Chonosuke Takagi


Chonosuke Takagi was a Japanese judoka.
Takagi is from Shirahama, Chiba and began judo when he was in junior high school.
When he was a member of judo club at Awa high-school, the senior of club is Masatoshi Shinomaki.
Takagi began working for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department after graduation from Nihon University in 1971. He participated in the World Championship twice and won a gold medal in 1973 and a bronze medal in 1975.
As of 2011, Takagi coaches judo at his alma mater, Nihon University. Among his students are Jun Konno, Michiaki Kamochi, Makoto Takimoto and others. He died of a heart attack at the age of 68 on 6 December 2016.

Achievements