is a retired Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese judo

Judo

is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...

ka.

Moriwaki is from Kake, Hiroshima

Kake, Hiroshima

was a town located in Yamagata District, Hiroshima, Japan.On October 1, 2004 Kake was merged with the town of Togouchi, and the village of Tsutsuga, all from Yamagata District, to form the new town of Akiōta....

 and began judo at the junior high school days.

When he was a member of judo club at , the senior of club are Takao Kawaguchi

Takao Kawaguchi

is a retired judoka who competed in the -63 kg division.-Biography:Kawaguchi began judo at age 5 under the instruction of his father, who was a local judo instructor. He won the inter-highschool judo tournament in his senior year in high school, and entered Meiji University in 1969...

, Yoshiharu Minami and so on.

In 1974, When Moriwaki was a student of Kokushikan University

Kokushikan University

is a private university in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.Combined teams of the Graduate School of Engineering and the Department of Science and Engineering competed against 130 team and came in 11th place in the 27th Formula SAE in 2007...

, he won a gold medal at the World University Championships held in Brussels

Brussels

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. He took office as the coach of Kokushikan University after graduation from there.

In 1979, Moriwaki won a bronze medal of World Championships

World Judo Championships

The World Judo Championships are the highest level of international judo competition, along with the Olympic judo competition. The championships are held once every year by the International Judo Federation, and qualified judoka compete in their respective categories as representatives of their...

 held in Paris

Paris

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. He was also expected to get medal of Olympic Games

Olympic Games

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 in 1980 but he couldn't because the 1980 Summer Olympic Games was boycotted by the Japanese Government.

Moriwaki won a gold madal of World Championships in 1981 at the age of 29.

As of 2010, He coaches at Kokushikan women's judo club.

Achievements

• 1970 - Inter-highschool championships (light weight) 1st
• 1974 - World University Championships (light weight) 1st
• 1975 - All-Japan Selected Championships (light weight) 3rd
• 1976 - All-Japan Selected Championships (light weight) 3rd

- Kodokan Cup (-60 kg) 1st

• 1977 - All-Japan Selected Championships (-60 kg) 1st
• 1978 - Jigoro Kano Cup (-60 kg) 2nd

- All-Japan Selected Championships (-60 kg) 3rd

- Kodokan Cup (-60 kg) 2nd

• 1979 - World Championships
  World Judo Championships
  The World Judo Championships are the highest level of international judo competition, along with the Olympic judo competition. The championships are held once every year by the International Judo Federation, and qualified judoka compete in their respective categories as representatives of their...
  
  (-60 kg) 3rd

- All-Japan Selected Championships (-60 kg) 2nd

- Kodokan Cup (-60 kg) 2nd

• 1980 - All-Japan Selected Championships (-60 kg) 1st
• 1981 - World Championships (-60 kg) 1st

- All-Japan Selected Championships (-60 kg) 2nd