Kaori Yamaguchi

Kaori Yamaguchi
Personal information
Born	December 28, 1964 (age 59); Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Judo
Weight class	‍–‍52 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(1988)
World Champ.	(1984)
Asian Champ.	(1981, 1985)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
World Championships
Asian Championships
Profile at external databases
IJF	5998
JudoInside.com	5504
	Updated on 18 June 2023

Kaori Yamaguchi (山口香, Yamaguchi Kaori, born 28 December 1964) is a Japanese university professor and retired judoka.

Yamaguchi won the All-Japan Judo Championships 10 consecutive times from 1978 to 1987 (twice in the ‍–‍50 kg division, seven times in the ‍–‍52 kg division) and won her first medal at the 1980 World Judo Championships. Yamaguchi went on to win 4 silver medals and one gold medal at the World Judo Championships. Yamaguchi also won a bronze medal in the ‍–‍52 kg division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where women's judo was held as a demonstration sport.^[1] She retired from competitive judo in 1989 when she graduated from the University of Tsukuba. She worked as an instructor for the University of Tsukuba and Musashi University since retiring. Yamaguchi is currently^[when?] Associate professor of Tsukuba.^{[citation needed]}

Yamaguchi is the model for the protagonist in Naoki Urasawa's judo manga, Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl, and makes a cameo appearance in the film version of the manga as well.^{[citation needed]}