IKO Kyokushinkaikan held The 2009 Women's World Karate Championships and
The 2009 World Youth Elite Karate Championships at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan. 
Final rounds of Women's World and World Youth Elite took place on the center stage prior to The Men's 4th World Weight Category Championships on August 23rd.

Women Light (-55kg)

▼Final
○Kanako Taniyama （Japan-Seidokaikan）
Decision
1－1
5－0
●Satomi Shimada （Japan）

Taniyama took advantage of her long reach against Shimada in Light weight Final

■Results
1st　 Kanako Taniyama (Japan-Seidokaikan)
2nd  Satomi Shimada (Japan)
3rd　 Naoko Fukui (Japan)
4th   Elena Vorobyeva (Russia)

Women Middle (-65kg)

▼Final
○Anastasia Khripunova （Russia）
Decision
4−０
●Yuma Tasaki （Japan）

Khripunova from Russia won Middle weight title for three consecutive years beting Tasaki  

■Results
1st   Anastasia Khripunova (Russia)
2nd  Yuma Tasaki (Japan)
3rd　 Evgenia Lukyanenko (Russia)
4位　Lamarre Julie (Canada)

Women Heavy (+65kg)

▼Final
○Momoka Osugi （Japan）
Decision
4−０
●Agnieszka Sypien （Poland）

2008 International Youth winer of Osugi defeated a veteran fighter Sypien in Heavy weight final

■Results
1st   Momoka Osugi (Japan)
2nd　Agnieszka Sypien (Poland)
3rd 　Ekaterina Provkova (Russia)
4rd　 Kei Tomita (Japan)

 

Youth Elite Light (-70kg)

▼Light weight Final
○Giga Shamatava （Russia）
Decision
5−０
●Artem Oganesyan （Russia）

Russian fighers advanced to lighht weight final: Shamatava took control over Oganesiyan

■Light weigh Results
1st 　Giga Shamatava （Russia）
2nd   Artem Oganesyan (Russia)
3rd　 Kouki Shimokawa (Japan)
　　　 Kou Tanikawa (Japan)

Youth Elite Middle (-80kg)

▼Middle weight Final
○Yuta Takahashi （Japan）
Decision
0−2
5－0
※High kick - one half-point 
●Sota Nakano (USA）

Takahashi earned wazaari with Jyodan-mawashigeri from Nakano in the extension of Middle weight final

■Middle weight Final
1st 　 Yuta Takahashi (Japan)
2nd　 Sota Nakano (USA)
3rd　　Nikita Cherkov (Russia)
　　　　Pagila Sorin (Romania)

Youth Elite Heavy (+80kg)

▼Heavy weight Final
○Kenya Nagata （Japan）
Decision
2−0
4－0
●Iurii Sheremet （Ukraine）

Nagata defeated Sheremet in heavy weight final despite his height disadvantage

■Heavy weight Final
1st　 Kenya Nagata (Japan)
2nd　Iurii Sheremet (USA)
3rd　 Yaroslav Stanislavenko (Russia)
　　　 Hamish  Roake (New Zealand)