NEWS - All Japan Kendo Federation Announces Japan National Team for 17th WKC! by Andy Fisher

The All Japan Kendo Federation has announced the following as their delegation for the 17th World Kendo Championships, to be held later this year -

Delegation Leader - Toshiaki Takahashi, Hanshi 8th Dan from Kyoto

Men's Manager - Toshiya Ishida , Kyoshi 8th Dan from Tokyo

Men's Coach - Yasushi Hirao, Kyoshi 8th Dan from Tokyo

Men's Coach - Shoji Teramoto, Kyoshi 7th Dan from Osaka

Men's Team:

1 - Satoru Okido, age 33, Renshi 6th Dan, Police Officer from Osaka

2 - Yosuke Katsumi, age 31, Renshi 6th Dan, Police Officer from Kanagawa

3 - Hidehisa Nishimura, age 29, 5th Dan, Police Officer from Kumamoto

4 - Yohei Takeshita, age 29, 5th Dan, Police Officer from Oita

5 - Sho Ando, age 28, 5th Dan, Police Officer from Hokkaido

6 - Yuki Tsuchitani, age 26, 5th Dan, Police Officer from Osaka

7 - Yasuki Maeda, age 25, 4th Dan, Police Officer from Osaka

8 - Yuya Takenouchi, age 25, 5th Dan, Officer from Tokyo

9 - Kyohei Hayashida, age 24, 5th Dan, Teacher from Fukui

10 - Keita Hoshiko, age 19, 3rd Dan, University Student from Kagoshima

Women's Manager - Masahiro Miyazaki, Kyoshi 8th Dan from Kanagawa

Women's Coach - Kentaro Takenaka, Kyoshi 7th Dan from Kagoshima

Women's Coach - Saeko Sugimoto, Renshi 6th Dan from Kyoto

Women's Team:

1 - Mariko Yamamoto, age 29, 6th Dan, Police Officer from Osaka

2 - Mei Fujimoto, age 26, 5th Dan, Teacher from Kyoto

3 - Mizuki Matsumoto, age 26, 5th Dan, Police Officer from Kanagawa

4 - Tai Watanabe, age 25, 5th Dan, Police Officer from Kumamoto

5 - Moeko Takahashi, age 24, 4th Dan, Police Officer from Kanagawa

6 - Hinano Tominaga, age 22, 4th Dan, University Staff from Kagoshima

7 - Chika Matsumoto, age 21, 4th Dan, University Student from Fukuoka,

8 - Miho Takenaka, age 20, 4th Dan, University Student from Ibaraki

9 - Kana Komatsu, age 19, 3rd Dan, university Student from Aomori

10 - Maika Seno, age 17, 3rd Dan, High School Student from Fukuoka

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