The 2004 Asian Judo Championships were held at the Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 15 May to 16 May 2004. A total of 194 judokas participated, 113 men and 81 women.

Medal summary

Men

Extra lightweight
−60 kg
Bazarbek Donbay (Kazakhstan)Cho Nam-suk (South Korea)Tatsuaki Egusa (Japan)
Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar (Mongolia)
Half lightweight
−66 kg
Muratbek Kipshakbayev (Kazakhstan)Gantömöriin Dashdavaa (Mongolia)Bang Gui-man (South Korea)
Murat Kalikulov (Uzbekistan)
Lightweight
−73 kg
Kim Jae-hoon (South Korea)Sagdat Sadykov (Kazakhstan)Egamnazar Akbarov (Uzbekistan)
Masahiro Takamatsu (Japan)
Half middleweight
−81 kg
Ramziddin Sayidov (Uzbekistan)Reza Chahkhandagh (Iran)Masahiko Tomouchi (Japan)
Kwon Young-woo (South Korea)
Middleweight
−90 kg
Park Sun-woo (South Korea)Vyacheslav Pereteyko (Uzbekistan)Krisna Bayu (Indonesia)
Hiroshi Izumi (Japan)
Half heavyweight
−100 kg
Askhat Zhitkeyev (Kazakhstan)Jang Sung-ho (South Korea)Takeo Shoji (Japan)
Abbas Fallah (Iran)
Heavyweight
+100 kg
Kim Sung-bum (South Korea)Keiji Suzuki (Japan)Yeldos Ikhsangaliyev (Kazakhstan)
Abdullo Tangriev (Uzbekistan)
OpenweightHong Sung-hyun (South Korea)Yeldos Ikhsangaliyev (Kazakhstan)Hidekazu Shoda (Japan)
Abbas Fallah (Iran)

Women

Extra lightweight
−48 kg
Kayo Kitada (Japan)Ri Kyong-ok (North Korea)Tatyana Shishkina (Kazakhstan)
Zhao Shunxin (China)
Half lightweight
−52 kg
Lee Eun-hee (South Korea)Xian Dongmei (China)An Kum-ae (North Korea)
Natsuko Kimijima (Japan)
Lightweight
−57 kg
Liu Yuxiang (China)Khishigbatyn Erdenet-Od (Mongolia)Kie Kusakabe (Japan)
Choe Hyon-ju (North Korea)
Half middleweight
−63 kg
Ayumi Tanimoto (Japan)Lee Bok-hee (South Korea)Hong Ok-song (North Korea)
Li Shufang (China)
Middleweight
−70 kg
Masae Ueno (Japan)Kim Ryon-mi (North Korea)Sagat Abikeyeva (Kazakhstan)
Kim Mi-jung (South Korea)
Half heavyweight
−78 kg
Sae Nakazawa (Japan)Liu Xia (China)Choi Sook-ie (South Korea)
Varvara Masyagina (Kazakhstan)
Heavyweight
+78 kg
Xue Fuyan (China)Erdene-Ochiryn Dolgormaa (Mongolia)Kei Eguchi (Japan)
Choi Sook-ie (South Korea)
OpenweightXu Lihui (China)Mika Sugimoto (Japan)Cho Hye-jin (South Korea)
Mariya Shekerova (Uzbekistan)