Jigoro Kano Cup
The Jigoro Kano Cup was an invitation-only tournament in Tokyo in honor of the highest master of judo Jigoro Kano . It was held 15 times from 1978 to 2007 and was one of the most popular judo tournaments. Since 2008, the Grand Slam tournament has been held in succession to the Jigoro Kano Cup .
Winner list 1978
The first Jigoro Kano Cup was held from November 23 to 26, 1978 in Nippon Budōkan and was a consequence of the canceled Judo World Championships in 1977. Dietmar Lorenz from the GDR was the only foreigner to win the tournament.
| Weight class | Men |
|---|---|
| Super light weight | Katsumi Suzuki |
| Half light weight | Katsunori Akimoto |
| lightweight | Kazuo Yoshimura |
| Light middleweight | Shōzō Fujii |
| medium weight | Isamu Sonoda |
| Light heavyweight | Dietmar Lorenz |
| Heavyweight | Yasuhiro Yamashita |
| Open class | Yasuhiro Yamashita |
1981 list of winners
The Jigoro Kano Cup was held in Tokyo on November 14th and 15th, 1981. Alexander Shurov from the Soviet Union was the only foreigner to win the tournament.
| Weight class | Men |
|---|---|
| Super light weight | Kenichi Haraguchi |
| Half light weight | Toshiro Saito |
| lightweight | Hidetoshi Nakanishi |
| Light middleweight | Nobutoshi Hikage |
| medium weight | Seiki Nose |
| Light heavyweight | Alexander Schurow |
| Heavyweight | Yasuhiro Yamashita |
| Open class | Hitoshi Saito |
1982 list of winners
The Jigoro Kano Cup was held in Tokyo on November 11-14, 1982. David Bodaveli from the Soviet Union was the only foreigner to win the tournament.
| Weight class | Men |
|---|---|
| Super light weight | Shinji Hosokawa |
| Half light weight | Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki |
| lightweight | Hidetoshi Nakanishi |
| Light middleweight | Nobutoshi Hikage |
| medium weight | David Bodaveli |
| Light heavyweight | Takeshi Suwa |
| Open class | Yasuhiro Yamashita |
1986 list of winners
The Jigoro Kano Cup was held in Tokyo from October 27th to November 3rd, 1986. With the Brazilian Sergio Pessoa and Alexander Sivtsew from the Soviet Union, two non-Japanese won the tournament for the first time.
| Weight class | Men |
|---|---|
| Super light weight | Sergio Pessoa |
| Half light weight | Yōsuke Yamamoto |
| lightweight | Toshihiko Koga |
| Light middleweight | Hirotaka Okada |
| medium weight | Alexander Sivtsev |
| Light heavyweight | Hitoshi Sugai |
| Open class | Hitoshi Saito |
1990 list of winners
The Jigoro Kano Cup was held in Tokyo from November 30th to December 2nd, 1990. In addition to Sergei Kosminin from the Soviet Union, the French Jean-Louis Geymond and Stéphane Traineau won three non-Japanese players for the first time at the tournament.
| Weight class | Men |
|---|---|
| Super light weight | Tadashi Itakusu |
| Half light weight | Sergei Kosminin |
| lightweight | Toshihiko Koga |
| Light middleweight | Hidehiko Yoshida |
| medium weight | Jean-Louis Geymond |
| Light heavyweight | Stéphane Traineau |
| Heavyweight | Naoya Ogawa |
| Open class | Naoya Ogawa |
1992 list of winners
The Jigoro Kano Cup was held in Tokyo on November 29th and 30th, 1992. The Pole Paweł Nastula and the Belgian Harry Van Barneveld won as non-Japanese.
| Weight class | Men |
|---|---|
| Super light weight | Tadashi Itakusu |
| Half light weight | Kenji Maruyama |
| lightweight | Daisuke Hideshima |
| Light middleweight | Tatsuto Mochida |
| medium weight | Masahiko Nakahashi |
| Light heavyweight | Paweł Nastula |
| Open class | Harry Van Barneveld |
1994 list of winners
The Jigoro Kano Cup was held in Tokyo from November 24th to 26th, 1994. The Germans Martin Schmidt and Frank Möller won as non-Japanese.
| Weight class | Men |
|---|---|
| Super light weight | Ryūji Sonoda |
| Half light weight | Yukimasa Nakamura |
| lightweight | Martin Schmidt |
| Light middleweight | Yoichi Nakano |
| medium weight | Hidehiko Yoshida |
| Light heavyweight | Shigeru Okaizumi |
| Heavyweight | Frank Möller |
| Open class | Yoshiharu Makishi |
Winner list 1996
The Jigoro Kano Cup was held in Tokyo from November 22nd to 24th, 1996. The South Korean Kim Dae-wook and the French Vincenzo Carabetta won as non-Japanese.
| Weight class | Men |
|---|---|
| Super light weight | Tadahiro Nomura |
| Half light weight | Yukimasa Nakamura |
| lightweight | Kim Dae-wook |
| Light middleweight | Kazunori Kubota |
| medium weight | Vincenzo Carabetta |
| Light heavyweight | Yoshio Nakamura |
| Heavyweight | Yoshiharu Makishi |
| Open class | Shinichi Shinohara |
1999 list of winners
The Jigoro Kano Cup was held in Tokyo on January 9th and 10th, 1999. The French Larbi Benboudaoud , the Uzbek Andrey Shturbabin and the Dutch Mark Huizinga won as non-Japanese.
| Weight class | Men |
|---|---|
| Super light weight | Masato Uchishiba |
| Half light weight | Larbi Benboudaoud |
| lightweight | Andrey Shturbabin |
| Light middleweight | Rauli Tomouchi |
| medium weight | Mark Huizinga |
| Light heavyweight | Tomokazu Inoue |
| Heavyweight | Yasuyuki Muneta |
2001 list of winners
The Jigoro Kano Cup was held in Tokyo on January 14, 2001. In the only competition in the open class, the Japanese Yoshinori Shimode won .
Winner list 2002
The Jigoro Kano Cup was held in Tokyo on January 12th and 13th, 2002. The Japanese not only won all competitions, but also made all finalists except for the Frenchman Daniel Fernandes in the lightweight.
| Weight class | Men |
|---|---|
| Super light weight | Masato Uchishiba |
| Half light weight | Michihiro Omigawa |
| lightweight | Masahiro Takamatsu |
| Light middleweight | Yoshihiro Akiyama |
| medium weight | Yuta Yazaki |
| Light heavyweight | Keiji Suzuki |
| Heavyweight | Tatsuhiro Muramoto |
2003 list of winners
The Jigoro Kano Cup was held in Tokyo on January 11th and 12th, 2003. As in the previous year, the Japanese won all competitions.
| Weight class | Men |
|---|---|
| Super light weight | Takeshi Ogawa |
| Half light weight | Tomoo Torii |
| lightweight | Yusuke Kanamaru |
| Light middleweight | Kenzo Nakamura |
| medium weight | Yuta Yazaki |
| Light heavyweight | Keiji Suzuki |
| Heavyweight | Yasuyuki Muneta |
2005 list of winners
The Jigoro Kano Cup was held in Tokyo on January 9, 2005. Kōsei Inoue won the only competition in the open class.
2006 list of winners
The Jigoro Kano Cup was held on January 14th and 15th, 2006 in Tokyo. For the first time since 1999, non-Japanese won again with the Austrian Ludwig Paischer , the Italian Francesco Bruyere and the South Korean Hwang Hee-tae .
| Weight class | Men |
|---|---|
| Super light weight | Ludwig Paischer |
| Half light weight | Hiroyuki Akimoto |
| lightweight | Francesco Bruyere |
| Light middleweight | Hirotaka Kato |
| medium weight | Hwang Hee-tae |
| Light heavyweight | Takamasa Anai |
| Heavyweight | Yohei Takai |
2007 list of winners
The Jigoro Kano Cup was held from December 7th to 9th, 2007 in Tokyo. For the first time, women's competitions were also held.
| Weight class | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Super light weight | Hiroaki Hiraoka | Yanet Bermoy (Cuba) |
| Half light weight | Tomasz Kowalski (Poland) | Misato Nakamura |
| lightweight | Wang Ki-chun (South Korea) | Aiko Sato |
| Light middleweight | Song Dae-nam (South Korea) | Yoshie Ueno |
| medium weight | Ilias Iliadis (Greece) | Masae Ueno |
| Light heavyweight | Daisuke Kobayashi | Celine Lebrun (France) |
| Heavyweight | Satoshi Ishii | May Tateyama |
literature
- Oon Oon Yeoh: Great Judo Championships of the World . Ippon Books, London 1993 ISBN 1-874572-20-8 pp. 198-208
Footnotes
- ↑ Oon Oon Yeoh: Great Judo Championships of the World . P. 198
- ↑ Jigoro Kano Cup 1978 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Jigoro Kano Cup 1981 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Jigoro Kano Cup 1982 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Jigoro Kano Cup 1986 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Jigoro Kano Cup 1990 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Jigoro Kano Cup 1992 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Jigoro Kano Cup 1994 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Jigoro Kano Cup 1996 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Jigoro Kano Cup 1999 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Jigoro Kano Cup 2001 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Jigoro Kano Cup 2002 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Jigoro Kano Cup 2003 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Jigoro Kano Cup 2005 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Jigoro Kano Cup 2006 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Jigoro Kano Cup 2007 at judoinside.com