Japan Nationals 2004
Japan Nationals 2004 was held in Tokyo, Japan. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Takenobu Maekawa.
- Year
- 2004
- Date
- Jan 1, 2004
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan
- Federation
- JBBF
- Divisions
- 7
- Competitors
- 20
Results by Division
Japan Nationals 2004
Japan Nationals 2004 was held in Tokyo, Japan. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Takenobu Maekawa.
Defending BantamWeight champion Noriaki Akazawa placed 2nd.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
Japan Nationals 2004 contested 7 divisions across 20 athletes. Takenobu Maekawa 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 | Takenobu Maekawa First recorded win | Japan |
| 2nd | Noriaki Akazawa | Japan |
| 3rd | Takahiro Mizoguchi | Japan |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hiroshi Inoue Title defense, 5th win here | Japan |
| 2nd | Yuji Tadokoro | Japan |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Koichi Aikawa 3rd win here | Japan |
| 2nd | Daisuke Kizawa | Japan |
| 3rd | Takayuki Naito | Japan |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hiroshi Tsuda Title defense, 6th win here | Japan |
| 2nd | Kazumi Kokubo | Japan |
| 3rd | Shinichi Niwa | Japan |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Makoto Tashiro Title defense, 5th win here | Japan |
| 2nd | Kenji Kondo | Japan |
| 3rd | Masahiro Yamamoto | Japan |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Yoriichi Yamada First recorded win | Japan |
| 2nd | Ryutaro Matsuo | Japan |
| 3rd | Katsuo Nakatake | Japan |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Welterweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Toshihiko Hirota 5th win here | Japan |
| 2nd | Takeshi Okumura | Japan |
| 3rd | Makoto Kitahara | Japan |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 20
- Divisions
- 7
- Size rank
- 13 of 17
The biggest field since 2003.
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.
- A contest with no results has either not taken place yet or has no placements published. Check the status line above the results to tell which.