Athens 2004 Olympic champion and double world champion SUZUKI, 38, retired in 2012 and is currently a member of the Japanese national coaching team.

SUZUKI, whose announcement received mainstream coverage, will take part in the competition as a representative of Kokushikan University club team which is currently in the third division of the All Japan Businessmen Judo League.

“I am ragged but I wish to beat them all,” SUZUKI joked on his Twitter account.

Twitter account.

Stay tuned to the IJF website for further updates on the return of SUZUKI Keiji.