Naohisa Takato is a retired Japanese judoka, born on 30 May 1993, who fought in the extra-lightweight division. He became one of the most prominent fighters in judo by winning the 2013 World Championships, and in the same year he also won the World Masters in Tyumen and Grand Slams in Paris and Tokyo, after a Moscow Grand Slam in 2012. He was ranked number one in the world in 2013 and 2014, with an all-win record in 2013. Specialising in the drop technique kata guruma, he once held the most Grand Slam gold medals on the IJF World Tour, eleven. He won an Olympic bronze medal in 2016 and the gold medal in the same event at the 2020 Games in Tokyo.
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born 30 May 1993
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won a bronze medal as Japan's extra-lightweight representative at the 2016 Olympics
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won the gold medal in the same event at the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan
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