Naoki Murata

Japanese judoka

村田 直樹 · 村田直樹 · 무라타 나오키

Born

21 July 1949, Tokorozawa

Died

14 April 2020

Citizenship

Japan

Sport

judo

Occupation

judoka, writer

Naoki Murata (村田 直樹, Murata Naoki; 21 July 1949 – 9 April 2020) was an 8th dan Japanese judoka and author. He has written many books about judo. He was also the curator of the Kodokan Judo Museum in Tokyo.

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q6964564 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.