History


1 WKC
1970
Japan
17 Countries
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
3rd Place
Men's team
Japan
Chinese Taipei
Brazil
Okinawa
Men's individual
M.Kobayashi
(Japan)
T.Toda
(Japan)
Y.Taniguchi
(Japan)
T.Ota
(Japan)
 
2 WKC
1973
USA
17 Countries
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
3rd Place
Men's team
Japan
Canada
USA
Hawaii
Men's individual
T.Sakuragi
(Japan)
H.Yano
(Japan)
T.Fujita
(Japan)
Rhee
(Korea)
 
3 WKC
1976
Great Britain
20 Countries
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
3rd Place
Men's team
Japan
Canada
USA
Chinese Taipei
Men's individual
E.Yokoo
(Japan)
K.Ono
(Japan)
Hosoda
(Japan)
Go
(Chinese Taipei)
 
4 WKC
1979
Japan
21 Countries
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
3rd Place
Men's team
Japan
Korea
USA
Hawaii
Men's individual
H.Yamada
(Japan)
K.Furukawa
(Japan)
H.Aikawa
(Japan)
K.Terada
(Japan)
 
5 WKC
1982
Brazil
20 Countries
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
3rd Place
Men's team
Japan
Brazil
USA
Korea
Men's individual
M.Makita
(Japan)
T.Kosaka
(Japan)
W.Okajima
(Japan)
H.Yasugahira
(Japan)
 
6 WKC
1985
France
25 Countries
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
3rd Place
Men's team
Japan
Brazil
Korea
Canada
Men's individual
Koda
(Japan)
H.Ogawa
(Japan)
J.C.Park
(Korea)
S.I.Kim
(Korea)
 
7 WKC
1988
Korea
23 Countries
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
3rd Place
Men's team
Japan
Korea
Canada
Brazil
Men's individual
I.Okido
(Japan)
A.Hayashi
(Japan)
H.Sakata
(Japan)
K.N.Kim
(Korea)
 
8 WKC
1991
Canada
29 Countries
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
3rd Place
Men's team
Japan
Korea
Canada
Chinese Taipei
Men's individual
S.Muto
(Japan)
H.Sakata
(Japan)
M.Yamamoto
(Japan)
S.Shimizu
(Japan)
 
9 WKC
1994
France
32 Countries
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
3rd Place
Men's team
Japan
Korea
Canada
Chinese Taipei
Men's individual
H.Takahashi
(Japan)
K.Takei
(Japan)
S.Hirano
(Japan)
N.Eiga
(Japan)
 
10 WKC
1997
Japan
34 Countries
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
3rd Place
Men's team
Japan
Korea
Brazil
Chinese Taipei
Women's team
JapanB
Japan-A
USA-B
Korea-A
Men's individual
M.Miyazak
i(Japan)
F.Miyazaki(Japan)
T.Ishida
(Japan)
Park
(Korea)
Women's individual
M.Kimura
(Japan)
S.Mogi(Japan)
W.Nakano
(Canada)
H.J.Cho
(Korea)
 
11 WKC
2000
USA
36 Countries
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
3rd Place
Men's team
Japan
Korea
Canada
Brazil
Women's team
Japan
Brazil
USA
Canada
Men's individual
N.Eiga
(Japan)
K.Takenaka
(Japan)
T.Someya
(Japan)
S.S.Hong
(Korea)
Women's individual
T.Kawano(Japan)
K.Baba
(Japan)
H.Yano
(Japan)
S.Asahina
(Japan)
 
12 WKC
2003
Great Britain
42 Countries
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
3rd Place
Men's team
Japan
Korea
USA
Italy
Women's team
Japan
Korea
Chinese Taipei
Canada
Men's individual
H.Sato
(Japan)
H.Iwasa
(Japan)
M.Sato
(Japan)
K.Lim
(Korea)
Women's individual
K.Baba
(Japan)
Y.Tsubota
(Japan)
K.Okada
(Japan)
S.Asahina
(Japan)
 
13 WKC
2006
Taiwan
 
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
3rd Place
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