Naoki Eiga

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Naoki Eiga ( Japanese 栄 花 直 輝 , Eiga Naoki ; * 1967 in Kimobetsu , Hokkaidō , Japan ) is a Japanese Kendōka and police officer in Hokkaidō.

Eiga began in 1973 in elementary school influenced by his brother Hideyuki with the kendō training. Since 1989 he has been working for the police on Hokkaidō. He knows his wife Naomi from Tōkai University and his Kendō-Dojō.

In 2000, Eiga won the Kendo World Championship and the 48th All-Japanese Kendo Championship, which is considered the most important championship in Kendo. In 2003 he won the Kendo World Championship as part of the team.