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Kōsei Inoue

1978 - Today

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Kosei Inoue (井上 康生, Inoue Kōsei; born 15 May 1978) is a Japanese judoka. He won the gold medal in the under 100 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is well known for his specialty throws, Uchi Mata (内股, inner thigh throw) and Ōuchi gari (大内刈, major inner reap). He is considered by the Judo community as one of the best competitive judoka. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Kōsei Inoue is the 179th most popular martial arts (down from 116th in 2024), the 3,241st most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,156th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Kōsei Inoue ranks 179 out of 179. Before him are Robbie Lawler, Theo Meijer, Marko Spittka, Christophe Gagliano, Andreas Tölzer, and Katsuhiko Nagata. After him are Michael Page, Frank Shamrock, Anthony Pettis, Diadenis Luna, Umar Nurmagomedov, and Shane Carwin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Kōsei Inoue ranks 774. Before him are Laurence Fox, Danny Koevermans, Laura Lopes, Teruaki Kurobe, Nobuhiro Naito, and Ruslan Baltiev. After him are Takuya Suzumura, Hayko Cepkin, David Hodges, Gina Gogean, Arnaud Tournant, and Yoshie Takeshita.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kōsei Inoue ranks 3,248 out of 6,245. Before him are Hideki Tsukamoto (1973), Yoshio Kitajima (1975), Shogo Taniguchi (1991), Haruna Kojima (1988), Nobuhiro Naito (1978), and Ayaka Miyoshi (1996). After him are Takuya Suzumura (1978), Koki Mizuno (1985), Yasuhiro Yoshida (1969), Sara Takanashi (1996), Akiko Morigami (1980), and Takuma Sugano (1980).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Kōsei Inoue ranks 26. Before him are Kazuhiro Ninomiya (1946), Yoshiyuki Matsuoka (1957), Satoshi Ishii (1986), Shinya Aoki (1983), Takanori Gomi (1978), and Katsuhiko Nagata (1973). After him are Natsumi Tsunoda (1992), Chiyori Masuchi (1970), Hiroshi Izumi (1982), Noriko Narazaki (1972), and Riki Nakaya (1989).

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