was a Japanese

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ka. Takagi is from

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and began judo when he was in junior high school. When he was a member of judo club at , the senior of club is

Masatoshi Shinomaki Masatoshi Shinomaki (篠巻政利, born October 6, 1946) is a retired Japanese heavyweight judoka, who won the world title in the open category in 1969 and 1971, placing third in 1967. He also competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 ...

. Takagi began working for the

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after graduation from

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in 1971. He participated in the

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twice and won a gold medal in 1973 and a bronze medal in 1975. As of 2011, Takagi coached judo at his alma mater,

. Among his students are

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Michiaki Kamochi is a retired Japanese judoka. Kamochi is from Warabi, Saitama. He began Sumo at the age of 3rd grader and won the championship consecutively for six years. He also began judo at his junior high school days and when he was a student of Ni ...

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and others. He died of a heart attack at the age of 68 on 6 December 2016.

Achievements

*1970 – All-Japan Weight Class Championships (Heavyweight) ''1st'' *1972 – All-Japan Weight Class Championships (Heavyweight) ''2nd'' *1973 -

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(Heavyweight) ''1st'' :: - All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) ''2nd'' *1975 - World Championships (Heavyweight) ''3rd'' :: - All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) ''2nd'' *1976 - All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) ''3rd'' *1977 - All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) ''3rd'' *1978 –

Jigoro Kano Cup The Grand Slam Tokyo (formerly ) is an international judo competition held as part of the International Judo Federation (IJF) World Tour Grand Slam series. Venues *1978–2006: Nippon Budokan *2007–present: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Pa ...

(Heavyweight) ''3rd'' :: - All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) ''2nd'' *1980 –All-Japan Weight Class Championships (Heavyweight) ''3rd''

References

External links

* 1948 births 2016 deaths Japanese male judoka Sportspeople from Chiba Prefecture {{Japan-judo-bio-stub