World Kendo Championships results
There have been organized 16 World Championships, the first in Japan in 1970. The first ten Championships had only two categories, Team Men and Individual Men. From 1997 two new categories were added; Team Women and Individual Women. All results from the 15 World Championships below:

1st WKC 1970, Japan, 17 countries, 1970/04/5 - 04/10
Team Men
Japan, Chinese Taipei, Brazil, Okinawa
Men, individual
M. Kobayashi (Japan), T. Toda (Japan), Y. Taniguchi (Japan), T. Ota (Japan)
2nd WKC 1973, USA, 17 countries, 1973/04/8 - 04/15
Team Men
Japan, Canada, USA, Hawaii
Men, individual
T. Sakuragi (Japan), H. Yano (Japan), T. Fujita (Japan), Rhee (Korea)
3rd WKC 1976, Great Britain, 20 countries, 1976/04/17-18
Team Men
Japan, Canada, USA,Chinese Taipei
Men, individual
E. Yokoo (Japan), K. Ono (Japan), Hosoda (Japan), Go (Chinese Taipei)
4th WKC 1979, Japan, 21 countries, 1979/08/5
Team, Men
Japan, Korea, USA, Hawaii
Men, individual
H. Yamada (Japan), K. Furukawa (Japan), H. Aikawa (Japan), K. Terada (Japan)
5th WKC 1982, Brazil, 20 countries, 1982/07/31 - 8/1
Team, Men
Japan, Brazil, Korea, Canada
Men, individual
M. Makita (Japan), T. Kosaka (Japan), W. Okajima (Japan), H. Yasugahira (Japan)
6th WKC 1985, France, 25 countries, 1985/4/13-14
Team, Men
Japan, Brazil, Korea, Canada
Men, individual
Koda (Japan), H. Ogawa (Japan), J. C. Park (Korea), S. I. Kim (Korea)
7th WKC 1988, Korea, 23 countries, 1988/05/28-29
Team, Men
Japan, Korea, Canada, Brazil
Men, individual
I. Okido (Japan), A. Hayashi (Japan), H. Sakata (Japan), K. N. Kim (Korea)
8th WKC 1991, Canada, 29 countries, 1991/06/29-/30
Team, Men
Japan, Korea, Canada, Chinese Taipei
Men, individual
S. Muto (Japan), H. Sakata (Japan), M. Yamamoto (Japan), S. Shimizu (Japan)
9th WKC 1994, France, 32 countries, 1994/04/9-10
Team, Men
Japan, Korea, Canada, Chinese Taipei
Men, individual
H. Takahashi (Japan), K. Takei (Japan), S. Hirano (Japan), N. Eiga (Japan)
10th WKC 1997, Japan, 34 countries, 1997/03/27 - 30
Team, Men
Japan, Korea, Brazil, Chinese Taipei
Men, individual
M. Miyazaki (Japan), F. Miyazaki (Japan), T. Ishida (Japan), Park (Korea)
Team, Women
Japan B, Japan-A ,USA-, Korea-A
Women, individual
M. Kimura (Japan) S. Mogi (Japan) W. Nakano (Canada) H. . J. Cho (Korea)
11th WKC 2000, USA, 36 countries, 2000/03/24-26
Team Men
Japan, Korea, Canada, Brazil
Men, individual
K. Baba (Japan), Y. Tsubota (Japan), K. Okada (Japan), S. Asahina (Japan)
Team Women
Japan, Brazil, USA, Canada
Women, individual
T. Kawano (Japan), K. Baba (Japan), H. Yano (Japan), S. Asahina (Japan)
12th WKC 2003, Great Britain, 42 countries, 2003/7/4 – 06
Team, Men
Japan, Korea, USA ,Italy
Men, individual
H. Sato (Japan), H. Iwasa (Japan), M. Sato (Japan), K. Lim (Korea)
Team Women
Japan, Korea, Chinese Taipei, Canada
Women, individual
K. Baba (Japan), Y. Tsubota (Japan), K. Okada (Japan,) S. Asahina (Japan)
13th WKC 2006, Chinese Taipei, 44 countries, 2006/12/08 - 10
Team, Men
Korea USA Japan Chinese Taipei
Men, individual
M. Hojo (Japan), T. Tanaka (Japan), S. Kang (Korea), G. Oh (Korea)
Team, Women
Japan, Korea, Germany, Canada
Women, individual
S. Sugimoto (Japan), K. Komuro (Japan), E. Inagaki (Japan), M. Shimokawa (Japan)
14th WKC 2009, Sao Paulo, 39 countries, 2009/08/28 - 30
Team, Men
Japan, USA, Korea, Brazil
Men, individual
S.Teramoto (Japan), B.Park (Korea), K.Lee (Korea), C.Choi (Korea)
Team, Women
Japan, Korea, USA, Brazil
Women, individual
Y. Takami (Japan), S.Shojima (Japan), C. Shinzato (Japan), E. Takashina (Brazil)
15th WKC 2012, Novara, Italy, 52 countries, 2012/08/24 – 27
Team, Men
1. Japan 2. South Korea 3. Hungary and USA
Men, individual
1. Susumu Takanabe (Japan) 2. W.Kim (South Korea) 3. K. Furukawa, Keisuke (Japan) and T.Kim (South Korea)
Team, Women
1. Japan 2. South Korea 3. Germany and Brazil
Women, individual
1. Yoko Sakuma (Japan) 2. Kana Kurokawa (Japan) 3. Sayuri Shodai (Japan) and Mana Kawagoe (Japan)
16th WKC 2015, Tokyo, Japan 56countries, 2015/05/29 – 31
Team, Men
1. JAPAN 2. KOREA 3. HUNGARY and USA
Men, individual
1. TADAKATSU AMISHIRO (Japan) 2. YUYA TAKENOUCHI (Japan) 3. MAN UK JANG (Korea) and HIDEHISA NISHIMURA (Japan)
Team, Women
1. JAPAN 2. KOREA 3. USA and BRAZIL
Women, individual
1. MIZUKI MATSUMOTO (Japan) 2. YUN YUNG HU (Korea) 3. BO KYUNG WON (Korea) and YUKIKO TAKAMI (Japan)
1st 1970 |
Tokyo |
Japan |
2nd 1973 |
Los Angeles |
USA |
3rd 1976 |
Milton Keynes |
England, Great Britain |
4th 1979 |
Sapparo |
Japan |
5th 1982 |
São Paulo |
Brazil |
6th 1985 |
Paris |
France |
7th 1988 |
Seoul |
Korea |
8th 1991 |
Toronto |
Canada |
9th 1994 |
Paris |
France |
10th 1997 |
Kyoto |
Japan |
11th 2000 |
Santa Clara |
USA |
12th 2003 |
Glasgow |
Scotland |
13th 2006 |
Taipei |
Taiwan |
14th 2009 |
São Paulo |
Brazil |
15th 2012 |
Novara |
Italy |
16th 2015 |
Tokyo |
Japan |
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