Lecturer

Kaori YamaguchiProfessor, Physical Education, University of Tsukuba

1978 - 87 years All Japan women's body weight championships 10 consecutive victories
1984 The 3rd World Women's Judo Championship Gold Medal (Japan Women's First)
Seoul Olympic bronze medal in 1988
1989 Graduate School of Physical Education, University of Tsukuba graduate school completion, graduating from active participation the same year
It is a legendary girl judo who proved that Japanese women's judo can pass to the top of the world and was admired as "Sanshiro female."
After working as a professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Literature, Musashi University Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Human Sciences

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