Approximately 2.46 million people practice Kendo worldwide. Remarkably, about one-third of these practitioners (kendoka) are women. However, global participation is heavily concentrated, with Japan and Korea accounting for nearly 97% of all kendoka (roughly 1.8 million in Japan and 500,000 in Korea). Other regions have smaller but growing numbers, including Europe with about 25,000, the Americas with around 10,000, and China with over 23,000. | Kendokai Kharkov