Satoshi Ishii

nihongo|Satoshi Ishii|石井 慧|Ishii Satoshi|born 19 December 1986 in Ibaraki, Osaka is a Japanese judoka. He won a silver medal at the -100 kg category of the 2006 Asian Games.

On April 29, 2006 and 2008, he won the All-Japan Judo Championships in Tokyo Japan.

On August 15 2008 he won a gold medal at the +100 kg category of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

Ishii is listed as weighing 108kg (240lbs) and being 181cm (5'11") tall.

He has expressed his wishes to apply his talents in the growing sport of MMA/Mixed Martial Arts much to the dismay of the Japanese Judo Federation. [cite web
title=Enfant terrible Ishii two-times Japanese judo
url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gQfvaF-3NwnP4y5iLwUWcT48rb1g
publisher=AFP
date=October 8th, 2008]

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External Links

http://www.sanspo.com/beijing2008/judo/ishii_satoshi.html