Ryoko Tani
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Ryoko Tani (谷亮子 Tani Ryōko, born September 6, 1975) is one of the most famous female Judo competitors in Japan. Her maiden name was Ryoko Tamura. She was born in Fukuoka Prefecture. Also, she is now an employee at Toyota Motor Corporation. Her blood type is B.
She is commonly known as 'Yawara-chan' (Yawara is the nickname comes from a popular judo manga character). Since she won the International Women's Judo Championships in 1990, 'Yawara-chan' has gone on to win the event every year. She has a record six world titles and she brought home the 48kg-category gold medal from Sydney Olympics in 2000 and the Athens Olympics in 2004. In 2003, she married Yoshitomo Tani, an Olympian and professional baseball player with the Orix Blue Wave. The reception reportedly cost $3 million.