About AJJF (Organization Overview)

Overview

Official Name	All Japan Judo Federation (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation)
Address	Kodokan, 1-16-30 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0003, Japan
TEL	+81-3-3818-4199
FAX	+81-3-3812-3995
Website	https://www.judo.or.jp/

Executive Board

President	Shinichi Nakamura
Vice President	Junko Ishii
Vice President	Takahiro Nishida
Vice President & Senior Managing Director	Soya Nakazato
Vice President	Yoshifumi Okinaga
Vice President	Shinji Hosokawa
Senior Executive Member & General Secretary	Ken Takayama

History

Founded	May 6, 1949
Incorporated	June 8, 1988, Transitioned to a Public Interest Incorporated Foundation on April 1, 2012
Joined the Japan Sports Association (formerly Japan Amateur Sports Association)	October 26, 1949
Joined the Japanese Olympic Committee	August 7, 1989
Joined the International Judo Federation	December 9, 1952
Joined the Judo Union of Asia	May 2, 1956
Registered with the Japan Para Sports Association	January 31, 2022
Joined the Japan Paralympic Committee	April 1, 2022
Past Presidents	Risei Kano (May 6, 1949 – Jan 31, 1980) Yukimitsu Kano (Feb 1, 1980 – Mar 31, 2009) Haruki Uemura (Apr 1, 2009 – Aug 21, 2013) Shoji Muneoka (Aug 21, 2013 – Jun 23, 2017) Yasuhiro Yamashita (Jun 23, 2017 – Jun 28, 2023) Shinichi Nakamura (Jun 28, 2023 – Present)

List of Officers

Councilors

As of January 1, 2026
Term of Office: From the conclusion of the Regular Councilors’ Meeting on June 24, 2025 to the conclusion of the Regular Councilors’ Meeting in FY2029.

No.	Name	No.	Name
1	Hajime Maeda	17	Yuki Ohashi
2	Hiroshi Endo	18	Yoko Ishizumi
3	Kaori Moriyama	19	Yasumasa Uzaki
4	Hajime Kujirai	20	Junko Oishi
5	Hidehiko Yoshida	21	Yuichiro Oe
6	Hiroyasu Hirata	22	Kuniko Ozaki
7	Takashi Furukawa	23	Yuichi Kawashita
8	Toshiyuki Fujimura	24	Hiroki Kirihara
9	Shuji Furuno	25	Keitaro Kubo
10	Hirofumi Komoda	26	Akiko Shimizu
11	Kazuhito Iuchi	27	Noriko Sonoda
12	Tomoaki Uezu	28	Ayumi Tanimoto
13	Kengo Yano	29	Yuko Tsukazaki
14	Ryuji Okada	30	Masato Higuchi
15	Midori Makitani	31	Akiko Yoshimoto
16	Koichi Yamada

* External Councilors defined by the Sports Governance Code: 9 of 31 (29.0%); Female Councilors: 10 of 31 (32.2%)
Councilors elected by the Board of Directors are listed in Japanese syllabary order.

Officers

As of December 11, 2025

No.	Position	Name
1	President	Shinichi Nakamura
2	Vice President	Junko Ishii
3	Vice President	Takahiro Nishida
4	Vice President & Senior Managing Director	Soya Nakazato
5	Vice President	Yoshifumi Okinaga
6	Vice President	Shinji Hosokawa
7	Senior Executive Member	Isao Matsui
8	Senior Executive Member	Shuhei Onoyama
9	Senior Executive Member & General Secretary	Ken Takayama
10	Senior Executive Member	Ryo Hongo
11	Senior Executive Member	Ryoko Watanabe
12	Senior Executive Member	Yasuo Inoue
13	Senior Executive Member	Akiko Amano
14	Executive Member	Kunihiro Yamamoto
15	Executive Member	Kazuhiko Kuroda
16	Executive Member	Kenichi Suzuki
17	Executive Member	Michiaki Hachimotogi
18	Executive Member	Osamu Tsujimoto
19	Executive Member	Yoshimi Masaki
20	Executive Member	Naoki Shoji
21	Executive Member	Kazuki Kawano
22	Executive Member	Kenji Ogata
23	Executive Member	Yoshio Nakamura
24	Executive Member	Atsushi Kodama
25	Executive Member	Kanemasa Kamiya
26	Executive Member	Makoto Odawara
27	Executive Member	Etsuko Takamura
28	Executive Member	Junko Nakamura
29	Executive Member	Junko Nurishi
30	Executive Member	Kayoko Hamano
31	Executive Member	Motoko Matsuda
32	Executive Member	Sachiko Yamashita
33	Executive Member	Shoko Yoshimura
1	Auditor	Shuichiro Tanaka
2	Auditor	Tomoko Kondo
3	Auditor	Yasuo Kitamura