The 2025 World Junior Judo Championships concluded — all results

On October 7 in Lima (Peru), the 2025 World Junior Judo Championships (under 20) came to a close. On the final day of the tournament, medals were contested in five weight categories — three men’s (under 90 kg, 100 kg, and +100 kg) and two women’s (under 78 kg and +78 kg).

On that day, gold medals were won by athletes from Russia, Serbia, Brazil, the Netherlands, and France. However, in the overall standings, team Japan secured a convincing victory, continuing its traditional dominance in junior judo.

Japanese judokas captured 5 gold, 4 silver, and 4 bronze medals, finishing first in the team classification.

Complete results of the 2025 World Junior Judo Championships:

Men

• 60 kg:
  Retsu Matsunaga (Japan)
  Yusei Adachi (Japan)
  Jonathan Yang (USA) and Smariddin Kuchkarov (Uzbekistan)

• 66 kg:
  Tornike Gigaouri (Georgia)
  Abdullah Parchiev (Russia)
  Muhammad Musaev (Azerbaijan) and Shuntaro Fukuchi (Japan)

• 73 kg:
  Muhiddin Asadulloev (Tajikistan)
  Ryusei Arakawa (Japan)
  Keito Kihara (Japan) and Irakli Goginashvili (United Kingdom)

• 81 kg:
  Haru Akita (Japan)
  Ahmed Turluev (Russia)
  Mihajlo Simin (Serbia) and Samariddin Muhibiddinov (Uzbekistan)

• 90 kg:
  Jesse Barbosa (Brazil)
  Joao Segatelle (Brazil)
  Paul Fridriks (Germany) and Alisher Samanov (Uzbekistan)

• 100 kg:
  Milan Bulaja (Serbia)
  Shokel Hirano (Japan)
  Lazar Zdrale (Serbia) and Muhammadali Zoirov (Uzbekistan)

• +100 kg:
  Bislan Katamardov (Russia)
  Gai Harakeyama (Japan)
  Mateo Akiana Mongo (France) and Mortaza Suha (Germany)

Women

• 48 kg:
  Sachiyo Yoshino (Japan)
  Aitana Díaz (Spain)
  Laziza Haydarova (Uzbekistan) and Annis Morgan (France)

• 52 kg:
  Nicole Marquez (Brazil)
  Leomaris Ruiz (Venezuela)
  Hako Fukunaga (Japan) and Nika Tebea Mecklenburg (Germany)

• 57 kg:
  Mio Shirakane (Japan)
  Dana Abdirova (Kazakhstan)
  Giovanna Andrade (Brazil) and Asuka Ueno (Japan)

• 63 kg:
  So Morichika (Japan)
  Viktoria Martynenko (Russia)
  Linthoi Chanambam (India) and Savita Russo (France)

• 70 kg:
  April Lynn Fohowo (Switzerland)
  Aleksandra Andrić (Serbia)
  Yanja Cvetko (Croatia) and Theophilia Darbes-Takam (France)

• 78 kg:
  Maria Hanstede (Netherlands)
  Mathilda Nimeyer (Germany)
  Aleksandra Ryabchenko (Russia) and Dandara Camillo (Brazil)

• +78 kg:
  Célia Cancan (France)
  Umida Nigmatova (Uzbekistan)
  Leonie Minkada-Sakino (France) and Yuli Alma Mishiner (Israel)

Medal table — U20 Lima 2025:

• Japan — 5 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze

• Brazil — 2 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze

• Russia — 1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze

• Serbia — 1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze

• France — 1 gold, 0 silver, 4 bronze

• Netherlands, Georgia, Switzerland, Tajikistan — each with 1 gold

On October 8 the World Team Championships will take place.

The Armenian team did not take part in the tournament.

The U17 (Cadet) World Judo Championships have also concluded — all tournament results.