*anese judoka

Kaori Moriyama (森山 かおり, Moriyama Kaori, née Hachinohe Hachinohe (八戸); born 4 January 1964) is a retired *anese judo wrestler.

Moriyama is from Hakodate, Hokkaidō and began judo at the age of a junior high school second grader.

When she was a student of Tokai University, she studied under former world champion, Nobuyuki Sato and got bronze medal of World Championships in 1984. In the next year, she won the gold medal at Asian Championships, All-*an Selected Championships, Kodokan Cup and All-*an University Championships with her proud skill, Osotogari and Newaza

She retired and became a teacher of the senior high school in Hokkaidō after graduation at a university in 1986. As of 2010, Moriyama coaches judo at high school in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Achievements

• 1979 - All-*an Selected Championships (-65:kg) 2nd
• 1980 - All-*an Selected Championships (-61:kg) 2nd
• 1981 - All-*an Selected Championships (-61:kg) 2nd
• 1982 - All-*an Selected Championships (-61:kg) 1st
• 1983 - All-*an Selected Championships (-61:kg) 1st
• 1984 - World Championships (-61:kg) 3rd

- All-*an Selected Championships (-61:kg) 1st

• 1985 - Asian Championships (-61:kg) 1st

- All-*an Selected Championships (-61:kg) 1st- All-*an University Championships (Openweight only) 1st

• 1986 - All-*an Championships (Openweight only) 1st

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