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Mr Japan 1956

Mr Japan 1956 was held in Tokyo, Japan. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Ichiro Hirose.

Year
1956
Date
Jan 1, 1956
Location
Tokyo, Japan
Federation
JBBA
Divisions
1
Competitors
3

Results by Division

Division Winner Runner-up
Men's Open Bodybuilding Ichiro Hirose Nariyoshi Udo
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Mr Japan 1956

Ichiro Hirose Champion

1956 Tokyo, Japan Dec 31, 1955

Mr Japan 1956 was held in Tokyo, Japan. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Ichiro Hirose.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated August 13, 2026 Accurate?

Defending champion Kazuhiko Nakaoji, who won in 1955, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding

1st
Ichiro Hirose
Japan
2nd
Nariyoshi Udo
Japan
3rd
Hiroshi Kubo
Japan

Mr Japan 1956 contested 1 division across 3 athletes. Ichiro Hirose took Men's Open Bodybuilding. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Men's Open Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Ichiro Hirose First recorded win Japan
2nd Nariyoshi Udo Japan
3rd Hiroshi Kubo Japan

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
3
Divisions
1
Size rank
34 of 59

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What this page holds

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.