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ka. Takahashi is from

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and belonged to

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after graduation from

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in 1999. Takahashi was good at

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and

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. He won a gold medal at the

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held in

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and silver medal held in

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. He was also participate All-Japan Championships 8 times from 2000 to 2007. Takahashi retired in 2007. Now, he coaches judo at

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Achievements

*1995 ** All-Japan Junior Championships (+95 kg) ''1st'' *1996 ** All-Japan University Championships (+100 kg) ''3rd'' *1997 ** All-Japan University Championships (+100 kg) ''3rd'' *1998 ** All-Japan University Championships (+100 kg) ''1st'' *1999 **

(+100 kg) ''1st'' *2000 ** Kodokan Cup (+100 kg) ''1st'' *2001 **

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(Open) ''1st'' ** Paris Super World Cup (+100 kg) ''3rd'' ** Kodokan Cup (+100 kg) ''2nd'' *2002 ** Kodokan Cup (+100 kg) ''1st'' *2003 **

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. The first Jigoro Kano Cup was held at the Nippon Budōkan from November 23 to 26, 1978 ...

(+100 kg) ''2nd'' *2004 ** All-Japan Selected Championships (+100 kg) ''3rd'' ** Kodokan Cup (+100 kg) ''2nd'' *2005 **

(Open) ''2nd'' **

(Openweight only) ''3rd'' ** All-Japan Selected Championships (+100 kg) ''2nd'' ** Kodokan Cup (+100 kg) ''1st'' *2006 **

(+100 kg) ''2nd'' **All-Japan Selected Championships (+100 kg) ''3rd'' **Kodokan Cup (+100 kg) ''3rd''

References

External links

* Japanese male judoka People from Edogawa, Tokyo 1976 births Living people 20th-century Japanese sportsmen 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-judo-bio-stub