Rikiya Iimura

Rikiya Iimura
Born	Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Style	Shotokan Karate
Teacher(s)	Masaaki Ueki
Rank	2nd Dan karate (JKA)

Rikiya Iimura (Iimura Rikiya) is a Japanese instructor of Shotokan karate.^[1] He has won the JKA's version of the world championships for kumite. ^[1] He is currently an instructor of the Japan Karate Association.^[1]

Biography

Rikiya Iimura was born in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan on . He studied at Taisho University.

Competition

Rikiya Iimura has had considerable success in karate competition.

Major Tournament Success

12th Funakoshi Gichin Cup World Karate-do Championship Tournament (Pattaya,2011) - 1st Place Kumite
54th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2011) - 3rd Place Kumite

References

1 2 3 JKA: Instructor profiles – Sensei Rikiya Iimura2nd Dan Retrieved on 15 February 2014.

JKA World Champions - Male Kumite

1975 to 1983 - IAKF World Championships	1975: Masahiko Tanaka 1977: Masahiko Tanaka 1980: Toshihiro Mori 1983: Hideo Yamamoto

1985 - 2004 - Shoto Cup	1985: Minoru Kawawada 1987: Tomio Imamura 1990**: Masayoshi Kagawa 1992: Tomio Imamura 1994: Pavlo Protopapa 1996: Don Sharp 1998: Toshihito Kokubun 2000: Toshihito Kokubun 2004: Koji Ogata

2006 - present Funakoshi Gichin Cup	2006: Koji Ogata 2011: Rikiya Iimura

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