Shokichi Natsui

Shokichi Natsui
Medal record


Men's Judo
Representing Japan
World Championships
	1956 Tokyo	Open
All-Japan Championships
	1957	Open
	1955	Open
	1954	Open

Shokichi Natsui (夏井昇吉, Natsui Shōkichi, 10 October 1925 – 13 September 2006) was a Japanese judoka from the Akita Prefecture. He became the first world champion in judo,^[1] winning the title at the 1956 World Judo Championships in Tokyo, by beating Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu in the final.^[2] As there were no weight classes in the world championships until 1965, Natsui was the only champion in 1956.^[2]

First judo world championship

Background

The International Judo Federation (IJF) was founded in 1951, and five years later IJF organized the first World Judo Championships, held in Tokyo on 5 March 1956.^[1]

Contestants

Natsui and his teammate Yoshimatsu, both policemen, were the two highest ranked judoka at the championship; the 36-year-old Yoshimatsu held the rank of nanadan (7th dan), and Natsui rokudan (6th dan), while Pariset from France held yondan (4th dan), and future three-time world champion Anton Geesink from the Netherlands held sandan (3rd dan).^[3] The 1956 championship had 31 competitors from 21 countries.^[1]

Natsui's matches

In the first round Natsui took only 3 seconds to eliminate the contestant from Cambodia, with the shoulder throw seoi nage.^[3] In the second round he met Johannsen from Denmark, and won after 8 seconds, with tai otoshi.^[3] The match against Woodrey from Belgium in round 3 lasted 44 seconds, with victory going to Natsui.^[3] In the semi-final he met Henri Courtine from France; this match lasted only 8 seconds, with a tai otoshi win to Natsui.^[3] In total, Natsui reached the final with a total combined match time of only 63 seconds.^[3] The final between Natsui and Yoshimatsu ended with victory to Natsui.^[3]

All-Japan Judo Championships

Natsui competed several times at the All-Japan Judo Championships in Nippon Budokan in Tokyo—one of the three major tournaments, together with the Olympic Games and the World Championships. In 1951 he finished 8th, he finished 16th in 1952, and 8th again in 1953. He received a bronze medal in 1954, a silver medal in 1955 (losing to Yoshimatsu in the final), and a gold medal in 1957. The All-Japan Judo Championships where not held in 1956 because of the inaugural World Championship competition.^[4]

References

1 2 3 Matsumoto, D. (1996). "The History of Judo". An Introduction to Kodokan Judo: History and Philosophy. International Judo Federation. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
1 2 Isao Inokuma, Nobuyuki Sato (1986). Best Judo. Kodansha. ISBN 0-87011-786-6.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "People in Judo" (PDF). Judo Journal. 1984. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
↑ Takahiko Ishikawa, Donn F. Draeger (1999). Judo Training Methods. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 0-8048-3210-2.

All-Japan Judo Champions

Men	1930 Kanbe Furusawa 1931 Tatsukuma Ushijima 1932 Tatsukuma Ushijima 1933 Not held 1934 Suekichi Tanaka 1935 Eisaku Iiyama 1936 Isamu Shinbara / Shinkichi Setoguchi 1937 Masahiko Kimura 1938 Masahiko Kimura 1939 Masahiko Kimura 1940 Not held 1941 Iwao Hirose 1942–47 Not held 1948 Yasuichi Matsumoto 1949 Takahiko Ishikawa / Masahiko Kimura 1950 Takahiko Ishikawa 1951 Toshiro Daigo 1952 Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu 1953 Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu 1954 Toshiro Daigo 1955 Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu 1956 Not held 1957 Shokichi Natsui 1958 Koji Sone 1959 Isao Inokuma 1960 Akio Kaminaga 1961 Akio Kaminaga 1962 Yoshinori Takeuchi 1963 Isao Inokuma 1964 Akio Kaminaga 1965 Seiji Sakaguchi 1966 Mitsuo Matsunaga 1967 Isao Okano 1968 Takeshi Matsuzaka 1969 Isao Okano 1970 Masatoshi Shinomaki 1971 Kaneo Iwatsuri 1972 Shinobu Sekine 1973 Haruki Uemura 1974 Nobuyuki Sato 1975 Haruki Uemura 1976 Sumio Endo 1977 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1978 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1979 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1980 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1981 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1982 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1983 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1984 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1985 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1986 Yoshimi Masaki 1987 Yoshimi Masaki 1988 Hitoshi Saito 1989 Naoya Ogawa 1990 Naoya Ogawa 1991 Naoya Ogawa 1992 Naoya Ogawa 1993 Naoya Ogawa 1994 Jun Konno 1995 Naoya Ogawa 1996 Naoya Ogawa 1997 Jun Konno 1998 Shinichi Shinohara 1999 Shinichi Shinohara 2000 Shinichi Shinohara 2001 Kosei Inoue 2002 Kosei Inoue 2003 Kosei Inoue 2004 Keiji Suzuki 2005 Keiji Suzuki 2006 Satoshi Ishii 2007 Keiji Suzuki 2008 Satoshi Ishii 2009 Takamasa Anai 2010 Kazuhiko Takahashi 2011 Keiji Suzuki 2012 Hirotaka Kato 2013 Takamasa Anai 2014 Takeshi Ojitani 2015 Hisayoshi Harasawa 2016 Takeshi Ojitani

Women	1986 Kaori Hachinohe 1987 Yoko Tanabe 1988 Yoko Tanabe 1989 Yoko Tanabe 1990 Yoko Tanabe 1991 Yoko Tanabe 1992 Yoko Tanabe 1993 Noriko Anno 1994 Noriko Anno 1995 Noriko Anno 1996 Noriko Anno 1997 Miho Ninomiya 1998 Miho Ninomiya 1999 Noriko Anno 2000 Mayumi Yamashita 2001 Midori Shintani 2002 Maki Tsukada 2003 Maki Tsukada 2004 Maki Tsukada 2005 Maki Tsukada 2006 Maki Tsukada 2007 Maki Tsukada 2008 Maki Tsukada 2009 Maki Tsukada 2010 Maki Tsukada 2011 Mika Sugimoto 2012 Kanae Yamabe 2013 Akari Ogara 2014 Kanae Yamabe 2015 Megumi Tachimoto 2016 Kanae Yamabe

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