Daiki Kamikawa | |
Birth Place: | Yamaguchi, Japan |
Headercolor: | lightsteelblue |
Country: | Japan |
Weight Class: | +100 kg, Open |
Worlds Rank: | 1 |
Worlds Year: | 2010 |
Worlds Weight: | Men's Open |
Regionals Type: | AS |
Regionals Rank: | 3 |
Regionals Year: | 2010 |
Regionals Weight: | Men's +100 kg |
Olympics Rank: | R16 |
Olympics Year: | 2012 |
Olympics Weight: | Men's +100 kg |
Updated: | 25 July 2023 |
is a Japanese judoka. He won the gold medal in the openweight division at the 2010 World Judo Championships by defeating Teddy Riner of France by a flags decision. Kamikawa is known for being a very technical judoka for a heavy weight and uses techniques such as harai goshi and uchi mata with frequency. He represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]