Japan Saki Niizoe Japan Rika Takayama Japan Akira Sone
2023 Japan Natsumi Tsunoda Japan Uta Abe Canada Christa Deguchi Japan Miku Takaichi Netherlands Sanne van Dijke Brazil Mayra Aguiar Japan Mao Arai
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Judo Grand Slam Tokyo is located in Japan
Tokyo
Tokyo
Osaka
Osaka
Locations of the Grand Slam Tournaments.

References

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  1. ^ Oon Oon Yeoh: Great Judo Championships of the World. Page 198
  2. ^ "OSAKA GRAND SLAM 2018 JAPAN" (PDF).