The All Japan Kendo Federation has announced the following as their delegation for the 17th World Kendo Championships, to be held later this year -
Delegation Leader - Toshiaki Takahashi, Hanshi 8th Dan from Kyoto
Men's Manager - Toshiya Ishida , Kyoshi 8th Dan from Tokyo
Men's Coach - Yasushi Hirao, Kyoshi 8th Dan from Tokyo
Men's Coach - Shoji Teramoto, Kyoshi 7th Dan from Osaka
Men's Team:
1 - Satoru Okido, age 33, Renshi 6th Dan, Police Officer from Osaka
2 - Yosuke Katsumi, age 31, Renshi 6th Dan, Police Officer from Kanagawa
3 - Hidehisa Nishimura, age 29, 5th Dan, Police Officer from Kumamoto
4 - Yohei Takeshita, age 29, 5th Dan, Police Officer from Oita
5 - Sho Ando, age 28, 5th Dan, Police Officer from Hokkaido
6 - Yuki Tsuchitani, age 26, 5th Dan, Police Officer from Osaka
7 - Yasuki Maeda, age 25, 4th Dan, Police Officer from Osaka
8 - Yuya Takenouchi, age 25, 5th Dan, Officer from Tokyo
9 - Kyohei Hayashida, age 24, 5th Dan, Teacher from Fukui
10 - Keita Hoshiko, age 19, 3rd Dan, University Student from Kagoshima
Women's Manager - Masahiro Miyazaki, Kyoshi 8th Dan from Kanagawa
Women's Coach - Kentaro Takenaka, Kyoshi 7th Dan from Kagoshima
Women's Coach - Saeko Sugimoto, Renshi 6th Dan from Kyoto
Women's Team:
1 - Mariko Yamamoto, age 29, 6th Dan, Police Officer from Osaka
2 - Mei Fujimoto, age 26, 5th Dan, Teacher from Kyoto
3 - Mizuki Matsumoto, age 26, 5th Dan, Police Officer from Kanagawa
4 - Tai Watanabe, age 25, 5th Dan, Police Officer from Kumamoto
5 - Moeko Takahashi, age 24, 4th Dan, Police Officer from Kanagawa
6 - Hinano Tominaga, age 22, 4th Dan, University Staff from Kagoshima
7 - Chika Matsumoto, age 21, 4th Dan, University Student from Fukuoka,
8 - Miho Takenaka, age 20, 4th Dan, University Student from Ibaraki
9 - Kana Komatsu, age 19, 3rd Dan, university Student from Aomori
10 - Maika Seno, age 17, 3rd Dan, High School Student from Fukuoka
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