Kaori Yamaguchi
is a Japanese university professor and retired judoka.Yamaguchi won the All-Japan Judo Championships 10 consecutive times from 1978 to 1987 (twice in the 50 kg division, seven times in the 52 kg division) and won her first medal at the 1980 World Judo Championships. Yamaguchi went on to win 4 silver medals and one gold medal at the World Judo Championships. Yamaguchi also won a bronze medal in the 52 kg division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where women's judo was held as a demonstration sport. She retired from competitive judo in 1989 when she graduated from the University of Tsukuba. She worked as an instructor for the University of Tsukuba and Musashi University since retiring. Yamaguchi is currently Associate professor of Tsukuba.
Yamaguchi is the model for the protagonist in Naoki Urasawa's judo manga, ''Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl'', and makes a cameo appearance in the film version of the manga as well. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Mitsuya Yamakita, Daisuke Ando, Hayato Sugita, Yuka Akiyama, Miri Sato, Hiroshi Yokomichi, Kaori Yamaguchi, Zentaro YamagataGet full text
Published 2021-03-01
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2by Kaori Yamaguchi‐Komeyama, Terumi Ayuse, Shinya Mikushi, Noriko Hisamatsu, Taiki Yamaguchi, Nobuaki Magata, Naomi Tanoue, Hanako Kawasaki, Ryo Kozu, Hideaki Takahata, Takao AyuseGet full text
Published 2020-06-01
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3by Takehito Sugasawa, Kai Aoki, Koichi Watanabe, Koki Yanazawa, Tohru Natsume, Tohru Takemasa, Kaori Yamaguchi, Yoshinori Takeuchi, Yuichi Aita, Naoya Yahagi, Yasuko Yoshida, Katsuyuki Tokinoya, Nanami Sekine, Kaoru Takeuchi, Haruna Ueda, Yasushi Kawakami, Satoshi Shimizu, Kazuhiro TakekoshiGet full text
Published 2019-06-01
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