This traditional tournament has the longest history than any other Kyokushin tournaments, which has been held every autumn since 1969; 38 times by now. 128 contestants who were selected from all over Japan join this open-weight tournament to win Japan championship.
The 36th All Japan Open Karate Tournament(November 6-7, 2004)
1st Place:Kentaro Tanaka(Japan)
2nd Place:Tadakuni Tokuda/3rd Place:Mihail Kozlov (Russia) /4th Place:Maxim Dedik (Russia) /5th Place:Darmen Sadvokasov (Russia)/6th Place:Kenshin Morimura (Japan)/7th Place:Makoto Ikemoto (Japan)/8th Place:Hiroyuki Kidachi
