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THE PANEL OF JUDGES
Chairperson
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1967(1) - 1973(3)
Hideo Saito
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1976(4) - 1994(10)
Takashi Asahina
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1997(11) - 2018(18)
Yuzo Toyama
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2021(19) -
Tadaaki Otaka
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1967(1) - 1973(3)Hideo Saito
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1976(4) - 1994(10)Takashi Asahina
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1997(11) - 2018(18)Yuzo Toyama
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2021(19) -Tadaaki Otaka
The Panel of Judges
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1967(1), 1970(2)
Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Takashi Asahina, Nobori Kaneko, Tadashi Mori,Yoichiro Omachi, Seiji Ozawa, Yuzo Toyama, Hiroshi Wakasugi,Akeo Watanabe, Kazuo Yamada
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1973(3)
Tadashi Mori(Assistant Chairperson), Kazuyoshi Akiyama,Takashi Asahina, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Nobori Kaneko, Yoichiro Omachi,Seiji Ozawa, Yuzo Toyama, Hiroshi Wakasugi, Akeo Watanabe,Kazuo Yamada
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1976(4), 1979(5)
Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Franco Ferrara, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Nobori Kaneko, Tadashi Mori, Yoichiro Omachi, Seiji Ozawa, Yuzo Toyama,Hiroshi Wakasugi, Akeo Watanabe, Kazuo Yamada
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1982(6)
Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Arvid Jansons, Nobori Kaneko,Kenichiro Kobayashi, Tadashi Mori, Yoichiro Omachi, Seiji Ozawa, Yukinori Tezuka, Shinji Toyama, Yuzo Toyama, Hiroshi Wakasugi,Akeo Watanabe, Kazuo Yamada
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1985(7)
Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Nobori Kaneko, Kenichiro Kobayashi,Zdenek Kosler, Tadashi Mori, Yoichiro Omachi, Seiji Ozawa,Yuri Simonov, Yukinori Tezuka, Shinji Toyama, Yuzo Toyama,Akeo Watanabe, Kazuo Yamada
* Preliminary Rounds in Solingen : Sylvia Caduff, Hermann Lang,Vorker Wangenheim
* Preliminary Rounds in Moscow : Kazuo Yamada
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1988(8)
Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Marius Constant, Walter Homburger,Hiroyuki Iwaki, Herbert Kegel, Hermann Lang, Karl Osterreicher,Tadaaki Otaka, Seiji Ozawa, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Yuzo Toyama,Akeo Watanabe, Kazuo Yamada, Toru Yasunaga
* Preliminary Rounds in Tokyo : Serge Baudo, Sylvia Caduff,Yukirori Tezuka
* Preliminary Rounds in Solingen : Sylvia Caduff, Pavle Despalj,Otmar Suitner, Christian Suss
* Preliminary Rounds in Moscow : Vasily Sinaisky, Vladimir Sukhanov,Isidor Zak
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1991(9)
Marcello Abbado, Anton Fietz, Henry Fogel, Walter Homburger,Michiyoshi Inoue, Hermann Lang, Geza Oberfrank, Karl Österreicher,Claude Samuel, Hikmet Simsek, Yukinori Tezuka, Yuzo Toyama
* Preliminary Rounds in Tokyo : Kazuo Yamada(Deputy Chairperson),Saburo Kurematsu, Ondrej Lenard
* Preliminary Rounds in Vienna : Tadaaki Otaka, Otmar Suitner
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1994(10)
Hiroyuki Iwaki, Yuzo Toyama(Vice Chairperson), Yousef El-Sisi,Henry Fogel, Walter Homburger, Claude Samuel, Yukinori Tezuka,Naohiro Totsuka
* Preliminary Rounds in Tokyo : Hiroshi Wakasugi
* Preliminary Rounds in Dallas/Fort Worth : John Giordano,Kazuhiro Koizumi
* Preliminary Rounds in Vienna : Harald Goertz
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1997(11)
Marcello Abbado, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, George Cleve, Denis de Coteau,John Drummond, Marc-Olivier Dupin, Kazuhiro Koizumi, Lim Won-Sik,Georges Octors, Tadaaki Otaka, Claude Samuel, Yukinori Tezuka,Hiroshi Wakasugi
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2000(12)
Marcello Abbado, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Kazuhiro Koizumi,Uwe Mund,Tadaaki Otaka, Jorma Panula, Claude Samuel, Yukinori Tezuka
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2003(13)
Marcello Abbado, Michiyoshi Inoue, Uwe Mund, Tadaaki Otaka,Jorma Panula, Claude Samuel, Karl Suske, Yukinori Tezuka,Toshiaki Umeda
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2006(14)
Michiyoshi Inoue, Tadaaki Otaka, Jorma Panula, Claude Samuel,Karl Suske, Kazufumi Yamashita
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2009(15)
Claire Gibault,Peter Gülke,Junichi Hirokami,Rainer Küchl,Tadaaki Otaka,Jorma Panula,Hubert Soudant,Ken Takaseki
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2012(16)
Peter Gülke,Werner Hink,Junichi Hirokami,Alexander Lazarev,Tadaaki Otaka,Jorma Panula,Claude Samuel,Ken Takaseki
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2015(17)
Mike George,Werner Hink,Junichi Hirokami,Gunter Kahlert,Tadaaki Otaka,Hubert Soudant,Ken Takaseki
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2018(18)
Tadaaki Otaka,Junichi Hirokami,Ken Takaseki,Werner Hink,Alexander Lazarev,Dong-Suk Kang,Peter Pastreich,Hubert Soudant
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* Listing names of judges who served only those preliminary rounds.
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1967(1), 1970(2)Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Takashi Asahina, Nobori Kaneko, Tadashi Mori,Yoichiro Omachi, Seiji Ozawa, Yuzo Toyama, Hiroshi Wakasugi,Akeo Watanabe, Kazuo Yamada
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1973(3)Tadashi Mori(Assistant Chairperson), Kazuyoshi Akiyama,Takashi Asahina, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Nobori Kaneko, Yoichiro Omachi,Seiji Ozawa, Yuzo Toyama, Hiroshi Wakasugi, Akeo Watanabe,Kazuo Yamada
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1976(4), 1979(5)Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Franco Ferrara, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Nobori Kaneko, Tadashi Mori, Yoichiro Omachi, Seiji Ozawa, Yuzo Toyama,Hiroshi Wakasugi, Akeo Watanabe, Kazuo Yamada
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1982(6)Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Arvid Jansons, Nobori Kaneko,Kenichiro Kobayashi, Tadashi Mori, Yoichiro Omachi, Seiji Ozawa, Yukinori Tezuka, Shinji Toyama, Yuzo Toyama, Hiroshi Wakasugi,Akeo Watanabe, Kazuo Yamada
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1985(7)Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Nobori Kaneko, Kenichiro Kobayashi,Zdenek Kosler, Tadashi Mori, Yoichiro Omachi, Seiji Ozawa,Yuri Simonov, Yukinori Tezuka, Shinji Toyama, Yuzo Toyama,Akeo Watanabe, Kazuo Yamada
* Preliminary Rounds in Solingen : Sylvia Caduff, Hermann Lang,Vorker Wangenheim
* Preliminary Rounds in Moscow : Kazuo Yamada -
1988(8)Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Marius Constant, Walter Homburger,Hiroyuki Iwaki, Herbert Kegel, Hermann Lang, Karl Osterreicher,Tadaaki Otaka, Seiji Ozawa, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Yuzo Toyama,Akeo Watanabe, Kazuo Yamada, Toru Yasunaga
* Preliminary Rounds in Tokyo : Serge Baudo, Sylvia Caduff,Yukirori Tezuka
* Preliminary Rounds in Solingen : Sylvia Caduff, Pavle Despalj,Otmar Suitner, Christian Suss
* Preliminary Rounds in Moscow : Vasily Sinaisky, Vladimir Sukhanov,Isidor Zak -
1991(9)Marcello Abbado, Anton Fietz, Henry Fogel, Walter Homburger,Michiyoshi Inoue, Hermann Lang, Geza Oberfrank, Karl Österreicher,Claude Samuel, Hikmet Simsek, Yukinori Tezuka, Yuzo Toyama
* Preliminary Rounds in Tokyo : Kazuo Yamada(Deputy Chairperson),Saburo Kurematsu, Ondrej Lenard
* Preliminary Rounds in Vienna : Tadaaki Otaka, Otmar Suitner -
1994(10)Hiroyuki Iwaki, Yuzo Toyama(Vice Chairperson), Yousef El-Sisi,Henry Fogel, Walter Homburger, Claude Samuel, Yukinori Tezuka,Naohiro Totsuka
* Preliminary Rounds in Tokyo : Hiroshi Wakasugi
* Preliminary Rounds in Dallas/Fort Worth : John Giordano,Kazuhiro Koizumi
* Preliminary Rounds in Vienna : Harald Goertz -
1997(11)Marcello Abbado, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, George Cleve, Denis de Coteau,John Drummond, Marc-Olivier Dupin, Kazuhiro Koizumi, Lim Won-Sik,Georges Octors, Tadaaki Otaka, Claude Samuel, Yukinori Tezuka,Hiroshi Wakasugi
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2000(12)Marcello Abbado, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Kazuhiro Koizumi,Uwe Mund,Tadaaki Otaka, Jorma Panula, Claude Samuel, Yukinori Tezuka
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2003(13)Marcello Abbado, Michiyoshi Inoue, Uwe Mund, Tadaaki Otaka,Jorma Panula, Claude Samuel, Karl Suske, Yukinori Tezuka,Toshiaki Umeda
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2006(14)Michiyoshi Inoue, Tadaaki Otaka, Jorma Panula, Claude Samuel,Karl Suske, Kazufumi Yamashita
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2009(15)Claire Gibault,Peter Gülke,Junichi Hirokami,Rainer Küchl,Tadaaki Otaka,Jorma Panula,Hubert Soudant,Ken Takaseki
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2012(16)Peter Gülke,Werner Hink,Junichi Hirokami,Alexander Lazarev,Tadaaki Otaka,Jorma Panula,Claude Samuel,Ken Takaseki
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2015(17)Mike George,Werner Hink,Junichi Hirokami,Gunter Kahlert,Tadaaki Otaka,Hubert Soudant,Ken Takaseki
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2018(18)Tadaaki Otaka,Junichi Hirokami,Ken Takaseki,Werner Hink,Alexander Lazarev,Dong-Suk Kang,Peter Pastreich,Hubert Soudant
- * Listing names of judges who served only those preliminary rounds.