Ryosuke Shimizu

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Ryosuke Shimizu
Born	(1980-01-18) 18 January 1980 (age 46) Kyoto, Japan
Style	Shotokan Karate
Teacher	Masaaki Ueki
Rank	5th Dan karate (JKA)

Ryosuke Shimizu (Shimizu Ryosuke; born 18 January 1980) is a Japanese instructor of Shotokan karate. He has won the JKA All-Japan championships for kumite on 2 occasions. He is currently an instructor of the Japan Karate Association.

Biography

Shimizu was born in Kyoto, Japan. He studied at Kyoto Industrial University. His karate training began during his 1st year of elementary school.

Competition

Shimizu has had considerable success in karate competitions.

Major tournament successes

54th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2011) – 3rd Place Kumite
53rd JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2010) – 2nd Place Kumite
52nd JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2009) – 3rd Place Kumite
51st JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2008) – 1st Place Kumite
49th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2006) – 1st Place Kumite
48th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2005) – 2nd Place Kumite
44th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2001) – 3rd Place Kumite

References

1 2 3 JKA: Instructor profiles – Sensei Ryosuke Shimizu3rd Dan Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 15 February 2014.

v t e JKA All-Japan Male Champions – Kumite
1957–1989	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

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