List Champion Of World Open Tournament

1st World Open Tournament

November 1 – 3, 1975, Tokyo, Japan

1. Katsuaki Sato                JAPAN

2. Hatsuo Royama             JAPAN

3. Joko Nimoniya               JAPAN

4. Daigo Oishi                    JAPAN

5. Toshikazu Sato              JAPAN

6. Takashi Azuma              JAPAN

7. Charles W. Martin          USA

8. Frank Clark                    USA

128 competitors from 32 Countries

2nd World Open Tournament

November 23 – 25, 1979, Tokyo, Japan

1. Makoto Nakamura         JAPAN

2. Keiji Sanpei                   JAPAN

3. Willie Williams               USA

4. Takashi Azuma              JAPAN

5. Howard Collins              GREAT BRITAIN

6. Bernard Creton              GREAT BRITAIN

7. Ceno Maxer                   LIECHTENSTEIN

8. Koichi Kawabata           JAPAN

187 competitors from 62 Countries

3rd World Open Tournament

January 20 – 22, 1984, Tokyo, Japan

1. Makoto Nakamura         JAPAN

2. Keiji Sanpei                   JAPAN

3. Akiyoshi Matsui             JAPAN

4. Ademir Da Costa          BRAZIL

5. Yasuto Onishi                 JAPAN

6. Nicholas Da Costa        GREAT BRITAIN

7. Keizo Tahara                 JAPAN

8. Dave Greaves                GREAT BRITAIN

192 Competitors

4th World Open Tournament

November 6 – 8, 1987, Tokyo, Japan

1. Akiyoshi Matsui             JAPAN

2. Andy Hug                        SWITZERLAND

3. Akira Masuda                JAPAN

4. Michael Thompson        GREAT BRITAIN

5. Ademir Da Costa          BRAZIL

6. Hiroki Kurosawa            JAPAN

7. Yasuhiro Shichinohe     JAPAN

8. Nicholas Da Costa        GREAT BRITAIN

Fighting Spirit Award        : Jeoffrey Cebekulu         ANGOLA

Technical Award                : Kenji Midori                    JAPAN

Tameshawari Award         : Zbgniew Matecz            SWEDEN

207 competitors from 77 countries

5th World Open Tournament

November 2 – 4, 1991, Tokyo, Japan

1. Kenji Midori                    JAPAN

2. Akira Masuda                JAPAN

3. Hiroki Kurosawa            JAPAN

4. Jean Riviere                   CANADA

5. Kenji Yamaki                  JAPAN

6. Yutaka Ishii                     JAPAN

7. Yasuhiro Shichinohe     JAPAN

8. Johnny Kleyn                  HOLLAND

Fighting Spirit Award        : Francisco Filho              BRAZIL

Technical Award                : Michael Thompson        GREAT BRITAIN

Tameshawari Award         : Kiyofumi Abe                 JAPAN

250 competitors from 112 countries

6th World Open Tournament

November 3 – 5, 1995, Tokyo, Japan

1. Kenji Yamaki                  JAPAN

2. Hajime Kazumi              JAPAN

3. Francisco Filho              BRAZIL

4. Garry O'Neill                   AUSTRALIA

5. Nicholas Pettas             DENMARK

6. Hiroki Kurosawa            JAPAN

7. Luciano Basile               BRAZIL

8. Glaube Feitosa              BRAZIL

Fighting Spirit Award        : Hiroki Kurosawa            JAPAN

Technical Award                : Ryu Narushima              JAPAN

Tameshiwari Award          : Walter Schnaubelt         PNG

168 competitors from 85 Countries

7th World Open Tournament

November 5 – 7, 1999, Tokyo, Japan

1. Francisco Filho              BRAZIL

2. Hajime Kazumi              JAPAN

3. Alexander Pichkunov    RUSSIA

4. Glaube Feitosa              BRAZIL

5. Nicholas Pettas             DENMARK

6. Yasuhiro Kimura            JAPAN

7. Ryuta Noji                       JAPAN

8. Ryu Narushima              JAPAN

Fighting Spirit Award        : Tatsuya Fukuda             JAPAN

Technical Award                : Ryu Narushima              JAPAN

Tameshiwari Award          : Emil Kostov                    BULGARIA

192 competitors from 86 Countries

8th World Open Tournament

November 1 – 3, 2003, Tokyo, Japan

1. Hitoshi Kiyama              JAPAN

2. Sergey Plekhanov         RUSSIA

3. Ewerton Teixeira           BRAZIL

4. Glaube Feitosa              BRAZIL

5. Lechi Kurbanov              RUSSIA

6. Yasuhiro Kimura            JAPAN

7. Sergey Osipov               RUSSIA

8. Hiroyuki Kidachi            JAPAN

Fighting Spirit Award        : Emil Kostov                    BULGARIA

                                               Hiroyuki Kidachi            JAPAN

Technical Award                : Masafumi Tagahara      JAPAN

Tameshiwari Award          : Sergey Plekhanov         RUSSIA

240 competitors from 63 Countries

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