Olympic champion Kosei Inoue will head a strong Japanese team at next year's Kanno-hai men's international judo meet, the All-Japan Judo Federation said Monday.
Inoue, who won gold in the 100-kg division in Sydney, will compete at the Jan. 11-12 tournament at Nippon Budokan along with defending champion Keiji Suzuki, who claimed gold at the recent Asian Games in the same division.