(1993-05-30) 30 May 1993 (age 30) Hasuda, Saitama, Japan
Home town
Tokyo, Japan
Alma mater
Tokai University
Occupation
Judoka
Height
160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
Country
Japan
Sport
Judo
Weight class
–60 kg
Rank
5th dan black belt
Club
Park24
Team
All Japan National Team
Coached by
Minoru Konegawa
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games
(2020)
World Champ.
(2013, 2017, 2018, ( 2022)
Asian Champ.
(2017, 2021)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo
–60 kg
2016 Rio de Janeiro
–60 kg
World Championships
2013 Rio de Janeiro
–60 kg
2017 Budapest
–60 kg
2018 Baku
–60 kg
2022 Tashkent
–60 kg
2014 Chelyabinsk
–60 kg
Asian Championships
2017 Hong Kong
–60 kg
2021 Bishkek
–60 kg
World Masters
2013 Tyumen
–60 kg
2015 Rabat
–60 kg
2023 Budapest
–60 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2012 Moscow
–60 kg
2012 Tokyo
–60 kg
2013 Paris
–60 kg
2013 Tokyo
–60 kg
2015 Paris
–60 kg
2015 Tokyo
–60 kg
2017 Paris
–60 kg
2017 Tokyo
–60 kg
2019 Paris
–60 kg
2019 Osaka
–60 kg
2020 Düsseldorf
–60 kg
2016 Tokyo
–60 kg
2023 Tokyo
–60 kg
2011 Tokyo
–60 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2014 Budapest
–60 kg
2018 Zagreb
–60 kg
2019 Montreal
–60 kg
2011 Qingdao
–60 kg
World Juniors Championships
2011 Cape Town
–60 kg
World Cadets Championships
2009 Budapest
–60 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF
9344
JudoInside.com
56591
Updated on 3 December 2023.
Naohisa Takato (髙藤直寿, Takatō Naohisa, born 30 May 1993) is a Japanese judoka.[1][2]
Takato is currently the top ranked judoka in the world in the extra-lightweight division.[3] He became one of judo's most prominent fighters by winning the 2013 World Championships.[4] In the same year, he also won the Masters in Tyumen,[5] and the prestigious Grand Slams in Paris,[6] Tokyo[7] and Moscow.[8] With these successes, Takato was ranked No. 1 in the world in 2013 and 2014.[9][10][11] He had an all-win record in 2013.[12] Specializing in drop kata guruma, his physical and technical fighting style has become iconic in judo.[13][14]
Outside the mat, Takato was one of the most searched judokas in 2015,[15] and the top earning male judoka on the IJF circuit since 2012.[16] He is the most-decorated judoka on the IJF World Tour, winning more gold medals in Grand Slam competitions than anyone else.[17]
Takato won the bronze medal as Japan's extra-lightweight representative at the 2016 Olympics[18][19] and won the gold medal in the same event at the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[20]
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