Kayo Kitada

Kitada was born in Shirahama, Wakayama and began judo at the age of 10.^[1] She graduated from Nippon Sport Science University in 2001.^[1]

In 2002, she participated in the Asian Games held in Busan and won a gold medal in the Extra Lightweight category.

Kitada also won a gold medal at Paris Super World Cup, Otto World Cup Hamburg and other international championships but did not participate in the Olympic Games or World Championships mainly due to 7 times world champion Ryoko Tamura.^[1]

In 2005, Kitada finally participated in the World Championships but was defeated by Yanet Bermoy from Cuba and Alina Alexandra Dumitru from Romania.^[2] In April 2006, Kitada retired.^[1]

As of 2010, Kitada coaches judo at the Yoshida Dojo.^[3] and Shutoku High School.^[1]