Shihan Kenji Midori 8. Dan

World Champion 1991


WKO President and Chairman of WKO Grading Committee

1962 (April) Born on 18 April in AmamiOshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
1978 Started Kyokushin Karate
1980 (April) 4th Place at 1st Chiba Prefectural Tournament
1983 (August) 3rd Place at 1st NishiNihon (Western Japan) Tournament
1984 (April) Best 8 at 1st All Japan Weight Division Tournament
– Men Lightweight
1985 (June) 1st Place at 2nd All Japan Weight Division Tournament
– Men Lightweight
1985 (November) 5th Place and Best Fighting Sprit Award at 17th
All Japan Tournament
1987 (June) 1st Place at 4th All Japan Weight Division Tournament
– Men Lightweight
1987 (November) Best 16 and Best Technique Award at 4th World Tournament
1988 (September) 2nd Place at International Tournament in Switzerland

(December) Married on 4 December
1990 (June) 1st Place at 7th All Japan Weight Division Tournament
– Men Lightweight
1990 (December) 2nd Place at 22nd All Japan Tournament
1991 (November) 1st Place at 5th World Tournament
2000 (March) Became President of NPO Kyokushin Kaikan
2001 (March) Became President of NPO International Karate Organization
2002 (November) Promoted to 6th Dan on 26 November
2003 (October) IKO changed WKO (World Karate Organization)
2010 (June) Promoted to 7th Dan on WKO Grading Committee
2015 (October) Promoted to 8th Dan on WKO Grading Committee
He has two sons and a daughter.