Kayo Kitada

Kayo Kitada (北田 佳世, Kitada Kayo, born 7 July 1978) is a retired Japanese judoka.

Kayo Kitada

Medal record
Women's Judo
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
	2002 Busan	-48 kg
Asian Championships
	2004 Almaty	-48 kg
	2003 Jeju	-48 kg
Universiade
	2001 Beijing	-48 kg

Kitada was born in Shirahama, Wakayama and began judo at the age of 10.^[1] She graduated from Nippon Sport Science University in 2001.^[1]

In 2002, she participated Asian Games held in Busan and won a gold medal in the Extra Lightweight category.

Kitada also won a gold medal at Paris Super World Cup, Otto World Cup Hamburg and other international championships but did not participate in the Olympic Games or World Championships mainly due to 7 times world champion Ryoko Tamura.^[1]

In 2005, Kitada finally participated in the World Championships but was defeated by Yanet Bermoy from Cuba and Alina Alexandra Dumitru from Romania.^[2] In April 2006, Kitada retired.^[1]

As of 2010, Kitada coaches judo at the Yoshida Dojo.^[3] and Shutoku High School.^[1]

References

1. "柔道実戦必勝テクニック -北田佳世2段の「背負い投げ」-". Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 10 August 2008.ISBN 978-4583615509
2. "第24回世界柔道選手権大会 -4日目の結果-" (PDF). All-Japan Judo Federation. 9 November 2005.
3. . Yoshida Dojo. Archived from the original on 21 August 2009.