2024 Judo Tokyo Grand Slam: Live streams, preview and start time

The 2024 Judo Tokyo Grand Slam tournament goes down next week with the world's best judo players looking to cap off the year with some of the final pieces of hardware available on the IJF World Tour.

Tokyo Grand Slam, formerly known as the Jigoro Kano Cup, is an annual judo tournament historically held at the famous Nippon Budokan. Since 2020 the tournament has taken place at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.

Scroll down to find out when the 2024 Judo Grand Slam Tokyo is taking place, who is involved and how you can watch all the action!

An epic final to an epic year 🇯🇵

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2024 Judo Tokyo Grand Slam Competitors

The 2024 Judo Tokyo Grand Slam will include 203 competitors from 48 nations competing across 14 weight divisions (seven for men, seven for women). Below are the top four seeds for each division.

Men

-60 kg

1. Lee Harim 🇰🇷
2. Nagayama Ryuju 🇯🇵
3. Ayub Bliev 🇷🇺
4. Michel Agusto 🇧🇷

-66 kg

1. Baskhuu Yondonperenlei 🇲🇳
2. Tanaka Ryoma 🇯🇵
3. Obid Dzhebov 🇹🇯
4. Takeoka Takeshi 🇯🇵

-73 kg

1. Danil Lavrentev 🇷🇺
2. Ishihara Tatsuki 🇯🇵
3. Hasimoto Soichi 🇯🇵
4. Erdenbayar Batzaya 🇲🇳

-81 kg

1. Francois Gauthier Drapeau 🇨🇦
2. Timur Arbuzov 🇷🇺
3. David Karapetyan 🇷🇺
4. Hojo Yoshito 🇯🇵

-90 kg

1. Murao Sanshiro 🇯🇵
2. Rafael Macedo 🇧🇷
3. Luka Maisuradze 🇬🇪
4. Christian Parlati 🇮🇹

-100 kg

1. Shady Elnahas 🇨🇦
2. Matvey Kanikovskiy 🇷🇺
3. Kyle Reyes 🇨🇦
4. Leonardo Goncalves 🇧🇷

+100 kg

1. Ota Hyoga 🇯🇵
2. Martti Puumalainen 🇯🇵
3. Nakano Kanta 🇯🇵
4. Denis Batchaev 🇷🇺

Women

-48 kg

1. Koga Wakana 🇯🇵
2. Catarina Costa 🇵🇹
3. Narantsetseg Ganbaatar 🇲🇳
4. Maria Celia Laborde 🇺🇸

-52 kg

1. Khorloodoi Bishrelt 🇦🇪
2. Ariane Toro Soler 🇪🇸
3. Sosorbaram Lkhagvasuren 🇲🇳
4. Omori Kisumi 🇯🇵

-57 kg

1. Jessica Lima 🇧🇷
2. Tamaoki Momo 🇯🇵
3. Kseniia Galitskaia 🇷🇺
4. Irina Zueva 🇷🇺

-63 kg

1. Dali Liluashvili 🇷🇺
2. Tang Jing 🇨🇳
3. Renata Zachova 🇨🇿
4. Horikawa Megumi 🇯🇵

-70 kg

1. Lara Cvjetko 🇭🇷
2. Tanaka Shiho 🇯🇵
3. Ida Eriksson 🇸🇪
4. Katarzyna Sobierajska 🇵🇱

-78 kg

1. Patricia Sampaio 🇵🇹
2. Khulsen Otgonbayar 🇲🇳
3. Hamada Shori 🇯🇵
4. Migle Julija Dudenaite 🇱🇹

+78 kg

1. Kim Hayun 🇰🇷
2. Lee Hyeonji 🇰🇷
3. Elis Startseva 🇷🇺
4. Adiyasuren Amarsaikhan 🇲🇳

Live stream, start time and date

The Judo Tokyo Grand Slam is held on December 7 and 8, 2024.

The final block of matches will begin at 5 p.m. local time (3 a.m. ET).

The Tokyo Grand Slam can be viewed on judotv.com. Judotv streams require a free membership to view. Premium members can watch the stream ad free.

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