The 53rd All Japan Kendo Championship
Champ: Satoru Harada (Tokyo pref.)
2nd: Ryoichi Uchimura (Tokyo pref.)
3rd: Masaomi Hojo (Kanagawa pref.)
3rd: Osamu Uezono (Kagoshima pref.)
-Harada got champ for the first time in 9th challenge.
-Harada's younger brother Kenji Harada lost at 1st round.
-Last year's champ Tsuyoshi Suzuki lost at 1st round.
-Fomer Champ Kaigo Ando lost at 1st round.
-lowest dan:3rd-dan(Kenji Harada), highest:7th-dan(Nabeyama,Hamada)
-Oldest entry: 38 Yoshihisa Okaichi (Iwate pref.)
-54 out of 64 are policemen.7 teachers,2 corporate employee,1 works at prison.
-2 corprate employees are Yoshiaki Yatabe from
ALSOK, Hiroki Takei from
TORAY.
Satoru Harada
Kenji Harada
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