Judo Grand Slam tournament in Japan
The Grand Slam tournament in Japan is a judo tournament in Japan . It is the last Judo Grand Slam tournament on the annual calendar .
The tournament took place in Tokyo from 2008 to 2017 , and in Osaka in 2018 and 2019 . The return to the Nippon Budōkan in Tokyo is announced from 2020 . Before 2008, the Jigoro Kano Cup had been held 15 times in Tokyo since 1978 , although only women competed in 2007. From 1983 to 2006, the Fukuoka Cup took place 24 times as a women's tournament .
2008 tournament winners list
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The first Grand Slam tournament in Japan took place from December 12-14, 2008 in Tokyo.
| Weight class | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Super light weight | Kisei Akimoto | Tomoko Fukumi |
| Half light weight | Tatsuaki Egusa | Yuka Nishida |
| lightweight | Wang Ki-chun | Kaori Matsumoto |
| Light middleweight | Masahiko Tomouchi | Urška Žolnir |
| medium weight | Takashi Ono | Lucie Décosse |
| Light heavyweight | Takamasa Anai | Yang Xiuli |
| Heavyweight | Yohei Takai | Jelena Ivashchenko |
Winner list of the 2009 tournament
The second Grand Slam tournament in Japan took place from December 11th to 13th, 2009 in Tokyo.
| Weight class | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Super light weight | Masaaki Fukuoka | Tomoko Fukumi |
| Half light weight | Masashi Ebinuma | Misato Nakamura |
| lightweight | Wang Ki-chun | Hitomi Tokuhisa |
| Light middleweight | Euan Burton | Yoshie Ueno |
| medium weight | Takashi Ono | Mina Watanabe |
| Light heavyweight | Hwang Hee-tae | Akari Ogata |
| Heavyweight | Kazuhiko Takahashi | Maki Tsukada |
List of winners of the 2010 tournament
The third Grand Slam tournament in Japan took place from December 11th to 13th, 2010 in Tokyo.
| Weight class | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Super light weight | Hirofumi Yamamoto | Tomoko Fukumi |
| Half light weight | Masaaki Fukuoka | Yuka Nishida |
| lightweight | Riki Nakaya | Kaori Matsumoto |
| Light middleweight | Takahiro Nakai | Clarisse Agbegnenou |
| medium weight | Masashi Nishiyama | Haruka Tachimoto |
| Light heavyweight | Takamasa Anai | Audrey Tcheuméo |
| Heavyweight | Kim Sung-min | Megumi Tachimoto |
List of winners of the 2011 tournament
The fourth Grand Slam tournament in Japan took place from December 9-11, 2011 in Tokyo.
| Weight class | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Super light weight | Hirofumi Yamamoto | Haruna Asami |
| Half light weight | Tomofumi Takajo | Takumi Miyakawa |
| lightweight | Hiroyuki Akimoto | Kaori Matsumoto |
| Light middleweight | Tomohiro Kawakami | Urška Žolnir |
| medium weight | Masashi Nishiyama | Tomoe Ueno |
| Light heavyweight | Sergei Samoilovich | Akari Ogata |
| Heavyweight | Alexander Mikhailin | Mika Sugimoto |
List of winners of the 2012 tournament
The fifth Grand Slam tournament in Japan took place from November 30th to December 2nd, 2012 in Tokyo.
| Weight class | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Super light weight | Naohisa Takato | Haruna Asami |
| Half light weight | Junpei Morishita | Yuki Hashimoto |
| lightweight | Shōhei Ōno | Anzu Yamamoto |
| Light middleweight | Kim Jae-bum | Megumi Tsugane |
| medium weight | Lee Kyu-won | Linda Bolder |
| Light heavyweight | Daisuke Kobayashi | Ruika Sato |
| Heavyweight | Kim Sung-min | Megumi Tachimoto |
2013 tournament winner list
The sixth Grand Slam tournament in Japan took place from November 30th to December 1st, 2013 in Tokyo.
| Weight class | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Super light weight | Naohisa Takato | Ami Kondo |
| Half light weight | Tomofumi Takajo | Yuki Hashimoto |
| lightweight | Riki Nakaya | Nae Udaka |
| Light middleweight | Takanori Nagase | Kana Abe |
| medium weight | Mashu Baker | Chizuru Arai |
| Light heavyweight | Lukáš Krpálek | Marhinde Verkerk |
| Heavyweight | Kim Sung-min | Megumi Tachimoto |
Winner list of the 2014 tournament
The seventh Grand Slam tournament in Japan took place from December 5th to 7th, 2014 in Tokyo.
| Weight class | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Super light weight | Kim Won-jin | Ami Kondo |
| Half light weight | Hifumi Abe | Yuki Hashimoto |
| lightweight | Hiroyuki Akimoto | Kaori Matsumoto |
| Light middleweight | Takanori Nagase | Tina Trstenjak |
| medium weight | Gwak Dong-han | Gévrise Émane |
| Light heavyweight | Cho Gu-ham | Kayla Harrison |
| Heavyweight | Renat Saidow | Nami Inamori |
Winner list of the 2015 tournament
The eighth Grand Slam tournament in Japan took place from December 4 to 6, 2015 in Tokyo.
| Weight class | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Super light weight | Naohisa Takato | Ami Kondo |
| Half light weight | Tomofumi Takajo | Misato Nakamura |
| lightweight | Hiroyuki Akimoto | Tsukasa Yoshida |
| Light middleweight | Avtandil Tschrikishvili | Martyna Trajdos |
| medium weight | Mashu Baker | Chizuru Arai |
| Light heavyweight | Ryunosuke Haga | Kayla Harrison |
| Heavyweight | Hisayoshi Harasawa | Nami Inamori |
List of winners of the 2016 tournament
The ninth Grand Slam tournament in Japan took place from December 2nd to 4th, 2016 in Tokyo.
| Weight class | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Super light weight | Ryuju Nagayama | Mönchbatyn Urantsetseg |
| Half light weight | Hifumi Abe | Natsumi Tsunoda |
| lightweight | Soichi Hashimoto | Tsukasa Yoshida |
| Light middleweight | Takanori Nagase | Kathrin Unterwurzacher |
| medium weight | Aleksandar Kukolj | Saki Niizoe |
| Light heavyweight | Kirill Denisov | Ruika Sato |
| Heavyweight | Takeshi Ojitani | Sarah Asahina |
List of winners of the 2017 tournament
The tenth Grand Slam tournament in Japan took place in Tokyo from December 2-3, 2017.
| Weight class | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Super light weight | Naohisa Takato | Ami Kondo |
| Half light weight | Hifumi Abe | Uta Abe |
| lightweight | Arata Tatsukawa | Tsukasa Yoshida |
| Light middleweight | Uuganbaatar Otgonbaatar | Miku Tashiro |
| medium weight | Kenta Nagasawa | Yōko Ōno |
| Light heavyweight | Cho Gu-ham | Shori Hamada |
| Heavyweight | Yusei Ogawa | Sarah Asahina |
List of winners of the 2018 tournament
The eleventh Grand Slam tournament in Japan will be held from November 23 to 25, 2018 in Osaka.
| Weight class | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Super light weight | Ryuju Nagayama | Funa Tonaki |
| Half light weight | Joshiro Maruyama | Uta Abe |
| lightweight | Shōhei Ōno | Jessica Klimkait |
| Light middleweight | Takeshi Sasaki | Masako Doi |
| medium weight | Shoichiro Mukai | Chizuru Arai |
| Light heavyweight | Aaron Wolf | Ruika Sato |
| Heavyweight | Henk Grol | Idalys Ortíz |
List of winners of the 2019 tournament
The twelfth Grand Slam tournament in Japan took place in Osaka from November 22 to 24, 2019.
| Weight class | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Super light weight | Naohisa Takato | Funa Tonaki |
| Half light weight | Hifumi Abe | Amandine Buchard |
| lightweight | Masashi Ebinuma | Momo Tamaoki |
| Light middleweight | Takanori Nagase | Masako Doi |
| medium weight | Beka Ghwiniashvili | Yōko Ōno |
| Light heavyweight | Ryunosuke Haga | Mommy Umeki |
| Heavyweight | Inal Tassoyev | Akira Sone |
Footnotes
- ^ Grand Slam tournament 2008 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Grand Slam tournament 2009 at judoinside.com
- ^ Grand Slam tournament 2010 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Grand Slam tournament 2011 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Grand Slam tournament 2012 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Grand Slam tournament 2013 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Grand Slam tournament 2014 at judoinside.com
- ^ Grand Slam tournament 2015 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Grand Slam tournament 2016 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Grand Slam tournament 2017 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Grand Slam tournament 2018 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Grand Slam tournament 2019 at judoinside.com