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Kokoro Kageura

Kokoro Kageura (影浦 心, Kageura Kokoro, born 6 December 1995) is a Japanese judoka.

He won a medal at the 2019 World Judo Championships.[1] He won the 2021 World Judo Championships in the heavyweight division.[2]

In 2017, he won the gold medal in the men's +100 kg event at the Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan.[3]

In 2020, he became world-renowned after ending the 10-year unbeaten streak of legendary French judoka Teddy Riner during the 2020 Judo Grand Slam Paris, defeating him via ippon.[4]

References

  1. ^ 2019 World Judo Championships results
  2. ^ http://judolive01.lb.judobase.org/www.judo-world.net/ijf/world/wc_sen2021/tta.php?tta_mode=&aktion=pdf_sheet&klasse=p100
  3. ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2017 Summer Universiade. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. ^ International Judo Federation: Riner's 10-year undefeated streak ended by Japan's Kageura

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