[WKO/IKO-2] Kenji Midori (5th World Champion)

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Kenji Midori - 緑健児
ORGANIZATION: World Karate Organization Shinkyokushinkai
HEIGHT: 5 feet 5 inches (165cm)
WEIGHT: 154lbs (70kg)
DATE OF BIRTH: April 18, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH: Japan
DOJO HOMEPAGE:
HOMEPAGE: MIDORI KENJI OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Read in an article contained in a souvenir program (i.e., 7th World or 8th World) that Sosai Masutatsu Oyama approached the father of Kancho Kenji Midori and pleaded to have his son stop his work and focus on his Karate. Kancho Midori's father acceded.

Thus, Kancho Midori became 5th World Champion.

Kenji Midori HL 2

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Kenji Midori - Speed Kick

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Tournment History:
5th World Open Tournament 1991– 1st Place (Defeated Akira Masuda)
4th World Open Tournament 1987 – Final 16 (Lost to Michael Thompson)
22nd All Japan Open Tournament 1990 – 2nd Place (Lost to Akira Masuda)
17th All Japan Open Tournament 1985– 5th Place
7th All Japan Weight Category Championships 1990 – 1st Place (Defeated Kensaku Yamamoto)
4th All Japan Weight Category Championships 1987 – 1st Place (Defeated Hiroyuki Miake)
2nd All Japan Weight Category Championships 1985 – 1st Place (Defeated Hiroyuki Miake)
Sursee Cup 1988 – 2nd Place