Shinji Hosokawa

Shinji Hosokawa (細川伸二, Hosokawa Shinji, born on January 2, 1960 in Ichinomiya, Hyogo, Japan) is a retired Japanese judoka who won two Olympic medals during the 1980s.

Shinji Hosokawa

Medal record
Representing  Japan
Men's judo
Olympic Games
	1984 Los Angeles	-60 kg
	1988 Seoul	-60 kg
World Championships
	1985 Seoul	-60 kg
	1987 Essen	-60 kg

Biography

Hosokawa began judo in junior-high school,[1] and won the Japanese inter-high school judo competition in 1977. He entered Tenri University in 1978,[1] and continued his success by winning the college-level world judo championship in 1979 and 1980.

After graduating from Tenri University, he began work as a teacher for a school in Nara Prefecture in 1982. He was chosen as the -60 kg representative for the Japanese olympic judo team for the 1984 Summer Olympics, where he won a gold medal by defeating future gold medalist Kim Jae-Yup only 69 seconds into the match.[1] He also won a gold medal at the 1985 World Judo Championships, but retired to concentrate on his work as a teacher. He restarted his judo career in 1987 with a silver medal at the 1987 World Judo Championships, and retired after finishing with a bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[2]

Hosokawa has served as an instructor for the Japanese Olympic Committee since April, 1997, where he coached many lightweight judoka, most notably 3-time gold medalist Tadahiro Nomura, whose father was Hosokawa's coach during high school. He also coaches judo at Tenri University, and for the All Japan Judo Federation.

See also

• List of judoka
• List of Olympic medalists in judo

References

1. "細川伸二－持ち前の強心臓で一気に勝ち抜く". Sankei Sports. Archived from the original on 2008-09-07.
2. Olympic Sports

External links

• Database Olympics