is a Japanese

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. He is the current trainer of the Turkmenistan National Judo team.
/ref> Tokuno was born in Iyo, Ehime, and began judo at the age of 6. He entered the Kanagawa Prefectural Police after graduating from

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. Tokuno was good at Seoinage and got medals of

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twice. He was also known as a rival of three-time Olympic champion

Tadahiro Nomura is a retired Japanese judoka. He is the only judoka in the world who has won three individual Olympic gold medals in a row, all in the extra lightweight (60 kg) division. Biography Nomura was born into a family of judoka. His grandfathe ...

for long time. As of 2010, Tokuno coaches judo at

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and among his students are Mika Sugimoto,

Ayumi Tanimoto born 4 August 1981, in Anjo, Aichi, Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, Aichi, is a Japanese judoka. She was coached by Toshihiko Koga, who is a gold medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona Olympics and a silver medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympic ...

, and Mina Watanabe. Since 2023 Tokuno has been coaching the

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judo team.

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* * Japanese male judoka 1974 births Living people Tokai University alumni People from Iyo, Ehime Martial artists from Ehime Prefecture Asian Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-judo-bio-stub