World Kendo Championship

The World Kendo Championship are an international kendo competition contested by the member nations of the International Kendo Federation (FIK). FIK is the international federation of national and regional kendo associations and the world governing body for members of FIK. The championships have been conducted every three years since their inception in 1970. The hosting of the World Kendo Championships usually rotates in order through the three FIK administrative regions of Asia, the Americas and Europe. The competition is divided into 4 divisions: Men's Team, Women's Team, Men's Individual, Women's Individual. Team matches are individual between 5 members from each team which change sequentially at the end of each round.

Medal table

Men's Team

The following is a summary of medals acquired by country for the Men's Team Division.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	15	0	1	16
2	South Korea (KOR)	1	9	3	13
3	United States (USA)	0	2	7	9
4	Brazil (BRA)	0	2	5	7
	Canada (CAN)	0	2	5	7
5	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	5	6
7	Hawaii	0	0	2	2
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	2	2
8	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Okinawa	0	0	1	1
Total		16	16	32	64

Women's Team

The following is a summary of medals acquired by country for the Women's Team Division. (5-person team)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	6	0	0	6
2	South Korea (KOR)	0	5	0	5
3	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	3	4
4	Canada (CAN)	0	0	3	3
	United States (USA)	0	0	3	3
5	Germany (GER)	0	0	2	2
6	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	1	1
Total		6	6	12	24

Previous Host Countries

The following is a list of the previous host countries of the World Kendo Championships.

Number	Year	Location
1st	1970	Japan, Tokyo
2nd	1973	United States, Los Angeles
3rd	1976	United Kingdom,  England, Milton Keynes
4th	1979	Japan, Sapporo
5th	1982	Brazil, São Paulo
6th	1985	France, Paris
7th	1988	South Korea, Seoul
8th	1991	Canada, Toronto
9th	1994	France, Paris
10th	1997	Japan, Kyoto
11th	2000	United States, Santa Clara
12th	2003	United Kingdom,  Scotland, Glasgow
13th	2006	Chinese Taipei, Taipei
14th	2009	Brazil, São Paulo
15th	2012	Italy, Novara
16th	2015	Japan, Tokyo

Individual Tournament

The following is a list of the previous champions of the Men's and Women's Individual divisions:^[1]

Individual Champions (Men)

Year	Final		Third Place		Top Eight
	Winner	Runner-up
1970	M. Kobayashi,  Japan	T. Toda,  Japan	T. Yaniguchi,  Japan	T. Ota,  Japan
1973	T. Sakuragi,  Japan	H. Yano,  Japan	T. Fujita,  Japan	J.R. Rhee,  Korea
1976	E. Yokoo,  Japan	K. Ono,  Japan	K. Hosoda,  Japan	C. Go,  Chinese Taipei (TPE)
1979	H. Yamada,  Japan	K. Furukawa,  Japan	H. Aikawa,  Japan	K. Terada,  Japan
1982	M. Makita,  Japan	T. Kosaka,  Japan	W. Okajima,  Japan	H. Yasugahira,  Japan
1985	K. Koda,  Japan	H. Ogawa,  Japan	J.C. Park,  Korea	K.N. Kim,  Korea
1988	I. Okido,  Japan	A. Hayashi,  Japan	H. Sakata,  Japan	K.N. Kim,  Korea	J.H. Lee,  Korea	M. Ishizuka,  Japan	J.K. Kim,  Korea	R. Kishikawa,  Brazil
1991	S. Muto,  Japan	H. Sakata,  Japan	M. Masahiko,  Japan	S. Shimizu,  Japan	E. Ohara,  Canada	C.S. Oh,  Korea	W. Huh,  Korea	M. Masahiro,  Japan
1994	H. Takahashi,  Japan	K. Takei,  Japan	S. Hirano,  Japan	N. Eiga,  Japan	Y.C. Park,  Korea	T. Davidson,  Canada	Y. Okamoto,  Japan	T. Nabeyama,  Japan
1997	M. Miyazaki,  Japan	F. Miyazaki,  Japan	T. Ishida,  Japan	S.S. Park,  Korea	J.S. Yang,  Korea	Y.Y. Liu,  Chinese Taipei (TPE)	T. Terachi,  Japan	J.P. Labru,  France
2000	N. Eiga,  Japan	K. Takenaka,  Japan	T. Someya,  Japan	S.S. Hong,  Korea	S. Asaoka,  Canada	C. Yang,  USA	H. Hirata,  Japan	C.Y. Kim,  Korea
2003	H. Sato,  Japan	H. Iwasa,  Japan	M. Sato,  Japan	K. Lim,  Korea	M. Salonen,  Finland	K. Ando,  Japan	C. Yang,  USA	S.S. Park,  Korea
2006	M. Hojo,  Japan	T. Tanaka,  Japan	S. Kang,  Korea	G. Oh,  Korea	S. Kamata,  Canada	C. Cheng,  Chinese Taipei (TPE)	S. Harada,  Japan	G. Sicart,  France
2009	S. Teramoto,  Japan	B. Park,  Korea	K. Lee,  Korea	C. Choi,  Korea	K. Smith,  Australia	D. Wako,  Japan	T. Furusawa,  Japan	J. Brown,  USA
2012	S. Takanabe,  Japan	W. Kim,  Korea	T. Kim,  Korea	K. Furukawa,  Japan	J. Bertout,  France	T.A. Hoang,  Canada	K. Hatakenaka,  Japan	C. Tange,  Belgium
2015	T. Amishiro,  Japan	Y. Takenouchi,  Japan	M. Jang,  Korea	H. Nishimura,  Japan	J. Bertout,  France	K. Bosak,  Poland	R. Murase,  Japan	J. Jo,  Korea

Individual Champions (Women)

Year	Final		Third Place		Top Eight
	Winner	Runner-up
1997	M. Kimura,  Japan	S. Mogi,  Japan	W. Nakano,  Canada	H.J. Cho,  Korea	S. Konishi,  Brazil	I. Benkman,  Germany	P. Sato,  Brazil	S. Kondo,  Japan
2000	T. Kawano,  Japan	K. Baba,  Japan	H. Yano,  Japan	S. Asahina,  Japan	S. Konishi,  Brazil	E.H. Kwon,  Korea	M. Korogi,  Japan	H.H. Cho,  Korea
2003	K. Baba,  Japan	Y. Tsubota,  Japan	S. Asahina,  Japan	K. Okada,  Japan	N. Soulas,  France	M. Onaka,  Brazil	Y.J. Park,  Korea	C. Shinzato,  Japan
2006	S. Sugimoto,  Japan	K. Komuro,  Japan	E. Inagaki,  Japan	M. Shimokawa,  Japan	M. Hayashi,  Canada	A. Byeon,  Korea	A. Sipos,  Hungary	Y. Park,  Korea
2009	Y. Takami,  Japan	S. Shojima,  Japan	C. Shinzato,  Japan	E. Takashina,  Brazil	M. Livolsi,  Italy	Y. Lee,  Korea	M. Hamanaka,  Canada	M. Raitanen,  Finland
2012	S. Sakuma,  Japan	K. Kurokawa,  Japan	S. Shodai,  Japan	K. Kawagoe,  Japan	S. Park,  Korea	S. Tamura,  USA	K. Jeon,  Korea	H. Yu,  Korea
2015	M. Matsumoto,  Japan	Y.Y. Hu,  Korea	B.K. Won,  Korea	Y. Takami,  Japan	S. Woude,  Netherlands	M. Kawagoe,  Japan	F. Smout,  Netherlands	H. Yamada,  Canada

See also

• European Kendo Championships European Kendo Championships
• Gendai budō modern Japanese martial arts

External links

• International Kendo Federation Official Website

References

1. International Kendo Federation "World Kendo Championships Data". Retrieved on 29 May 2015.