During the official post-Tokyo Grand Slam training camp, held at the Kodokan immediately after the competition ended, countless world and Olympic champions gathered to train together under the famed roof of the home of judo.
A line-up of world and Olympic champions meet at the Kodokan, December 2025.
Japanese, Giorgian, Belgian, Russian and Italian athletes gathered for an unrivalled photo together, one full of modern-day legends of the tatami.
Fabio Basile (ITA) - 2016 Olympic champion.
Guram Tushishvili (GEO) - 2018 world champion.
Takanori Nagase (JPN) - 2015 world champion, 2021 and 2024 Olympic champion. Photo from the 2024 Olympic Games.
Matthias Casse (BEL) - 2021 world champion.
Lasha Shavdatuashvili (GEO) - 2021 world champion, 2012 Olympic champion. Photo from the 2012 Olympic Games.
Tato Grigalashvili (GEO) - 2022, 2023 and 2024 world champion. Photo from the 2024 Abu Dhabi World Championships.
Shohei Ono (JPN) - 2013, 2015 and 2019 world champion, 2016 and 2021 Olympic champion. Photo from the 2019 Tokyo World Championships.
Lasha Bekauri (GEO) - 2021 and 2024 Olympic champion. Photo from the 2024 Olympic Games, Paris.
Timur Arbuzov (RUS) - 2025 world champion.
Arman Adamian (RUS) - 2023 world champion.
Kosei Inoue (JPN) - 1999, 2001 and 2003 world champion, 2000 Olympic champion. Photo by Bob Willingham, Sydney Olympic Games, 2000.
Matvey Kanikovskiy (RUS) - 2025 world champion.
Matvey Kanikovskiy (RUS) - 2025 world champion.
The camp hosted scores of judoka from all over the world, a star-studded camp to close an incredible year for so many of those present. Happy new year to all judoka on all continents. We look forward to sharing 2026 with you.