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Nakada wins first men's All Japan Kendo title; Suenaga claims fourth women's crown
Ryosuke Nakada won his first men’s national kendo title at Japan’s All Japan Kendo Championships on Nov.
3 in Tokyo.
He beat Ryosuke Natsumida in the final, scoring two points with head strikes.
Nakada also defeated three former champions on his way to the title, including three-time winner Keita Hoshiko in the semifinal.
In the women’s event, Mari Suenaga won her fourth championship by beating Mayu Yokoyama in the final.
Suenaga scored twice with head strikes and became the tournament’s oldest champion, according to the Japanese-language account.
The championships brought together 64 men and women who had qualified through regional tournaments and competed in knockout brackets.
The results establish Nakada as the new men’s champion, while Suenaga adds another title to her record.
Ryunosuke Nakada of Tokyo won his first men’s All Japan Kendo Championship title on Nov. 3, defeating Ryusuke Natsumeda of Hiroshima in the final.
Nakada won the final by scoring two men strikes and became champion on his first appearance at the tournament.
Mari Suenaga of Wakayama won her fourth women’s title, beating Mayu Yokoyama of Osaka in the final.
The 74th men’s and 65th women’s championships were held at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, with 64 men and women competing.
Nakada also defeated three former champions during the tournament, while Suenaga became the oldest winner of the women’s event.
- Who
- Ryunosuke Nakada won the men’s title, and Mari Suenaga won the women’s title.
- What
- Nakada claimed his first All Japan Kendo Championship title; Suenaga won her fourth women’s crown.
- When
- Nov. 3, 2026.
- Where
- Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.
- Why
- The tournament was held to decide Japan’s national kendo champions.
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The 74th men’s and 65th women’s All Japan Kendo Championships took place at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo.
Nakada beat former champion Keita Hoshiko in the men’s semifinal and then defeated Natsumeda in the final.
Suenaga beat three-time champion Moeko Takahashi in the women’s semifinal and then defeated Yokoyama in the final.
- Men’s champion
- Ryunosuke Nakada, Tokyo
- Men’s runner-up
- Ryusuke Natsumeda, Hiroshima
- Women’s champion
- Mari Suenaga, Wakayama; fourth title
- Women’s runner-up
- Mayu Yokoyama, Osaka
- Venue and date
- Nippon Budokan, Tokyo; Nov. 3, 2026