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Kazuaki Kurihara
Born	(1979-08-20)20 August 1979 Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Style	Shotokan Karate
Teacher(s)	Masaaki Ueki
Rank	6th Dan karate (JKA)

Kazuaki Kurihara (Kurihara Kazuaki, 20 August 1979) is a Japanese instructor of Shotokan karate.^[1] He has won the JKA's version of the world championships for kata on 2 occasions. He has also won the JKA All-Japan championships for kata on 7 occasions and once for kumite.^[1] He is currently an instructor of the Japan Karate Association.^[1]

Biography[edit]

Kazuaki Kurihara was born in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan on 20 August 1979. He studied at Komazawa University. His karate training began during his Age 5.

Competition[edit]

Kazuaki Kurihara has had considerable success in karate competition.

Major Tournament Success[edit]

56th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2013) - 1st Place Kata
55th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2012) - 1st Place Kata
12th Funakoshi Gichin Cup World Karate-do Championship Tournament (Pattaya, 2011) - 1st Place Kata
54th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2011) - 1st Place Kumite
54th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2011) - 1st Place Kata
53rd JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2010) - 1st Place Kata
52nd JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2009) - 1st Place Kata
50th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2007) - 1st Place Kata, 3rd Place Kumite
10th Funakoshi Gichin Cup World Karate-do Championship Tournament (Sydney, 2006) - 1st Place Kata
49th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2006) - 1st Place Kata
48th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2005) - 2nd Place Kata

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c JKA: Instructor profiles – Sensei Kazuaki Kurihara3rd Dan Archived 2008-02-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 15 February 2014.

v t e JKA All-Japan Male Champions – Kumite
1957 to 1989	1957: Hirokazu Kanazawa 1958: Hirokazu Kanazawa / Takayuki Mikami 1959: Takayuki Mikami 1960: Masaki Sato 1961: Tetsuhiko Asai 1962: Hiroshi Shirai 1963: Keinosuke Enoeda 1965: Katsuya Kisaka 1966: Hideo Ochi 1967: Hideo Ochi 1968: Masaaki Ueki 1969: Takeshi Oishi 1970: Takeshi Oishi 1971: Takeshi Oishi 1972: Masayoshi Kagawa 1973: Takeshi Oishi 1974: Masahiko Tanaka 1975: Masahiko Tanaka 1976: Yoshiharu Osaka 1978: Toshihiro Mori 1979: Fujikiyo Omura 1980: Toshihiro Mori 1981: Takayuki Tsuchii 1982: Masashi Sakata 1983: Hideo Yamamoto 1984: Hideo Yamamoto 1985: Masayoshi Kagawa 1986: Yasunori Ogura 1987: Masaaki Yokomichi 1988: Tomio Imamura 1989: Masayoshi Kagawa
1990–1999	1990**: Tomio Imamura 1991: Katsutoshi Shiina 1992: Tatsuya Naka 1993: Katsutoshi Shiina 1994: Katsutoshi Shiina 1995: Takuya Taniyama 1996: Takuya Taniyama 1997: Toshito Kokubun 1998: Takuya Taniyama 1999: Kunio Kobayashi
2000 – present	2000: Toshito Kokubun 2001: Takuya Taniyama 2002: Kunio Kobayashi 2003: Kunio Kobayashi 2004: Kunio Kobayashi 2005: Koji Ogata 2006: Ryosuke Shimizu 2007: Takuya Taniyama 2008: Ryosuke Shimizu 2009: Yusuke Inokoshi 2010: Keisuke Nemoto 2011: Kazuaki Kurihara 2012: Keisuke Nemoto 2013: Keisuke Nemoto

v t e JKA All-Japan Male Champions - Kata
1957 to 1989	1957: Hiroshi Shoji 1958: Hirokazu Kanazawa 1959: Takayuki Mikami 1960: Hiroshi Shoji 1961: Takayuki Mikami 1962: Hiroshi Shirai 1963: Tetsuhiko Asai 1965: Masaaki Ueki 1966: Hideo Ochi 1967: Masaaki Ueki 1968: Masaaki Ueki 1969: Hideo Ochi 1970: Yoshimasa Takahashi 1971: Masaaki Ueki 1972: Yoshimasa Takahashi 1973: Yoshimasa Takahashi 1974: Masaaki Ueki 1975: Masaaki Ueki 1976: Hideo Ochi 1978: Yoshiharu Osaka 1979: Yoshiharu Osaka 1980: Yoshiharu Osaka 1981: Yoshiharu Osaka 1982: Yoshiharu Osaka 1983: Yoshiharu Osaka 1984: Mikio Yahara 1985: Masayoshi Kagawa 1986: Minoru Kawawada 1987: Minoru Kawawada 1988: Naito Takashi Hashiguchi 1989: Tomoyuki Aihara
1990 - 1999	1990**: Tomoyuki Aihara]] 1991: Tomoyuki Aihara 1992: Takenori Imura 1993: Takenori Imura 1994: Takenori Imura 1995: Takenori Imura 1996: Takenori Imura 1997: Seizo Izumiya 1998: Yuji Hashiguchi 1999: Takuya Taniyama
2000 - present	2000: Takuya Taniyama 2001: Katsutoshi Shiina 2002: Katsutoshi Shiina 2003: Takuya Taniyama 2004: Katsutoshi Shiina 2005: Kunio Kobayashi 2006: Kazuaki Kurihara 2007: Kazuaki Kurihara 2008: Kunio Kobayashi 2009: Kazuaki Kurihara 2010: Kazuaki Kurihara 2011: Kazuaki Kurihara 2012: Kazuaki Kurihara 2013: Kazuaki Kurihara

v t e JKA World Champions - Male Kata
1975 to 1983 - IAKF World Championships	1975: Yoshiharu Osaka 1977: Yoshiharu Osaka 1980: Yoshiharu Osaka 1983: Yoshiharu Osaka
1985 - 2004 - Shoto Cup	1985: Minoru Kawawada 1987: Takenori Imura 1990**: Tomoyuri Aihara 1992: Tomoyuri Aihara 1994: Takenori Imura 1996: Takenori Imura 1998: Yuji Hashiguchi 2000: Takuya Taniyama 2004: Katsutoshi Shiina
2006 - present Funakoshi Gichin Cup	2006: Kazuaki Kurihara 2011: Kazuaki Kurihara

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