2006 World Kendo Championship
The 13th World Kendo Championship in 2006 was from Dec. 8 until 10. December 2006 in Taipei , the capital of the Republic of China (Taiwan) is discharged. Several hundred athletes from 44 countries fought for the title. Referee courses and Dan exams also took place in the vicinity of the competitions . A maximum of ten female and ten male athletes were allowed to be registered in each delegation. Each country was allowed to provide a women's and a men's team with five starters for the team competitions. A maximum of four women and four men per country were also entitled to start in the individual competitions. The registration deadline was August 29, 2006.
Competitions
Women singles (December 8, 2006)
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 Saeko Sugimoto
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| Eri Inagaki
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| Saeko Sugimoto
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| Kanako Komuro
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| Kanako Komuro
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| Mika Shimokawa
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Fighting spirit prizes:
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Dance yokoo
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Shannon Mikuni
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Youn-Jung Park
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Li-Chin Chen
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Shu-Chen Cho
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Makiko Hayashi
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A-reaum byeon
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Aranka Sipos
Women's team (December 8, 2006)
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 Japan
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South Korea
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Germany
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Canada
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Men singles (December 9, 2006)
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| Masaomi Hojo
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 Sang-Hoon Kang
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| Masaomi Hojo
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| Takeshi Tanaka
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| Takeshi Tanaka
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| Gil-Hyun Oh
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Fighting spirit prizes:
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Shigemitsu Kamata
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Chung-Hung Cheng
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Guillaume Sicart
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Satoru Harada
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Ming-Hua Ho
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David Castro
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Markus Frey
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Chris Yang
Men's team (December 10, 2006)
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| 1 |
South Korea
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United States
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Japan
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 Republic of China (Taiwan)
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M = Men | K = Kote | D = Do | T = Tsuki
particularities
For the first time since the 1st Kendo World Championship was held in Tokyo and Osaka in 1970, the 5-man Japanese national team failed to secure 1st place in the "Men's Team" category. Japan lost in a spectacular semi-final against the US national team, which was beaten by the South Korean national team in the final.