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Her kommer noen av de mest meriterte japanske Shinkyokushin fighters (som fortsatt er aktive)

Takayuki Tsukakoshi

ORGANIZATION: World Karate Organization Shinkyokushinkai
HEIGHT: 5 feet 11 Inches (180cm)
WEIGHT: 256lbs (116kg)
DATE OF BIRTH: November 30th, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH: Gunma, Japan
DOJO HOMEPAGE: Tsukagoshi Dojo

Tournament Record:
17th All Japan Weight Category Championships (IKO-2) - Final 8
18th All Japan Weight Category Championships (IKO-2) - 2nd Place
20th All Japan Weight Category Championships (IKO-2) - Heavyweight Champion

33rd All Japan Open Tournament (IKO-2) - 3rd Place
34th All Japan Open Tournament (IKO-2) - 7th Place
36th All Japan Open Tournament (IKO-2) - 1st Place
38th All Japan Open Tournament (IKO-2) - 2nd Place

8th World Open Tournament 2003 (IKO-2) - 3rd Place
9th World Open Tournament 2007 (IKO-2) - 1st Place

Kou Tanigawa

ORGANIZATION: World Karate Organization
COUNTRY: Japan (Kanagawa Prefecture)
DATE OF BIRTH: December 10th, 1968
HEIGHT: 5 feet 6 Inches (167.5cm)
WEIGHT: 161lbs (73kg)
RANK: 4-DAN

Tournament Record:
9th Weight Category: 3rd Place (Lightweight)
11th Weight Category: Champion (Lightweight)
13th Weight Category: Champion (Lightweight)
15th Weight Category: Champion?

26th All Japan: 7th Place
29th All Japan: 3rd Place
30th All Japan: 4th Place

6th World: 3rd Place
3rd in 6th WT

Kazuhito Yamada

ORGANIZATION: World Karate Organization
COUNTRY: Japan (Osaka Prefecture)
DATE OF BIRTH: June 12th, 1980
HEIGHT: 5 feet (172cm)
WEIGHT: 256lbs (69kg)
RANK: 2-DAN

Tournament Record:
All Japan 21st Weight Category Tournament: Middleweight champion
All Japan 36th Open Weight Tournament - 3rd Place
All Japan 37th Open Weight Tournament - 5th Place - Fighting Spirt Award

ORGANIZATION: World Karate Organization Shinkyokushinkai
HEIGHT: 5 feet 10 inches (178cm)
WEIGHT: 190lbs (85kg)
DATE OF BIRTH: March 17, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH: Kanagawa, Japan
DOJO HOMEPAGE: Kunihiro Dojo

Tournament History:
9th World Open Tournament 2007 (IKO-2) - Final 16 (Lost to Darius Gudauskas)
8th World Open Tournament 2003 (IKO-2) – 1st (Defeated Yuichiro Osaka)
7th World Open Tournament 1999 (IKO-2) – 5th (Lost to Toru Okamoto)
6th World Open Tournament 1996 (IKO-2) – 2nd (Lost to Norichika Tsukamoto)
34th All Japan Open Tournament 2002 (IKO-2) – 1st (Defeated Norichika Tsukamoto)
33rd All Japan Open Tournament 2001 (IKO-2) – 1st (Defeated Sotoshi Niiho)
32nd All Japan Open Tournament 2000 (IKO-2) – 1st (Defeated Shinji Sakamoto)
30th All Japan Open Tournament 1998 (IKO-2) – 3rd
29th All Japan Open Tournament 1997 (IKO-2) – 2nd
28th All Japan Open Tournament 1996 (IKO-2) – 2nd
12th All Japan Weight Category Championships (IKO-2) 1995 – 1st (Defeated Satoshi Niiho)
11th All Japan Weight Category Championships 1992 – 2nd (Lost to Satoshi Niiho)
10th All Japan Weight Category Championships 1993 – 2nd (Lost to Kenji Yamaki)

ORGANIZATION: World Karate Organization Shinkyokushinkai
HEIGHT: 6 feet 1 inches (186cm)
WEIGHT: 207lbs (94kg)
DATE OF BIRTH: February 4th, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH: Nagasaki, Japan
DOJO HOMEPAGE: Tsukamoto Dojo

He won 33 fights in a row, undefeated after becoming a champion in the 6th world open tournament. He was called "Tensaiji - Karate Genius".

Famous for unique kicks. Fake uchimawashi geri from mae-geri form. Do-mawashi geris.
An instructor at Tsukamoto Dojo in Tokyo.

Tournament History:
9th World Open Tournament 2007 (IKO-2) - 7th Place (Lost to Roman Nesterenko)
8th World Open Tournament 2003 (IKO-2) - 7th Place (Lost to Valeri Dimitrov)
7th World Open Tournament 1999 (IKO-2) - Final 16 (Lost to Muzzafer Bacak)
6th World Open Tournament 1996 (IKO-2) - 1st Place (Defeated Kunihiro Suzuki)
38th All Japan Open Tournament 2006 (IKO-2) - 1st Place (Defeated Takayuki Tsukakoshi)
36th All Japan Open Tournament 2004 (IKO-2) - 6th Place
34th All Japan Open Tournament 2002 (IKO-2) - 2nd Place (Lost to Kunihiro Suzuki)
32nd All Japan Open Tournament 2000 (IKO-2) - Disqualified
29th All Japan Open Tournament 1997 (IKO-2) - 1st Place (Defeated Kunihiro Suzuki)
28th All Japan Open Tournament 1996 (IKO-2) - 1st Place (Defeated Kunihiro Suzuki)
26th All Japan Open Tournament 1994 - 6th Place
22nd All Japan Weight Category Tournament 2007 (IKO-2) - 4th Place
21st All Japan Weight Category Tournament 2004 (IKO-2) - 1st Place (Defeated Hideaki Koizumi)
17th All Japan Weight Category Tournament 2000 (IKO-2) - 1st Place (Defeated Nobuhiro Kashiwagi)
15th All Japan Weight Category Tournament 1998 (IKO-2) - 1st Place (Defeated Tatsufumi Tomihara)
11th All Japan Weight Category Tournament 1994 - 4th Place
1st World Cup 1997 (IKO-2) - 1st Place (Defeated Toru Okamoto