Naohisa Takato

Naohisa Takato
Born 30 May 1993 (age 22)
Shimotsuke, Japan
Weight 60kg (132lbs)
Division Extra-lightweight
Fighting out of Tokyo, Japan
Team All Japan National Team
Trainer Minoru Konegawa
Rank 2nd degree black belt in Judo
University Tokai University
Naohisa Takato
Medal record
Men's Judo
Competitor for  Japan
World Championships
2013 Rio de Janeiro –60 kg
2014 Chelyabinsk –60 kg

Naohisa Takato (高藤直寿 Takatō Naohisa, born 30 May 1993) is a male Japanese judoka. He won the gold medal in the extra-lightweight (60 kg) division at the 2013 World Judo Championships. He is known for having a slightly more modern style of fighting than traditional Japanese judo, with kata guruma being one of his favorite techniques.

Competitive record

Judo record[1]
Total 70
Wins 63
by Ippon 43
Losses 7
by Ippon 5

(as of 4 December 2015)

Medal record

2009
1st World U17 Championships -60 kg, Budapest
2011
1st World U20 Championships -60 kg, Cape Town
2nd Grand Prix -60 kg, Qingdao
3rd Grand Slam -60 kg, Tokyo
2012
1st Grand Slam -60 kg, Moscow
1st Grand Slam -60 kg, Tokyo
1st World Cup -60 kg, Tashkent
2013
1st Grand Slam -60 kg, Paris
1st Masters -60 kg, Tyumen
1st World Championships -60 kg, Rio de Janeiro

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