Kendo World Championship
The Kendo World Championship (English. World Kendo Championships , WKC) has been organized by the International Kendo Federation (IKF) since 1970. This kendo championship is held every 3 years in different locations. Individual and team fights are held. The venue usually alternates between Asia, America and Europe. The women's world champions have also been determined since 1994. Dan exams and referee courses also take place in the context of the World Championship .
At the 13th Kendo World Cup in Taipei in 2006 , the Japanese team was not world champion for the first time and had to be content with a third place.
The 15th Kendo World Championship was held from May 23 to 28, 2012 in Novara , Italy.
Nippon Budokan was the venue for the 16th WKC 2015
World championships
Men's singles
| year | place | World Champion | 2nd place | 3rd place | 3rd place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 |
Japan Tokyo |
Mitsuru Kobayashi Japan
|
T. Toda Japan
|
Y. Taniguchi Japan
|
T. Ota Japan
|
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| 1973 |
USA Los Angeles |
Tatsushi Sakuragi Japan
|
H. Yano Japan
|
T. Fujita Japan
|
JR Rhee South Korea
|
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| 1976 |
United Kingdom Milton Keynes |
Eijo Yoko Japan
|
K. Ono Japan
|
R. Hosoda Japan
|
C.-T. Wu Taiwan
|
|
| 1979 |
Japan Sapporo |
Hironori Yamada Japan
|
K. Furukawa Japan
|
H. Aikawa Japan
|
K. Terada Japan
|
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| 1982 |
Brazil São Paulo |
Minoru Makita Japan
|
T. Kosaka Japan
|
W. Okajima Japan
|
H. Yasugahira Japan
|
|
| 1985 |
France Paris |
Kunishide Koda Japan
|
H. Ogawa Japan
|
JC Park South Korea
|
SI Kim South Korea
|
|
| 1988 |
South Korea Seoul |
Isao Okido Japan
|
Akira Hayashi Japan
|
H. Sakata Japan
|
KN Kim South Korea
|
|
| 1991 |
Canada Toronto |
S. Muto Japan
|
H. Sakata Japan
|
M. Yamamoto Japan
|
S. Shimizu Japan
|
|
| 1994 |
France Paris |
H. Takahashi Japan
|
K. Takei Japan
|
S. Hirano Japan
|
N. Eiga Japan
|
|
| 1997 |
Japan Kyoto |
M.Miyazaki Japan
|
F.Miyazaki Japan
|
T.Ishida Japan
|
Park South Korea
|
|
| 2000 |
USA Santa Clara |
Naoki Eiga Japan
|
Kentaro Takenaka Japan
|
Tsuneharo Someya Japan
|
Sung-Soo Hong South Korea
|
|
| 2003 |
United Kingdom Glasgow |
Hiromitsu Sato Japan
|
Hidenori Iwasa Japan
|
Kun-Bai Lim South Korea
|
Mitsunobu Sato Japan
|
|
| 2006 |
Taiwan Taipei |
Masaomi Hojo Japan
|
Takeshi Tanaka Japan
|
Sang-Hoon Kang South Korea
|
Gil-Hyun Oh South Korea
|
|
| 2009 |
Brazil São Paulo |
Shoji Teramoto Japan
|
Byung-Hoon Park South Korea
|
Kim South Korea
|
Choi South Korea
|
|
| 2012 |
Italy Novara |
Susumu Takanabe Japan
|
Wan-Soo Kim South Korea
|
Tae-Hyun Kim South Korea
|
Kosuke Furukawa Japan
|
|
| 2015 |
Japan Tokyo |
Tadakatsu Amishiro Japan
|
Yuya Takenouchi Japan
|
Man-Uk Jang South Korea
|
Hidehisa Nishimura Japan
|
|
| 2018 |
South Korea Incheon |
Sho Ando Japan
|
Jin-Yong Jo South Korea
|
Yuya Takenouchi Japan
|
Byung-Hoon Park South Korea
|
Men's team
| year | World Champion | 2nd place | 3rd place | 3rd place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 |
Japan
|
Taiwan
|
 Brazil
|
 Okinawa
|
|
| 1973 |
Japan
|
 Canada
|
United States
|
 Hawaii
|
|
| 1976 |
Japan
|
Canada
|
United States
|
Taiwan
|
|
| 1979 |
Japan
|
South Korea
|
United States
|
Hawaii
|
|
| 1982 |
Japan
|
Brazil
|
United States
|
South Korea
|
|
| 1985 |
Japan
|
Brazil
|
South Korea
|
Canada
|
|
| 1988 |
Japan
|
South Korea
|
Canada
|
Brazil
|
|
| 1991 |
Japan
|
South Korea
|
Canada
|
Taiwan
|
|
| 1994 |
Japan
|
South Korea
|
Canada
|
Taiwan
|
|
| 1997 |
Japan
|
South Korea
|
Brazil
|
Taiwan
|
|
| 2000 |
Japan
|
South Korea
|
Canada
|
Brazil
|
|
| 2003 |
Japan
|
South Korea
|
 Italy
|
United States
|
|
| 2006 |
South Korea
|
United States
|
Japan
|
Taiwan
|
|
| 2009 |
Japan
|
United States
|
South Korea
|
Brazil
|
|
| 2012 |
Japan
|
South Korea
|
 Hungary
|
United States
|
|
| 2015 |
Japan
|
South Korea
|
Hungary
|
United States
|
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| 2018 |
Japan
|
South Korea
|
Taiwan
|
United States
|
Ladies singles
| year | World Champion | 2nd place | 3rd place | 3rd place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Christiane Sasakura France
|
EH Kwon South Korea
|
JY Kwon South Korea
|
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| 1997 | M. Kimura Japan
|
S. Mogi Japan
|
W. Nakano Canada
|
HJ Cho South Korea
|
|
| 2000 | Tomoko Kawano Japan
|
Keiko Baba Japan
|
Hiroyo Yano Japan
|
Shizuka Asahina Japan
|
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| 2003 | Keiko Baba Japan
|
Yuka Tsubota Japan
|
Shizuka Asahina Japan
|
Kei Okada Japan
|
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| 2006 | Saeko Sugimoto Japan
|
Kanako Komuro Japan
|
Eri Inagaki Japan
|
Mika Shimokawa Japan
|
|
| 2009 | Yukiko Takami Japan
|
Sachie Shojima Japan
|
Chikano Shizato Japan
|
Eliete Harumi Takashima Brazil
|
|
| 2012 | Yoko Sakuma Japan
|
Kana Kurokawa Japan
|
Mana Kawagoe Japan
|
Sayuri Shodai Japan
|
|
| 2015 | Mizuki Matsumoto Japan
|
Yun Yung Hu South Korea
|
Bo Kyung Won South Korea
|
Yukiko Takami Japan
|
|
| 2018 | Mizuki Matsumoto Japan
|
Mariko Yamamoto Japan
|
Maika Senoo Japan
|
Mei Fujimoto Japan
|
|
Ladies team
| year | World Champion | 2nd place | 3rd place | 3rd place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 |
South Korea
|
Hungary
|
Brazil
|
 Germany
|
|
| 1997 |
Japan B |
Japan A |
United States B |
South Korea A
|
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| 2000 |
Japan
|
Brazil
|
United States
|
Canada
|
|
| 2003 |
Japan
|
South Korea
|
Canada
|
Taiwan
|
|
| 2006 |
Japan
|
South Korea
|
Germany
|
Canada
|
|
| 2009 |
Japan
|
South Korea
|
Brazil
|
United States
|
|
| 2012 |
Japan
|
South Korea
|
Germany
|
Brazil
|
|
| 2015 |
Japan
|
South Korea
|
United States
|
Brazil
|
|
| 2018 |
Japan
|
South Korea
|
Canada
|
 Australia
|