Yukimasa Nakamura

Yukimasa Nakamura (中村 行成, Nakamura Yukimasa; born 28 August 1972) is a Japanese judoka, Olympic medalist and world champion. His older brother, Yoshio Nakamura and younger brother, Kenzo Nakamura are also former world champions.

Yukimasa Nakamura

Personal information
Born	(1972-08-28) 28 August 1972 (age 52)
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Judo
Weight class	‍–‍65 kg, ‍–‍66 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(1996)
World Champ.	(1993)
Asian Champ.	(1994, 1998, 2000)
Medal record Men's judo Representing  Japan Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta ‍–‍65 kg World Championships 1993 Hamilton ‍–‍65 kg 1995 Chiba ‍–‍65 kg Asian Games 1994 Hiroshima ‍–‍65 kg 1998 Bangkok ‍–‍66 kg Asian Championships 2000 Osaka ‍–‍66 kg World Juniors Championships 1990 Dijon ‍–‍65 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	53084
JudoInside.com	1472
Updated on 4 June 2023

He is from Fukuoka, Fukuoka. After graduation from Tokai University, He belonged to Asahi Kasei. He received a silver medal in the half lightweight (65 kg) division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.^[1][2] He is world champion from 1993, and received a silver medal at the 1995 World Championships.

As of 2008, He coaches judo at Asahi Kasei with his brothers. Among their pupil are world champion Hiroshi Izumi, Masato Uchishiba and so on.