Kokoro Kageura

Kokoro Kageura
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (1995-12-06) 6 December 1995
Ehime, Japan
OccupationJudoka
Sport
Country Japan
SportJudo
Weight class+100 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ. (2021)
Asian Champ. (2016, 2022)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2019 TokyoMixed team
2021 Budapest+100 kg
2021 BudapestMixed team
2023 DohaMixed team
Asian Championships
2016 Tashkent+100 kg
2022 NurSultan+100 kg
World Masters
2019 Qingdao+100 kg
2022 Jerusalem+100 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2018 Paris+100 kg
2021 Tashkent+100 kg
2016 Tokyo+100 kg
2020 Paris+100 kg
2022 Tokyo+100 kg
2017 Tokyo+100 kg
2018 Osaka+100 kg
2019 Paris+100 kg
2019 Osaka+100 kg
2022 Paris+100 kg
2024 Tashkent+100 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2017 Düsseldorf+100 kg
2018 Budapest+100 kg
2019 Budapest+100 kg
Summer Universiade
2017 Taipei+100 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF30771
JudoInside.com100963
Updated on 4 March 2024

Kokoro Kageura (影浦 心, Kageura Kokoro; born 6 December 1995) is a Japanese judoka.

He won a medal at the 2019 World Judo Championships. He won the 2021 World Judo Championships in the heavyweight division.

In 2017, he won the gold medal in the men's +100 kg event at the Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan.

In 2020, he became world-renowned after ending the 10-year unbeaten streak of legendary French judoka Teddy Riner during the 2020 Judo Grand Slam Paris, defeating him via ippon.