All-Japan Judo Championships
The All-Japan judo championships is a judo tournament held every year in Japan. The men's tournament is held in Nippon Budokan on 29 April and the women's tournament is held in Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in April. The Kodokan and All Japan Judo Federation sponsor the championship.
This tournament has only one open-weight division. Weight distinction is held as All-Japan Selected Judo Championships and Kodokan Cup particularly.
For Japanese Judoka, this is one of the three major judo titles, along with the Olympic Games and World Championships.
Since 2011 All Japan Judo Championship is fought with International rules.Records
Men
- Most titles
- *Yasuhiro Yamashita : 9 titles
- *Naoya Ogawa : 7 titles
- *Masahiko Kimura : 4 titles
- *Keiji Suzuki : 4 titles
- Most Participation
- *Yasuyuki Muneta : 15 times
- *Katsuyuki Masuchi : 13 times
- *Isamu Sonoda : 12 times
- *Jun Konno : 12 times
- *Naoto Yabu : 12 times
- Youngest champion
- *Satoshi Ishii : Champion at 19 years and 4 months of age in 2006
- *Yasuhiro Yamashita : Champion at 19 years and 10 months of age in 1977
- Lightest champion
- *Isao Okano : 79 kg in 1969 and 80 kg in 1967
Women
- Most titles
- *Maki Tsukada : 9 titles
- *Yoko Tanabe : 6 titles
- *Noriko Anno : 5 titles
- *Miho Ninomiya : 2 titles
- Youngest champion
- * Sarah Asahina - Champion at 20 years and 8 months of age in 2017
Recent Winners
Men
