Michiaki Kamochi
Michiaki Kamochi is a retired Japanese judoka.
Kamochi is from Warabi, Saitama. He began Sumo at the age of 3rd grader and won the championship consecutively for six years. He also began judo at his junior high school days and when he was a student of Nihon University, he was trained by former world champion, Chonosuke Takagi.
In 1991, he participated in the World Championships held in Barcelona. He also participated Asian Championships in Osaka and won a gold medal at the half-heavyweight category.
Kamochi belonged to JRA after graduation from university in 1992. He retired in 1999 after All-Japan Teams Championships.
Achievements
- 1989 - All-Japan Junior Championships 1st
- 1990 : World University Championships 1st
- 1991 - World Championships 5th
- 1992 - Jigoro Kano Cup 2nd
- 1993 - East Asian Games 2nd
- 1994 - Jigoro Kano Cup 3rd
- 1995 - All-Japan Selected Championships 3rd
- 1996 - Jigoro Kano Cup 2nd
- 1997 - All-Japan Selected Championships ''3rd''