JKA Champions
JKA All-Japan and World Championships
JKA All-Japan Championships
| Men’s Division | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Kumite | Kata | ||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| 1957 | Kanazawa | Tsuyama | Nakamura | Shouji | Sakamoto | Koyama |
| 1958 | Kanazawa*/Mikami | Nakamura | Kanazawa* | Mikami | Saito | |
| 1959 | Mikami* | Kanazawa | Sato/Shirai | Mikami* | Kanazawa | Saito |
| 1960 | Sato | Mikami | Asai/Iwaizumi+ | Shouji | Mikami | Kanazawa |
| 1961 | Asai* | Shirai | Mikami/Enoeda | Mikami | Asai* | Shirai |
| 1962 | Shirai* | Enoeda | Mikami/Yaguchi | Shirai* | Mikami | Iwaizumi+ |
| 1963 | Enoeda | Shirai | Kanazawa/Yaguchi | Asai | Iwaizumi+ | Nakaya |
| 1965 | Kisaka | Ueki* | Miyazaki/Ochi | Ueki* | Ochi | Shimokuma |
| 1966 | Ochi* | Tabata | Takahashi | Ochi* | Ueki | Takahashi |
| 1967 | Ochi* | Oishi | Tabata/Abe | Ueki | Ochi* | Takahashi |
| 1968 | Ueki* | Ochi | Tabata/Abe | Ueki* | Takahashi | Ochi |
| 1969 | Oishi | Iida | Ochi*/Isaka | Ochi* | Takahashi | Isaka |
| 1970 | Oishi | Takahashi* | Yamaguchi/Tabata | Takahashi* | Yamaguchi | Takashina |
| 1971 | Oishi | Ueki* | Iida/Tabata | Ueki* | Takahashi | Yamaguchi |
| 1972 | Kagawa | Oishi | Yano/Sasaki | Takahashi | Yamaguchi | Isaka |
| 1973 | Oishi | Isaka | Tanaka | Takahashi | Ohsaka | Isaka |
| 1974 | Tanaka | Sakata | Hayakawa/Sawada | Ueki | Ohsaka | Takahashi |
| 1975 | Tanaka | Yahara | Ohsaka/Kasuya | Ueki | Ohsaka | Yamaguchi |
| 1976 | Ohsaka | Hayakawa | Takahashi/Yahara | Ochi | Kasuya | Naito |
| 1978 | Mori | Yahara | Iida/Ohsaka* | Ohsaka* | Yahara | Naito |
| 1979 | Ohmura | Mori | Yahara/Ohsaka* | Ohsaka* | Ochi | Isaka |
| 1980 | Mori | Ohmura | Imura/Yamamoto | Ohsaka | Yahara | Isaka |
| 1981 | Tsuchii | Tatetsu | Mori/Sakata | Ohsaka | Yahara | Imura |
| 1982 | Sakata | Mori | Yamamoto/Yahara | Ohsaka | Yahara | Aihara |
| 1983 | Yamamoto | Imamura | Kagawa/Furukawa | Ohsaka | Yahara | Fukami |
| 1984 | Yamamoto | Kagawa | Yahara*/Ogura | Yahara* | Kagawa | Kojima |
| 1985 | Kagawa* | Ogura | Tatetsu/Kawawada | Kagawa* | Aihara | Kojima |
| 1986 | Ogura | Imamura | Hashiguchi/Ohmura | Kawawada | Imura | Ohta |
| 1987 | Yokomichi | Shiina | Imamura/Kawawada* | Kawawada* | Aihara | Kojima |
| 1988 | Imamura | Kagawa | Koike/Iwamoto | Hashiguchi | Imura | Kagawa |
| 1989 | Kagawa | Imamura | Koike/Iwamoto | Aihara | Hashiguchi | Kagawa |
| 1990** | Imamura | Koike | Hanzaki/Shiina | Aihara | Hashiguchi | Kagawa |
| 1991 | Shiina | Hanzaki | Kobayashi/Kokubun | Aihara | Imura | Hashiguchi |
| 1992 | Naka | Taniyama | Hanzaki/Kokubun | Imura | Hashiguchi | Aihara |
| 1993 | Shiina | Imamura | Iwamoto/Nakano | Imura | Hashiguchi | Aihara |
| 1994 | Shiina | Taniyama | Iwamoto/Izumiya | Imura | Hashiguchi | Aihara |
| 1995 | Taniyama | Ikenaga | Shiina/Takahashi | Imura | Hashiguchi | Aihara |
| 1996 | Taniyama | Kokubun | Shiina/Kobayashi | Imura | Hashiguchi | Aihara |
| 1997 | Kokubun | Izumiya* | Kobayashi/Ogata | Izumiya* | Hashiguchi | Terashima |
| 1998 | Taniyama | Noda | Ikenaga/Ogata | Hashiguchi | Izumiya | Taniyama |
| 1999 | Kobayashi | Taniyama* | Noda/Hanzaki | Taniyama* | Izumiya | Takahashi |
| 2000 | Kokubun | Shiina | Naka/Ikenaga | Taniyama | Izumiya | Shiina |
| 2001 | Taniyama* | Ogata | Shimizu/Takahashi | Shiina | Taniyama* | Takahashi |
| 2002 | Kobayashi* | Ohkuma | Taniyama/Ogata | Shiina | Kobayashi* | Saito |
| 2003 | Kobayashi | Taniyama* | Ogata/Shiina | Taniyama* | Shiina | Kobayashi |
| 2004 | Kobayashi* | Ohkuma | Taniyama/Ogata | Shiina | Kobayashi* | Saito |
| 2005 | Kobayashi* | Ohkuma | Taniyama/Ogata | Shiina | Kobayashi* | Taniyama |
| 2006 | Shimizu | Sugiyama | Ohkuma/Ito | Kurihara | Kobayashi | Taniyama |
| 2007 | Taniyama | Sugiyama | Kunihara*/Okada | Kurihara* | Saito | Takahashi |
| 2008 | Shimizu | Inokoshi | Ogata/Okada | Kobayashi | Saito | Kumeta |
| 2009 | Inokoshi | Shimizu/Haga | Kurihara | Saito | Ohkuma | |
| Women’s Division | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Kumite | Kata | ||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| 1974 | Kobayashi | Sato | Ishida | |||
| 1975 | Sato | Hayakawa | Asano | |||
| 1976 | Kawashima | Hayakawa | Hashiguchi | |||
| 1977 | Kawashima | Ushigome | Asano | |||
| 1978 | Kawashima | Ohsaka | Moritani | |||
| 1979 | Kawashima | Moritani | Hayakawa | |||
| 1980 | Kawashima | Moritani | Yamamoto | |||
| 1981 | Kawashima | Moritani | Hashiguchi | |||
| 1982 | Kawashima | Moritani | Hashiguchi | |||
| 1983 | Moritani | Yamamoto | Ebihara | |||
| 1984 | Nakamura | Yamamoto | Ebihara | |||
| 1985 | Hasama | Watanabe | Miki/Tayama | Nakamura | Yamamoto | Ebihara |
| 1986 | Saito | Taguchi | Kanako/Yoshii | Nakamura | Tanizaki | Ebihara |
| 1987 | Kawano | Okuda | Yanagibayashi/Hasama | Nakamura | Mimura | Maruyama |
| 1988 | Kawano | Watanabe | Ito/Nakata | Mimura | Nakamura | Kawano |
| 1989 | Yoneda | Yoshimi | Kawano/Sasaki | Mimura | Nakamura | Kawano |
| 1990** | Yoneda | Hasama | Ozaki/Baba | Mimura | Nakamura | Asano |
| 1991 | Yoneda | Hasama | Sasaki/Ohama | Mimura | Nakamura | Gunji |
| 1992 | Kono | Yoneda | Ohama/Hasama | Nakamura | Kawano | Gunji |
| 1993 | Kono | Yoshimi | Hasama/Kobayashi | Nakamura | Gunji | Akiyama |
| 1994 | Hasama | Sakuragi | Baba/Yamazaki | Nakamura | Gunji | Akiyama |
| 1995 | Okuda | Sudo | Baba/Takayama | Nakamura | Gunji | Nakata |
| 1996 | Baba | Okuda | Mori/Yamazaki | Nakamura | Gunji | Nakata |
| 1997 | Gunji | Baba | Sakuragi/Tsuchiya | Gunji | Nakata | Ohshima |
| 1998 | Hasama | Baba | Okuda/Shibuya | Fujiwara | Gunji | Nakata |
| 1999 | Hasama | Baba | Oda/Takada | Fujiwara | Ohshima | Nakata |
| 2000 | Hasama | Okuie | Takada/Baba | Nakata | Gunji | Ohshima |
| 2001 | Suetsugu | Mizuno | Itoh/Okuie | Nakata | Hirayama | Azuma |
| 2002 | Hirayama* | Ito | Okuie/Mizuno | Nakata | Hirayama* | Oshima |
| 2003 | Mizuno | Okuie | Tsukamoto/Aragaki | Nakata | Oshima | Aragaki |
| 2004 | Wakabayashi | Aragaki | Okuie/Shirota | Nakata | Aragaki | Hirayama |
JKA World Championships
| Men’s Division | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kumite | Kata | |||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| 1975 | Tanaka | Ooishi | Higgins (ENG) | Ohsaka | Fugazza (ITL) | Strauch (GMN) |
| 1977 | Tanaka | DeMichelis (ITL) | Willrodt (GMN) | Ohsaka | Yahara | Fugazza (ITL) |
| 1980 | Mori | Dacic (YGO) | Hoffmann (GMN) | Ohsaka | Yahara | Karamitsos (GRC) |
| 1983 | Yamamoto | Guazzaroni (ITL) | Sarie? (EGPT) | Ohsaka | Yahara | ElHerim (EGPT) |
| 1985 | Kawawada* | Yokomichi | Kagawa/Tsuchii | Kawawada* | Kagawa | Fukami |
| 1987 | Imamura | Brennan (ENG) | Bes t(ENG)/Barone (BLG) | Imura | Kagawa | Okazaki (USA) |
| 1990 | Kagawa* | Christopher (ENG) | Allatta (BLG)/Jensen (SWE) | Aihara | Brennan | Kagawa* |
| 1992** | Imamura | Brennan (ENG) | Naka | Aihara | Imura | Hashiguchi |
| 1994 | Protopapa (SAF) | Mulolo (BLG) | Shiina/Smith (SAF) | Imura | Okazaki (USA) | Aihara |
| 1996 | Sharp (CAN) | Kokubun | Taniyama/Kobayashi | Imura | Hashiguchi | Aihara |
| 1998 | Kokubun | Ogata | Mulolo (BLG)/Pierre (SWZ) | Hashiguchi | Izumiya | Taniyama |
| 2000 | Kokubun | La Grange (SAF) | Ogata/Kobayashi | Taniyama | Izumiya | Shiina |
| 2004 | Ogata | Femic (SWE) | La Grange (SAF)/Ohkuma | Shiina | Taniyama | Kobayashi |
| 2006 | Ogata | Machida (BZL) | Nemoto/Ohkuma | Kurihara | Kobayashi | Saitoh |
| 2011 | Iimura | Chubashi | Nemoto/Mazurov (RUS) | Kurihara | Maruoka | Hukuhara |
| 2014 | Chubashi | Iimura | Nemoto/Ngamphuengphit (THA) | Kurihara | Ueda | Kurihara |
| Women’s Division | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kumite | Kata | |||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| 1977 | Kawashima | Hayakawa | Shenia? (USA) | |||
| 1980 | Kawashima | Moritani | Skweibel? (GMN) | |||
| 1983 | Moritani | Sakata | Nakamura | |||
| 1985 | Nakamura | Yamamoto | Yoshida | |||
| 1987 | Mimura | Nakamura | Sekimori | |||
| 1990 | Hasama | Zelissen | Kawano/Findley | Mimura | Pyree?Nakamura? | Asano |
| 1992** | Yoneda | Yoshimi | Kawano/Sasaki | Nakamura | Gunji? | Akiyama |
| 1994 | Hasama | Baba | Nakamura/Nirawachda (INA) | Nakamura | Omita (INA) | Ikutake |
| 1996 | Hasama | Baba | Okuda/Sakuragi | Nakamura | Gunji | Nakata |
| 1998 | Baba | Quansah (ENG) | Hasama/Glynnc? (ENG) | Fujiwara | Gunji | Karin? (SAF) |
| 2000 | Hasama | Okuda | Baba/Cauvin (SAF) | Hakata | Gunji | Azuma |
| 2004 | Okuie | Takahashi | Nikolic (YUG)/Zsigmond (HUN) | Nakata | Aragaki | Oshima |
| 2006 | Takahashi | Okuda | Pearce (AUS)/Wheatley (AUS) | Aragaki | Oshima | Takaki |
| 2011 | Ishizuka | Akdag (SWE) | Alla (RUS)/Quivoz (VEN) | Oshima | Nakamachi | Fukasaku |
| 2014 | Taguchi | Shiina | Ito/Petra (CZE) | Nakamachi | Takagi | Hikawa |
World Championship tournament names & locations:
1975: 1st IAKF World Championships, Los Angeles, USA
1977: 2nd IAKF World Championships, Tokyo, Japan
1980: 3rd IAKF World Championships, Bremen, W. Germany
1983: 4th IAKF World Championships, Cairo, Egypt
1985: 1st ShotoCup, Tokyo, Japan
1987: 2nd ShotoCup, Brisbane, Australia
1990: 3rd ShotoCup, Sunderland, England
1992: 4th ShotoCup, Tokyo, Japan
1994: 5th ShotoCup, Philadelphia, USA
1996: 6th ShotoCup, Ohsaka, Japan
1998: 7th ShotoCup, Paris, France
2000: 8th ShotoCup, Tokyo, Japan
2004: 9th ShotoCup, Tokyo, Japan
2006: 10th Funakoshi Gichin Cup, Sydney, Australia
2009: 11th Funakoshi Gichin Cup, Tokyo, Japan (cancelled)
20011: 12th Funakoshi Gichin Cup, Pattaya, Thailand
2014: 13th Funakoshi Gichin Cup, Tokyo, Japan
* Grand Champion (1st in kata or kumite and top 3 in other event)
** From 1990 to 1999 there were two separate “JKA” All-Japan & world championship tournaments held each year. One by the organization headed by Sugiura Sensei (now Ueki Sensei) and one by the organization headed by Asai Sensei (now JKS; now headed by Kagawa Sensei). Championship results listed here from 1990 on are for the organization that retained the JKA name, headed by Ueki Sensei. This is the larger organization and the one since granted full rights to the JKA name by the Japanese courts.
+ The “Iwaizumi” listed above is actually the instructor now known as “Yamaguchi Toru,” as his last name was changed from Iwaizumi upon marriage, when he took on the family name of his wife.
This list was first compiled on our website (the first list of JKA champions in English on ANY website, starting in 1998) but has since appeared in various versions around the Web. (A typo from an older version can still be found on many versions copied from our site.)