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Naohisa Takato
(髙藤直寿)

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Born
1993 (31 years old)

Birth Place

Shimotsuke, Japan

Position
Fighter

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Active

Ethnicity
Asian

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Height
1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)

Weight
60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)

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Japan Judo

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League
Olympics Judo

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					Mens Extra lightweight Final	24 Jul 21

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Naohisa Takato (髙藤直寿, Takatō Naohisa, born 30 May 1993) is a Japanese judoka.

Takato is currently the top ranked judoka in the world in the extra-lightweight division. He became one of judo's most prominent fighters by winning the 2013 World Championships. In the same year, he also won the Masters in Tyumen, and the prestigious Grand Slams in Paris, Tokyo and Moscow. With these successes, Takato was ranked No. 1 in the world in 2013 and 2014. He had an all-win record in 2013. Specializing in drop kata guruma, his physical and technical fighting style has become iconic in judo.

Outside the mat, Takato was one of the most searched judokas in 2015, and the top earning male judoka on the IJF circuit since 2012. He is the most-decorated judoka on the IJF World Tour, winning more gold medals in Grand Slam competitions than anyone else.

Takato won the bronze medal as Japan's extra-lightweight representative at the 2016 Olympics and won the gold medal in the same event at the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.