Japan Nationals 1998
Japan Nationals 1998 was held in Tokyo, Japan. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Eiichi Ishikawa.
- Year
- 1998
- Date
- Jan 1, 1998
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan
- Federation
- JBBF
- Divisions
- 7
- Competitors
- 20
Results by Division
Japan Nationals 1998
Japan Nationals 1998 was held in Tokyo, Japan. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Eiichi Ishikawa.
Defending BantamWeight champion Eiichi Ishikawa held the title.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
Japan Nationals 1998 contested 7 divisions across 20 athletes. Eiichi Ishikawa took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight. 7 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Eiichi Ishikawa Title defense, 2nd win here | Japan |
| 2nd | Takenobu Maekawa | Japan |
| 3rd | Hidetoshi Tanaka | Japan |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Toshio Konuma First Japan Nationals title | Japan |
| 2nd | Yoshihiro Kurosu | Japan |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Takayuki Naito First recorded win | Japan |
| 2nd | Hiroshi Inoue | Japan |
| 3rd | Chiaki Kawaguchi | Japan |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Masayuki Kikuchi Title defense, 2nd win here | Japan |
| 2nd | Hiroshi Tsuda | Japan |
| 3rd | Kazumi Kokubo | Japan |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Fumitoshi Takanishi | Japan |
| 2nd | Kenji Kondo | Japan |
| 3rd | Yoriichi Yamada | Japan |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Yoshihiro Yano Title defense, 2nd win here | Japan |
| 2nd | Hidetada Yamagishi | Japan |
| 3rd | Shuji Ishizaki | Japan |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Welterweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Toshihiko Hirota Title defense, 2nd win here | Japan |
| 2nd | Koji Godo | Japan |
| 3rd | Mitsuo Tezuka | Japan |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 20
- Divisions
- 7
- Size rank
- 14 of 17
The placings as recorded, and nothing past them
This page lists the divisions and finishing order held for this contest, with the source named on it wherever one was recorded. It reports what was published. It does not re-judge the show, and it does not reconcile disagreements between sources.
- Score and bodyweight columns appear only for divisions where those figures exist in the data. A division without them was recorded as placings only, not as a show that gave no scores.
- Where the record has two athletes sharing a place, both are listed. A tie is never broken to produce a single winner.
- Venue, federation, date and competitor count show only when the source supplied them. A field left out means nothing was sourced for it, never a zero.
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