Akira Kudo

{{short description|Japanese freestyle wrestler}}

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| name = Akira Kudo

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|1 January 1954}}

| birth_place = Iwate Prefecture, Japan

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{{MedalSport | Men's Freestyle wrestling}}

{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }}

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{{MedalBronze| 1976 Montreal | light flyweight}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Cup }}

{{MedalGold | 1973 Toledo | light flyweight }}

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Akira Kudo (工藤 章, born 1 January 1954 in Iwate Prefecture) is a Japanese former wrestler who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |title= Olympics: Akira Kudo |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/akira-kudo-1.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200417213219/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/akira-kudo-1.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 17 April 2020 |publisher= sports-reference.com |accessdate= 10 June 2012}}