Takanori Nagase

Takanori Nagase
Nagase in 2024
Personal information
Native name
永瀬 貴規
Born (1993-10-14) 14 October 1993
Home townIbaraki, Japan
Alma materUniversity of Tsukuba
OccupationJudoka
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍81 kg
Rank     5th dan black belt
ClubAsahi Kasei
TeamAll Japan National Team
Coached byYusuke Kanamaru
Konegawa Minoru
Kosei Inoue
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (2020, 2024)
World Champ. (2015)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo ‍–‍81 kg
2024 Paris ‍–‍81 kg
2020 Tokyo Mixed team
2024 Paris Mixed team
2016 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍81 kg
World Championships
2015 Astana ‍–‍81 kg
2022 Tashkent ‍–‍81 kg
2023 Doha ‍–‍81 kg
World Masters
2015 Rabat ‍–‍81 kg
2023 Budapest ‍–‍81 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2013 Tokyo ‍–‍81 kg
2014 Tokyo ‍–‍81 kg
2016 Baku ‍–‍81 kg
2016 Tokyo ‍–‍81 kg
2019 Brasilia ‍–‍81 kg
2019 Osaka ‍–‍81 kg
2024 Antalya ‍–‍81 kg
2019 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍81 kg
2022 Tokyo ‍–‍81 kg
2025 Astana ‍–‍81 kg
2014 Paris ‍–‍81 kg
2015 Tokyo ‍–‍81 kg
2018 Osaka ‍–‍81 kg
2021 Tashkent ‍–‍81 kg
2022 Ulaanbaatar ‍–‍81 kg
2024 Tashkent ‍–‍81 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2019 Montreal ‍–‍81 kg
2019 Zagreb ‍–‍81 kg
Asian Junior Championships
2012 Taipei ‍–‍81 kg
Summer Universiade
2013 Kazan ‍–‍81 kg
2013 Kazan Men's team
Profile at external databases
IJF11900
JudoInside.com79316
Updated on 11 May 2025

Takanori Nagase (Japanese: 永瀬貴規; born 14 October 1993) is a Japanese judoka.

Nagase is a double Olympic champion at under 81 kg, winning gold in both 2020 (2021) and 2024. He won bronze in 2016. His other achievements include the Universiade in Kazan in 2013, the Grand Slam in Tokyo in 2013 and 2014, the All Japan Championships, the IJF Masters in Rabat and the World Judo Championships in 2015.

Nagase's favourite technique is uchi mata and is known for his newaza. He is the first and only Japanese judoka to become world champion in the -81 kg weight class. Nagase won the gold medal in the Men's 81 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan and at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.