birth_place headercolor article_title birth_date
fukue , yamaguchi , japan lightblue noriko anno
 may 23 , 1976
noriko anno

noriko anno -lrb- , born may 23 , 1976 in fukue , yamaguchi -rrb- is a female japanese judoka who won the gold medal in the women 's -78 kg judo at the 2004 summer olympics .
she has won gold in the world championship at -78 kg four times , and was fifth in the -72 kg category at the 1996 summer olympics .
