The 2026 All Japan Student Judo Championships by weight category were held at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on 26 and 27 September, with 14 titles decided. The champions:

Men

  • -60 kg — Fukuda Yamato (Tenri University)
  • -66 kg — Ono Hyuga (Nippon Sport Science University)
  • -73 kg — Arakawa Ryusei (Kokugakuin University)
  • -81 kg — Taira Takumi (Teikyo University of Science)
  • -90 kg — Yamamura Koto (Tenri University)
  • -100 kg — Hirano Shokei (Tenri University)
  • +100 kg — Kudo Ruki (Kokushikan University)

Women

  • -48 kg — Miyaki Kano (Nihon University)
  • -52 kg — Miyahara Omi (Ryukoku University)
  • -57 kg — Arakawa Kiyoka (International Pacific University)
  • -63 kg — Kimura Honoka (Ryukoku University)
  • -70 kg — Kobayashi Kizuna (Nippon Sport Science University)
  • -78 kg — Otawa Kokoro (University of Tsukuba)
  • +78 kg — Inoue Tomoka (University of Tsukuba)

Tenri University took three titles — Fukuda Yamato at -60 kg, Yamamura Koto at -90 kg and Hirano Shokei at -100 kg — and filled three of the four podium places at -60 kg. Miyaki Kano of Nihon University won the women’s -48 kg title for the second year in a row, and Kimura Honoka, the junior champion, won at -63 kg. The University of Tsukuba took the top two women’s classes.

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