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The Olympic Champion Series
The Olympic Champions (36): Aaron Wolf (JPN)

Interviewing an Olympic champion is something special and always delivers thought-provoking words and ...

Abu Dhabi WC 2024
Japan 2.0 En Route to Abu Dhabi

Japan have such depth that only one member of their nominated team for this summer’s Olympic Games, ...

Coach Stories
Ebinuma in a New Role

Masashi Ebinuma, one of Japan’s greats, is known for his professional calmness, unshakeable focus and ...

Antalya GS 2024
The Abes’ Legend Status is Written in Golden Letters

The first day of competition at the Antalya Grand Slam 2024 has just ended with the indisputable victories ...

International Women's Day 2024
Japan and France Celebrate IWD

As the Upper Austria Grand Prix is unfolding in Linz, the judo family also gather together on the other ...

What a Year that Was!

After the second day of the Tokyo Grand Slam, the curtain fell on twelve months of competition on the ...

Tokyo GS
+100kg: Bashaev Activates Beast Mode

With 6 of the world’s top 10 athletes in the +100kg category present at the Tokyo Grand Slam 2023, ...

Tokyo GS
-48kg: Tsunoda Knows No Equal

Japan’s Natsumi Tsunoda is the current and 3-time consecutive world champion at -48kg, and her recent ...

Tokyo GS
-63kg: Takaichi Takes Third Tokyo Title

Japan took a clean sweep of the medals in the -63kg category at their home grand slam in 2022, and with ...

Tokyo GS
-60kg: Nagayama’s Time To Shine

Though Ryuju Nagayama was pipped at the post by Naohisa Takato to become the Japanese athlete selected ...

Tokyo GS
-78kg: Aguiar’s Experience Betters Lanir’s Youth

Despite a 4-strong Japanese team featuring former world champions and the current Olympic champion, the ...

Tokyo GS
-66kg: The Return of the King

In our preview for the Tokyo Grand Slam 2023, we highlighted the return of Hifumi Abe and his sister ...