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High ranking "Judoka" 5th dan to 10th dan are Kōdan-sha (高段者) "high grades" and 6th, 7th, and 8th dan have alternating red and white panel belts (紅白帯) Kōhaku-obi, and for 9th and 10th dan, the belts are solid red. This ranking system was introduced by Kanō Jigorō, the founder of judo, in 1883. However, the current system is not ...
Toshirō Daigo after being crowned All-Japan Judo Champion in 1954. Yoshitsugu Yamashita (Japan, 1865–1935) (his first name is sometimes mispronounced as Yoshiaki) promoted to Kōdōkan 10th dan in 1935, the first person awarded 10th dan by the Kōdōkan. Although he was promoted posthumously his promotion was antedated to be effective two ...
Two judoka wearing judogi. A practitioner of judo is known as a judoka (柔道家). The modern meaning of "judoka" in English is a judo practitioner of any level of expertise, [110] but traditionally those below the rank of 4th dan were called kenkyu-sei (研究生, trainees); and only those of 4th dan or higher were called judoka.
Hifumi Abe (阿部 一二三, Abe Hifumi, born 9 August 1997) is a Japanese judoka who competes in the Men's half-lightweight (66 kg) division. [2] He won two consecutive gold medals in the Men's 66 kg competition at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, as well as two silver medals in a row with the Japanese team in those games' judo mixed team ...
Keiko Fukuda (Japanese: 福田 敬子, Hepburn: Fukuda Keiko, April 12, 1913 – February 9, 2013) was a Japanese-American martial artist. She was the highest-ranked female judoka in history, holding the rank of 9th dan from the Kodokan (2006), and 10th dan from USA Judo (July 2011) and from the United States Judo Federation (USJF) (September 2011), and was the last surviving student of Kanō ...
Takanori Nagase (left), representing the University of Tsukuba, after winning the half-middleweight gold at 2013 All Japan University Championships. His former teammate, An Chang-rim (second from the right), also won the lightweight title for their university. Takanori Nagase (Japanese: 永瀬貴規; born 14 October 1993) is a Japanese judoka ...
Matthew Baker (ベイカー 茉秋, Beikā Mashū, born 25 September 1994 in Tokyo), is a male Japanese judoka. [3] His father is an American. [4] His parents divorced when he was little and was raised by his mother. [5] He started judo at the age of 7. [6] His favorite technique is Ouchi Gari. [6]
Soichi Hashimoto (Japanese: 橋本壮市; born 24 August 1991) is a Japanese judoka. [1] Hashimoto is currently ranked first in the lightweight division. [2]Hashimoto rose to prominence by becoming national champion at the All-Japan Judo Championships in 2015.