Japan

1660 avg ELO #1 worldwide

695 athletes · 562 rated · 12037 matches

🥇 1164 🥈 636 🥉 904 Total 2704

Olympic gold medalists

Athletes who won Olympic judo gold for this nation.

ABE Hifumi ×2 2021 · Men -66 kg · 2024 · Men -66 kg 1666 NAGASE Takanori ×2 2021 · Men -81 kg · 2024 · Men -81 kg 1574 TSUNODA Natsumi 2024 · Women -48 kg 1574 ABE Uta 2021 · Women -52 kg 1672 ARAI Chizuru 2021 · Women -70 kg 1363 HAMADA Shori 2021 · Women -78 kg 1233 ONO Shohei ×2 2016 · Men -73 kg · 2021 · Men -73 kg 1707 SONE Akira 2021 · Women +78 kg 1314 TAKATO Naohisa 2021 · Men -60 kg 1657 WOLF Aaron 2021 · Men -100 kg 1507 BAKER Mashu 2016 · Men -90 kg 1410 TACHIMOTO Haruka 2016 · Women -70 kg 1315 MATSUMOTO Kaori 2012 · Women -57 kg 1480 ISHII Satoshi 2008 · Men +100 kg TANIMOTO Ayumi ×2 2004 · Women -63 kg · 2008 · Women -63 kg 1150 UCHISHIBA Masato ×2 2004 · Men -66 kg · 2008 · Men -66 kg 1152 UENO Masae ×2 2004 · Women -70 kg · 2008 · Women -70 kg 1049 ANNO Noriko 2004 · Women -78 kg NOMURA Tadahiro ×3 1996 · Men -60 kg · 2000 · Men -60 kg · 2004 · Men -60 kg 1089 SUZUKI Keiji 2004 · Men +100 kg 1198 TANI Ryoko ×2 2000 · Women -48 kg · 2004 · Women -48 kg 1065 TSUKADA Maki 2004 · Women +78 kg 1064 INOUE Kosei 2000 · Men -100 kg TAKIMOTO Makoto 2000 · Men -81 kg EMOTO Yuko 1996 · Women -61 kg NAKAMURA Kenzo 1996 · Men -71 kg KOGA Toshihiko 1992 · Men -71 kg YOSHIDA Hidehiko 1992 · Men -78 kg SAITO Hitoshi ×2 1984 · Men +95 kg · 1988 · Men +95 kg SASAKI Hikari 1988 · Women -66 kg HOSOKAWA Shinji 1984 · Men -60 kg MATSUOKA Yoshiyuki 1984 · Men -65 kg YAMASHITA Yasuhiro 1984 · Men OpenM NINOMIYA Kazuhiro 1976 · Men -93 kg SONODA Isamu 1976 · Men -80 kg UEMURA Haruki 1976 · Men OpenM KAWAGUCHI Takao 1972 · Men -63 kg NOMURA Toyokazu 1972 · Men -70 kg SEKINE Shinobu 1972 · Men -80 kg INOKUMA Isao 1964 · Men +80 kg NAKATANI Takehide 1964 · Men -68 kg OKANO Isao 1964 · Men -80 kg

Podium medals by year

Stacked bars — height is total podiums; colours show gold, silver, and bronze mix. · 2009–2026

Bronze Silver Gold

Top 10 currently active by ELO

Match in 2025–2026 · 115 active rated athletes

1 ABE Uta 23 results · 84 matches 1672 2 ABE Hifumi 26 results · 115 matches 1666 3 NAGASE Takanori 28 results · 125 matches 1574 4 TSUNODA Natsumi 27 results · 90 matches 1574 5 NAGAYAMA Ryuju 29 results · 140 matches 1570 6 MURAO Sanshiro 22 results · 90 matches 1568 7 KOGA Wakana 19 results · 76 matches 1470 8 TAMAOKI Momo 35 results · 133 matches 1464 9 TANAKA Shiho 18 results · 76 matches 1444 10 KAJU Haruka 7 results · 31 matches 1433

All-time top athletes by ELO

Showing top 50 of 562 rated athletes (all years)

1 ONO Shohei 18 results · 110 matches 1707 2 ABE Uta 23 results · 84 matches 1672 3 ABE Hifumi 26 results · 115 matches 1666 4 TAKATO Naohisa 36 results · 166 matches 1657 5 MARUYAMA Joshiro 17 results · 72 matches 1598 6 NAGASE Takanori 28 results · 125 matches 1574 7 TSUNODA Natsumi 27 results · 90 matches 1574 8 NAGAYAMA Ryuju 29 results · 140 matches 1570 9 MURAO Sanshiro 22 results · 90 matches 1568 10 AKIMOTO Hiroyuki 20 results · 89 matches 1530 11 WOLF Aaron 25 results · 83 matches 1507 12 NAGASAWA Kenta 19 results · 98 matches 1504 13 FUNAKUBO Haruka 17 results · 75 matches 1499 14 EBINUMA Masashi 29 results · 140 matches 1498 15 IIDA Kentaro 15 results · 72 matches 1485 16 NIIZOE Saki 26 results · 87 matches 1485 17 MATSUMOTO Kaori 28 results · 93 matches 1480 18 KOGA Wakana 19 results · 76 matches 1470 19 SAKAMOTO Haruna 24 results · 75 matches 1469 20 HASHIMOTO Soichi 33 results · 153 matches 1466 21 TAMAOKI Momo 35 results · 133 matches 1464 22 HARASAWA Hisayoshi 24 results · 85 matches 1463 23 NAKAMURA Misato 25 results · 74 matches 1460 24 TONAKI Funa 25 results · 77 matches 1459 25 SHISHIME Toru 20 results · 101 matches 1453 26 TAKAICHI Miku 34 results · 75 matches 1448 27 TANAKA Shiho 18 results · 76 matches 1444 28 IMAI Yuki 21 results · 79 matches 1442 29 KAJU Haruka 7 results · 31 matches 1433 30 KOHARA Kenya 8 results · 51 matches 1425 31 KAGEURA Kokoro 23 results · 68 matches 1424 32 FUKUMI Tomoko 19 results · 61 matches 1422 33 NABEKURA Nami 25 results · 67 matches 1422 34 YOSHIDA Tsukasa 28 results · 80 matches 1419 35 NAKAMURA Taiki 12 results · 52 matches 1412 36 BAKER Mashu 16 results · 86 matches 1410 37 FUJIWARA Sotaro 21 results · 102 matches 1410 38 HAGA Ryunosuke 20 results · 97 matches 1404 39 NAKAYA Riki 18 results · 95 matches 1398 40 OMORI Akari 8 results · 42 matches 1394 41 YUDA Ami 20 results · 66 matches 1386 42 NISHIDA Yuka 24 results · 72 matches 1379 43 TAKAJO Tomofumi 19 results · 90 matches 1375 44 ENDO Hiromi 14 results · 58 matches 1374 45 TAKEOKA Takeshi 10 results · 33 matches 1374 46 OMORI Kisumi 9 results · 48 matches 1374 47 NISHIYAMA Daiki 26 results · 117 matches 1367 48 ARAI Chizuru 31 results · 47 matches 1363 49 TAKAYAMA Rika 23 results · 75 matches 1362 50 OSHIMA Yuma 11 results · 53 matches 1362

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