From May 29 to June 2, the 8th Shinkyokushinkai World Karate Championship (1st World Full-Contact Karate Championship) was held in Tokyo, Japan. 32 countries and 165 of the world's best athletes took part in it.

Of these, 14 athletes from the Shinkyokushinkai Karate Federation of Kazakhstan took part.

Our champions were Anton Zimarev, who took 1st place, as well as Elaman Mukashev and Alina Osipenko, who brought 2 bronze medals to the country's collection.

Following the tournament, Kazakhstan took 2nd place in the overall team ranking, second only to the tournament host, Japan.