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Mr Japan 1970

Mr Japan 1970 was held in Tokyo, Japan. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Sogaku Takemoto.

Year
1970
Date
Jan 1, 1970
Location
Tokyo, Japan
Federation
JBBA
Divisions
1
Competitors
3

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Mr Japan 1970

Sogaku Takemoto Champion

1970 Tokyo, Japan Dec 31, 1969

Mr Japan 1970 was held in Tokyo, Japan. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Sogaku Takemoto.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated August 8, 2026 Accurate?

2-time winner Minoru Yoshida, who won in 1969, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding

1st
Sogaku Takemoto
Japan
2nd
Kenichi Suemitsu
Japan
3rd
Shigeru Sugita
Shigeru Sugita
Japan

Mr Japan 1970 contested 1 division across 3 athletes. Sogaku Takemoto 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 Sogaku Takemoto First recorded win Japan
2nd Kenichi Suemitsu Japan
3rd Shigeru Sugita Japan

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
3
Divisions
1
Size rank
41 of 59

The biggest field since 1969.

Past winners of this event

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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.