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Mr Japan 1971

Mr Japan 1971 was held in Tokyo, Japan. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Kenichi Suemitsu.

Year
1971
Date
Jan 1, 1971
Location
Tokyo, Japan
Federation
JBBA
Divisions
1
Competitors
3

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Mr Japan 1971

Kenichi Suemitsu Champion

1971 Tokyo, Japan Dec 31, 1970

Mr Japan 1971 was held in Tokyo, Japan. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Kenichi Suemitsu.

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Defending champion Sogaku Takemoto, who won in 1970, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding

1st
Kenichi Suemitsu
Japan
2nd
Shigeru Sugita
Shigeru Sugita
Japan
3rd
Hideki Ishigami
Hideki Ishigami
Japan

Mr Japan 1971 contested 1 division across 3 athletes. Kenichi Suemitsu 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 Kenichi Suemitsu First recorded win Japan
2nd Shigeru Sugita Japan
3rd Hideki Ishigami Japan

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
3
Divisions
1
Size rank
45 of 59

The biggest field since 1969.

Past winners of this event

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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.