Yasuyuki Muneta

Who is Yasuyuki Muneta?

Yasuyuki Muneta is a Japanese judoka. He won two gold medals and a silver medal at the World Judo Championships.

He is from Matsuyama, Ehime. After graduation from Meiji University, He belonged to Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. He is currently a Japan heavyweight division player.

Muneta was born in Matsuyama, Ehime prefecture, in 1981. Having been taught the foundations of judo by his father as a child, after graduating from primary school, he entered the prestigious Kodo-school, which is well known for its judo. After graduating from Tsurumaki junior high school he continued on to Setagaya Gakuen senior high school. In 1998, while in third grade at Setagaya Gakuen, he led his school’s judo team to victory in the final match against Kokushikan senior high school’s team by accomplishing, for the first time in history, a four man in a row victory during the Kinshuki High School Judo Tournament. Individually, having won both the All-Japan High School Judo Championships as well as the Inter-High Tournament, he is also the youngest ever winner of the Kano Jigoro Cup. He was mentioned as the strongest senior high school judo athlete both in name and reality.