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16th World Kendo Championships
Fri-Sun, 5/29-31/15, Tokyo

The 16th World Kendo Championships (16WKC) were held in 2015 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan, Friday 5/29 through Sunday 5/31.

Congratulations to Team USA women's and men's teams; each won 3rd place in the team championships! Chris Yang and Nishiki Sano also each received kantosho for both individuals and team competition.

  • 16WKC information including match streaming links
    • Start time each day: 9am JST (5pm PDT)
    • 5/29 Opening Ceremony, Men's Individual Championship (Thu 5pm PDT)
    • 5/30 Women's Individual and Team Championship (Fri 5pm PDT)
    • 5/31 Men's Team Championship, Closing Ceremony (Sat 5pm PDT)
    • see results
  • ticket information
  • photo galleries:

  • Team USA members (bold=SCKF)
    • manager and coaches
      • manager: Yuji Onitsuka
      • assistant manager: Spencer Hosokawa
      • men's coach: Shuntaro Shinada
      • women's coach: Marvin Kawabata
      • women's coach: Kevin Huh
    • men's team:
      • Christopher Yang
      • Brandon Harada
      • Daniel Yang
      • Sandy Ghodhaonkar
      • Simon Yoo
      • Jason Brown
      • Jarrod Hatakeyama
      • Julian Williams
    • women's team:
      • Nishiki Sano
      • Kaori Kikunaga
      • Keri Chen
      • Sumi Domen
      • Christine Eickhoff
      • Esther Kim
      • Yuri Kil
    • see Team USA booklet

  • 16WKC shinpan from AUSKF
    • Masashi Shikai
    • Tim Yuge
    • Shinobu Maeda
Gambatte Team USA!


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