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NAOHISA TAKATO

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May 8, 2023
Tsunoda wins third world judo title as Olympic champion Takato falters
Tsunoda won all five of her matches in the women's 48-kilogram category by ippon, including the final against top-ranked Shirine Boukli of France, at the world championships in Doha.
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Oct 7, 2022
Japanese judoka grab two golds on opening day of world championships
Japan took both gold medals on offer on the opening day of the judo world championships in Tashkent on Thursday, with Natsumi Tsunoda defending her women's 48-kg crown and Naohisa Takato winning the men's 60-kg title.
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Jul 31, 2021
Will Japan’s gold rush end with judo? Not likely.
Japan has won nine golds in judo so far, the most by a single nation at an Olympics. Japan set the previous mark of eight in 2004.
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Jul 25, 2021
Day 2 recap: From skateboarding to judo, Japan brings home the gold
Japanese judoka Uta and Hifumi Abe became the first siblings to win gold medals on the same day, while Yuto Horigome bagged skateboarding's first gold.
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Jul 25, 2021
Family and supporters overjoyed with judoka Naohisa Takato's Olympic gold
Takato's family and supporters were ecstatic at his gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, made all the sweeter by being Japan's first of the Games.
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Jul 24, 2021
Day 1 recap: Glittering gold distracts from Tokyo woes
Sport stretched out over Tokyo on Saturday and gold medals rained down as the Olympic Games burst into life, finally casting aside some of the clouds of controversy that has plagued the global showpiece.
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Jul 24, 2021
Naohisa Takato wins Japan's first gold medal of the Tokyo Games
After disappointment at the Rio Games, Takato battled to the top of podium to claim the host country's first gold of the Olympics.
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Jul 24, 2021
Judoka Funa Tonaki takes silver, Japan's first medal of the Tokyo Games
Tonaki reached the final in her Olympic debut but could not clear the final hurdle to gold, settling for silver after falling against Distria Krasniqi of Kosovo.
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Mar 5, 2020
Judo standouts Funa Tonaki, Naohisa Takato set lofty goals for 2020 Games
Funa Tonaki and Naohisa Takato aim to give the Japan national judo team a boost by winning gold medals on July 25, when the judo competition kicks off at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Feb 22, 2020
Abe siblings shine on first day of Dusseldorf Grand Slam
Japan won three gold medals Friday on the opening day of the Dusseldorf Grand Slam, with siblings Uta and Hifumi Abe both topping the podium.
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Sep 21, 2018
Naohisa Takato defends under-60 kg title at world championships
Naohisa Takato earned his second straight gold medal and Funa Tonaki picked up a silver to boost Japan into an early lead at the World Judo Championships, which kicked off Thursday.
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Jul 28, 2018
Naohisa Takato, Ai Shishime claim titles on first day of Zagreb Grand Prix
Reigning world champions Naohisa Takato and Ai Shishime each won their respective divisions on Friday to give Japan an early lead at the Zagreb Grand Prix, a three-day judo tournament in Croatia.
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Aug 29, 2017
Takato, Tonaki claim gold at world championships
Judoka Naohisa Takato and Funa Tonaki won gold medals in their respective categories, while Ami Kondo settled for bronze as the world championships got underway Monday.
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Feb 12, 2017
Takato, Abe, Hashimoto capture gold at Grand Slam Paris
Rio Games bronze medalist Naohisa Takato won the men's 60-kg category at the Grand Slam Paris on Saturday, while fellow Japanese Hifumi Abe and Soichi Hashimoto also claimed the 66- and 73-kg categories, respectively.
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Aug 7, 2016
Judoka Kondo wins Japan's first medal of Rio Games
Ami Kondo won Japan's first medal of the 2016 Rio Olympics when she beat Mongolia's Urantsetseg Munkhbat to claim bronze in the women's 48-kg judo competition on Saturday.

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