| Kokoro Kageura | |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Birth Date: | 6 December 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Ehime, Japan |
| Weight Class: | +100 kg |
| Worlds Rank: | 1 |
| Worlds Year: | 2021 |
| Worlds Weight: | Men's +100 kg |
| Regionals Type: | AS |
| Regionals Rank: | 1 |
| Regionals Year: | 2016 |
| Regionals Year2: | 2022 |
| Updated: | 4 March 2024 |
is a Japanese judoka.
He won a medal at the 2019 World Judo Championships.[1] He won the 2021 World Judo Championships in the heavyweight division.[2]
In 2017, he won the gold medal in the men's +100 kg event at the Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan.[3]
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.[4]