World Kendo Championships results
There have been organized 16 World Championships, the first in Japan in 1970. The first ten Championships had only two categories, Team Men and Individual Men. From 1997 two new categories were added; Team Women and Individual Women. All results from the 15 World Championships below:
1st WKC 1970, Japan
17 countries, 1970/04/5 - 04/10
Team Men
Japan, Chinese Taipei, Brazil and Okinawa
Men, individual
M. Kobayashi (Japan), T. Toda (Japan), Y. Taniguchi (Japan), T. Ota (Japan)
2nd WKC 1973, USA
17 countries, 1973/04/8 - 04/15
Team Men
Japan, Canada, USA and Hawaii
Men, individual
T. Sakuragi (Japan), H. Yano (Japan), T. Fujita (Japan), Rhee (Korea)
3rd WKC 1976, Great Britain
20 countries, 1976/04/17-18
Team Men
Japan, Canada, USA and Chinese Taipei
Men, individual
E. Yokoo (Japan), K. Ono (Japan), Hosoda (Japan), Go (Chinese Taipei)
4th WKC 1979, Japan
21 countries, 1979/08/5
Team, Men
Japan, Korea, USA and Hawaii
Men, individual
H. Yamada (Japan), K. Furukawa (Japan), H. Aikawa (Japan), K. Terada (Japan)
5th WKC 1982, Brazil
20 countries, 1982/07/31 - 8/1
Team, Men
Japan, Brazil, Korea and Canada
Men, individual
M. Makita (Japan), T. Kosaka (Japan), W. Okajima (Japan), H. Yasugahira (Japan)
6th WKC 1985, France
25 countries, 1985/4/13-14
Team, Men
Japan, Brazil, Korea and Canada
Men, individual
Koda (Japan), H. Ogawa (Japan), J. C. Park (Korea), S. I. Kim (Korea)
7th WKC 1988, Korea
23 countries, 1988/05/28-29
Team, Men
Japan, Korea, Canada and Brazil
Men, individual
I. Okido (Japan), A. Hayashi (Japan), H. Sakata (Japan), K. N. Kim (Korea)
8th WKC 1991, Canada
29 countries, 1991/06/29-/30
Team, Men
Japan, Korea, Canada and Chinese Taipei
Men, individual
S. Muto (Japan), H. Sakata (Japan), M. Yamamoto (Japan), S. Shimizu (Japan)
9th WKC 1994, France
32 countries, 1994/04/9-10
Team, MenJapan, Korea, Canada and Chinese Taipei
Men, individual
H. Takahashi (Japan), K. Takei (Japan), S. Hirano (Japan), N. Eiga (Japan)
10th WKC 1997, Japan
34 countries, 1997/03/27 - 30
Team, MenJapan, Korea, Brazil and Chinese Taipei
Men, individualM. Miyazaki (Japan), F. Miyazaki (Japan), T. Ishida (Japan), Park (Korea)
Team, Women
Japan B, Japan-A ,USA-, Korea-A
Women, individual
M. Kimura (Japan) S. Mogi (Japan) W. Nakano (Canada) H. . J. Cho (Korea)
11th WKC 2000, USA
36 countries, 2000/03/24-26
Team Men
Japan, Korea, Canada and Brazil
Men, individual
K. Baba (Japan), Y. Tsubota (Japan), K. Okada (Japan), S. Asahina (Japan)
Team Women
Japan, Brazil, USA, Canada
Women, individual
T. Kawano (Japan), K. Baba (Japan), H. Yano (Japan), S. Asahina (Japan)
12th WKC 2003, Great Britain
42 countries, 2003/7/4 – 06
Team, Men
Japan, Korea, USA and Italy
Men, individual
H. Sato (Japan), H. Iwasa (Japan), M. Sato (Japan), K. Lim (Korea)
Team Women
Japan, Korea, Chinese Taipei, Canada
Women, individual
K. Baba (Japan), Y. Tsubota (Japan), K. Okada (Japan,) S. Asahina (Japan)
13th WKC 2006, Chinese Taipei
44 countries, 2006/12/08 - 10
Team, Men
Korea, USA, Japan and Chinese Taipei
Men, individual
M. Hojo (Japan), T. Tanaka (Japan), S. Kang (Korea), G. Oh (Korea)
Team, Women
Japan, Korea, Germany, Canada
Women, individual
S. Sugimoto (Japan), K. Komuro (Japan), E. Inagaki (Japan), M. Shimokawa (Japan)
14th WKC 2009, Sao Paulo
39 countries, 2009/08/28 - 30
Team, Men
Japan, USA, Korea and Brazil
Men, individual
S.Teramoto (Japan), B.Park (Korea), K.Lee (Korea), C.Choi (Korea)
Team, Women
Japan, Korea, USA, Brazil
Women, individual
Y. Takami (Japan), S.Shojima (Japan), C. Shinzato (Japan), E. Takashina (Brazil)
15th WKC 2012, Novara, Italy
52 countries, 2012/08/24 – 27
Team, Men
1. Japan 2. South Korea 3. Hungary and USA
Men, individual
1. Susumu Takanabe (Japan) 2. W.Kim (South Korea) 3. K. Furukawa, Keisuke (Japan) and T.Kim (South Korea)
Team, Women
1. Japan 2. South Korea 3. Germany and Brazil
Women, individual
1. Yoko Sakuma (Japan) 2. Kana Kurokawa (Japan) 3. Sayuri Shodai (Japan) and Mana Kawagoe (Japan)
16th WKC 2015, Tokyo, Japan
56countries, 2015/05/29 – 31
Team, Men
1. Japan 2. Korea 3. Hungary and USA
Men, individual
1. Tadakatsu Amishiro (Japan) 2. Yuya Takenouchi (Japan) 3. Man Uk Jang (Korea) and Hidehisa Nishimura (Japan)
Team, Women
1. Japan 2. Korea 3. USA and Brazil
Women, individual
1. Mizuki Matsumoto (Japan) 2. Yun Yung Hu (Korea) 3. Bo Kyung Won (Korea) and Yukiko Takami (Japan)
17th WKC 2018,
Incheon, South Korea
56countries, 2018/09/14 – 16
Team, men
1.Japan
2. Korea 3. USA and
Chinese Taipei
Men,
individual
1. T. Andoo (Japan)
2. J. Jo (Korea) 3. B. Park (Korea) and Y. Takenouchi (Japan)
Team,
Women
1.
Japan 2. Korea 3. Canada and
Australia
Women, individual
1. M. Matsumoto
(Japan) 2. M. Yamamoto (Japan) 3. M. Senoo (Japan) and M.
Fujimo (Japan)
1st 1970 |
Tokyo |
Japan |
2nd 1973 |
Los Angeles |
USA |
3rd 1976 |
Milton Keynes |
England, Great Britain |
4th 1979 |
Sapparo |
Japan |
5th 1982 |
São Paulo |
Brazil |
6th 1985 |
Paris |
France |
7th 1988 |
Seoul |
Korea |
8th 1991 |
Toronto |
Canada |
9th 1994 |
Paris |
France |
10th 1997 |
Kyoto |
Japan |
11th 2000 |
Santa Clara |
USA |
12th 2003 |
Glasgow |
Scotland |
13th 2006 |
Taipei |
Taiwan |
14th 2009 |
São Paulo |
Brazil |
15th 2012 |
Novara |
Italy |
16th 2015 |
Tokyo |
Japan |
17th 2018 |
Incheon |
South Korea |
18th 2021 |
Paris |
France |