Naohisa Takato
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Naohisa Takato 高藤直寿 |
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| Born | 30 May 1993 (age 23) , Japan |
| Native name | 高藤直寿 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 60kg (132lb) |
| Division | Extra-lightweight |
| Style | Judo |
| Fighting out of | Tokyo, Japan |
| Team | All Japan National Team Park 24 |
| Trainer | Minoru Konegawa |
| Rank | 2nd degree black belt in Judo |
| University | Tokai University |
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Representing  Japan
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2016 Rio de Janeiro | –60 kg |
| World Championships | ||
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2013 Rio de Janeiro | –60 kg |
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2014 Chelyabinsk | –60 kg |
Naohisa Takato (高藤直寿 Takatō Naohisa?, born 30 May 1993) is a Japanese judoka.
Takato became one of judo's most prominent fighters by winning the 2013 World Championships. In the same year, he also won the Masters in Tyumen, and the prestigious Grand Slams in Paris,Tokyo and Moscow. With these successes, Takato was ranked No. 1 in the world in 2013 and 2014. He had an all-win record in 2013. Specializing in drop kata guruma, his physical and technical fighting style has become iconic in judo.
Outside the mat, Takato was one of the most searched judokas in 2015, and the top earning male judoka on the IJF circuit since 2012.
Takato has been chosen as Japan's extra-lightweight representative at the 2016 Olympics.
Takato began judo at the age of 7. He joined -machi judo club as an elementary school student, which was also attended by future teammate Masashi Ebinuma. He had won in various weight divisions throughout elementary and middle school.
An alma mater of Sagami junior high and high school, he won several national titles representing the school as well as the world cadet championships. He started attending Tokai University in 2012, and had graduated in 2016.
He is known for having a more modern style of fighting than traditional Japanese judo, with kata guruma being one of his favorite techniques.
Takato's international rivals include Dashdavaagiin Amartüvshin, Kim Won-jin, Yeldos Smetov, Ganbatyn Boldbaatar and Beslan Mudranov. He has competed against them a total of twenty times.
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