Kazue Nanjo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kazue Nanjo

Japanese judoka

Date of Birth: 19-May-1972

Place of Birth: Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

Profession: judoka

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Kazue Nanjo (?? ??, Nanjo Kazue, née Nagai Nagai (??); born 19 March 1972) is a retired Japanese judoka. Nanjo was born in Uji, Kyoto, and began judo at the age of 5.
She belonged to Daicolo Co.,Ltd.
after graduating from University of Tsukuba in 1995.In 1997, she participated in the World Championships but was defeated by Carolina Mariani from Argentina.
In 1998, she also participated in the Asian Games held in Bangkok and won a bronze medal. Nanjo was good at Seoi nage, Tomoe nage and Newaza, learned by Shozo Fujii at Tenri University.
She was known as a rival of Noriko Narazaki who is a classmate of the same university and former world champion.As of 2010, Nanjo coaches judo at Sendai University with her husband.