WORLD KENDO CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS No. of WKC Year Host Event Date Place/City 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd Countries 1st 1970 Japan 17 Team 1970/4/5 Nippon Budo-kan, Tokyo Japan Chinese Taipei Brazil Okinawa Individual 1970/4/10 Osaka Central Gym, Osaka M.Kobayashi T.Toda Y.Taniguchi T.Ota (Japan) (Japan) (Japan) (Japan) 2nd 1973 USA 17 Team 1973/4/8 Convention Center, LA Japan Canada USA Hawaii Individual 1973/4/15 Winterland, San Francisco T.Sakuragi H.Yano T.Fujita Rhee (Japan) (Japan) (Japan) (Korea) 3rd 1976 Great 20 Team 1976/4/17 Milton Keynes Japan Canada USA Chinese Taipei Britain Individual 1976/4/18 E.Yokoo K.Ono Hosoda Go (Japan) (Japan) (Japan) (Chinese Taipei) 4th 1979 Japan 21 Team 1979/8/5 Makomanai Arena, Sapporo Japan Korea USA Hawaii Individual 1979/8/4 H.Yamada K.Furukawa H.Aikawa K.Terada (Japan) (Japan) (Japan) (Japan) 5th 1982 Brazil 20 Team 1982/8/1 Sports Center, Sao Paulo Japan Brazil USA Korea Individual 1982/7/31 M.Makita T.Kosaka W.Okajima H.Yasugahira (Japan) (Japan) (Japan) (Japan) 6th 1985 France 25 Team 1985/4/13 Paris Japan Brazil Korea Canada Individual 1985/4/14 Koda H.Ogawa J.C.Park S.I.Kim (Japan) (Japan) (Korea) (Korea) 7th 1988 Korea 23 Team 1988/5/28 88 Gym, Seoul Japan Korea Canada Brazil Individual 1988/5/29 I.Okido A.Hayashi H.Sakata K.N.Kim (Japan) (Japan) (Japan) (Korea) 8th 1991 Canada 29 Team 1991/6/30 Toronto University, Toronto Japan Korea Canada Chinese Taipei Individual 1991/6/29 S.Muto H.Sakata M.Yamamoto S.Shimizu (Japan) (Japan) (Japan) (Japan) 9th 1994 France 32 Team 1994/4/10 Paris Japan Korea Canada Chinese Taipei Individual 1994/4/9 H.Takahashi K.Takei S.Hirano N.Eiga (Japan) (Japan) (Japan) (Japan) No. of WKC Year Host Event Date Place/City 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd Countries 10th 1997 Japan 34 Male Team I 1997/3/30 Kyoto-shi Gym, Japan Korea Brazil Chinese Taipei Male Team II Kyoto Hungary Sweden Italy Romania Male Individual 1997/3/29 M.Miyazaki F.Miyazaki T.Ishida Park (Japan) (Japan) (Japan) (Korea) Female Team 1997/3/28 Japan-B Japan-A USA-B Korea-A (Invitation) Female Individual 1997/3/27 M.Kimura S.Mogi W.Nakano H.J.Cho (Invitation, (Japan) (Japan) (Canada) (Korea) 3-Dan or above) Female Individual S.Takashima M.Onaka E.J.Lee J.Y.Kwon (Invitation, (Japan) (Brazil) (Korea) (Korea) 2-Dan or lower) 11th 2000 USA 36 Male Team 2000/3/26 Santa Clara Japan Korea Canada Brazil Male Individual 2000/3/25 University, N.Eiga K.Takenaka T.Someya S.S.Hong Santa Clara (Japan) (Japan) (Japan) (Korea) Female Team 2000/3/24 Japan Brazil USA Canada (Non-Championship) Female Individual T.Kawano K.Baba H.Yano S.Asahina (Japan) (Japan) (Japan) (Japan) 12th 2003 Great 42 Male Team 2003/7/6 Kelvin Hall Japan Korea USA Italy Britain Male Individual 2003/7/5 International H. Sato H. Iwasa M. Sato K-B. Lim Sports Arena, (Japan) (Japan) (Japan) (Korea) Glasgow Female Team 2003/7/4 Japan Korea Canada Chinese Taipei Female Individual 2003/7/4 K. Baba Y. Tsubota S. Asahina K. Okada (Japan) (Japan) (Japan) (Japan) www.rembuden.2ya.com .