1. Takanori Nagase won the gold medal in the Men's 81 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan and at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.
52 Facts About Takanori Nagase
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Takanori Nagase won various awards for his alma mater across weight classes.
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Takanori Nagase was the half-middleweight champion at the 2013 All Japan University Championships.
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Takanori Nagase had taught at the Kodokan as an instructor to children.
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Takanori Nagase's grand-uncle is Katsushi Hirao, a silver medalist at the 1969 World Championships.
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Takanori Nagase won the half-middleweight gold in Kazan, winning three out of his four fights by ippon.
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Takanori Nagase went against Lee Seungsoo, who he later competed against in the senior tournaments, and lost by ippon.
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Takanori Nagase was fairly successful, winning his first three fights by ippon.
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Takanori Nagase lost to Tural Safguliyev, when the Azerbaijani threw him for ippon in the final, therefore making Nagase settle for silver.
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Takanori Nagase had experienced opponents in the form of European champion Avtandil Tchrikishvili in the quarter-final and reigning world champion Loic Pietri in the final.
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Takanori Nagase threw Pietri for ippon using ashi guruma to win the gold medal.
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Takanori Nagase again faced Tchrikishvili in the quarter-final, and lost by shido.
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Takanori Nagase won the repechage against Germany's Sven Maresch, and won by shido.
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Takanori Nagase narrowly won the bronze against Canada's Antoine Valois-Fortier, with just a yuko between them.
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Takanori Nagase won his first senior national title at the All Japan Championships in Fukuoka.
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Takanori Nagase beat Keita Nagashima in the final to represent Japan at the 2014 World Championships in the half-middleweight category, and claim gold.
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Takanori Nagase lost to eventual champion Takeshi Ojitani, who beat him by ippon with osaekomi-waza.
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Takanori Nagase represented Japan in his first world championships in Chelyabinsk.
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Takanori Nagase was playing ippon judo in his first three fights, however again lost against eventual world champion Tchrikishvili in the quarter-final by shido.
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Takanori Nagase narrowly won the repechage against Lebanon's Nacif Elias by shido, but was defeated by Pietri in a revenge match by waza-ari, leaving Nagase to finish fifth place.
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Takanori Nagase managed to overcome the pressure and defeat Murat Khabachirov with an ouchi gari for ippon, salvaging Japan's chances.
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Takanori Nagase successfully defended his Grand Slam title for the second year running.
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Takanori Nagase won the gold medal after defeating Sergiu Toma in golden score.
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Takanori Nagase made a shock exit in the second round of the Grand Prix in Dusseldorf, losing to Belarus' Aliaksandr Stsiashenka by ippon and waza-ari.
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Takanori Nagase again won the gold in the half-middleweight category at the national championships, beating Nagashima for the second time.
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Takanori Nagase claimed his first Masters title in Rabat, defeating Toma again by osaekomi-waza for ippon.
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Takanori Nagase played ippon judo in his first two fights, however narrowly won by shido against Egypt's Mohamed Abdelaal.
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Takanori Nagase then faced Korea's Lee Seung-soo in the quarter-final, where he used kouchi gari to throw Lee for waza-ari, then followed up with kuzure kesa gatame for ippon.
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Takanori Nagase defeated Pietri in the final with a sankaku kami shiho for ippon, making newaza one of Nagase's most effective techniques.
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Takanori Nagase was one of Japan's three male individual gold medalists in the tournament.
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Takanori Nagase looked to defend his Grand Slam title in Tokyo thrice, and looked to be on form, defeating all his opponents in his first three fights by ippon.
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However, Takanori Nagase was caught in controversy in the quarter-final, where he was disqualified for committing hansoku make.
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Takanori Nagase had been knocked in the mouth during the fight, and was bleeding, but did not seek medical attention until after the final decision had been called.
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Japan's head coach Kosei Inoue later on explained that Takanori Nagase was holding the judogi, and not the leg.
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Takanori Nagase won his third consecutive Japanese national title in his first competition of 2016 at the All Japan Championships.
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Takanori Nagase defeated Nagashima for the third time by waza-ari with an unorthodox ushiro goshi.
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Takanori Nagase returned to international competition after a five-month absence at the Grand Slam in Baku.
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Takanori Nagase played his first bout against local Abdulhagg Rasullu, and won by scoring a waza-ari with ouchi gari then scoring another waza-ari for ippon using one of his favourite ground techniques, sankaku gatame.
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Takanori Nagase first scored a waza-ari with an ouchi gari to uchi mata combination.
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Takanori Nagase then sealed the bout with another uchi mata for ippon.
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Takanori Nagase then scored a waza-ari with a kosoto gake with only ten seconds left.
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Takanori Nagase returned to action at home in Tokyo, his first tournament after the Olympic Games.
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Takanori Nagase was up against Serbia's Stefan Majdov in Round 2.
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Takanori Nagase tried to turn Majdov transitioning to newaza, but was unsuccessful.
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Takanori Nagase then attempted a low ashi waza, however the referees ruled no score.
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Takanori Nagase then rolled Majdov over for newaza but was stopped by the referee, calling ippon.
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Takanori Nagase first attacked with an uchi mata, but Hong was able to block it to give no score.
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Takanori Nagase then pulled Hong to the ground, and pinned him with yoko shiho gatame for ippon.
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Takanori Nagase then endured a tough fight against countryman Yuki Haruyama.
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Takanori Nagase then followed with multiple uchi mata attempts to no avail.
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Takanori Nagase was against Germany's Dominic Ressel, and again went to ground for his first attack.
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Takanori Nagase won his third title in Tokyo, despite having some blood on the side of his face.