Shintaro Higashi

Shintaro Higashi
Born (1984-12-16) 16 December 1984
United States
Style Judo
Teacher(s) Nobuyoshi Higashi
Shintaro Higashi
Medal record
Men's Judo
Competitor for  United States
USA Judo Senior National Championships
USA Judo Senior National Championships 2011

Shintaro Higashi December 16, 1984.[1] Shintaro is a judo competitor, 5th degree black belt in judo, of the United States in the 100 kg category.[2] He is a member of the New York Athletic Club and the Kokushi Budo Institute.[3]

Personal life

He attended Hunter College, and received a Masters in Education as well as a BA in Psychology. He currently serves as a professor at Brooklyn College.[4] He is also the current head instructor at Kokushi Budo Institute. While at Hunter he was a member of the Hunter College Wrestling team where he received All-State status.[5] He is the son of Nobuyoshi Higashi, founder of Kokushi-ryu jujutsu, judo, aikido and karate instructor, and author.[6]

Martial Arts

He holds black belts in judo, jujitsu, aikido and karate.[2] He has won Gold in the 2007, 2011 USA Judo Senior National Championships and placed 5th in the US Open.[3] He also took Gold in the International Tournament Am-Cam Judo Challenge and placed third in the National Championships.[3] He would be a member of Team USA in 2007, 2010 World Judo Championships – Men's 100 kg and 2011 World Judo Championships – Men's 100 kg for the world games.[2] He trained for the 2008 and the 2012 US Olympic Team at 100 kg.[7] He achieved 43rd in the world ranking for Judo behind Kyle Vashkulat in the United States.[7] He also has boxing experience and has a brown belt in Brazilian Jujitsu.

References

  1. ↑ "Shintaro Higashi, Judoka, JudoInside".
  2. 1 2 3 Shintaro Higashi. "Instructors". Martial Arts NYC: Jiu Jitsu, Judo, Aikido.
  3. 1 2 3 www.teamusa.org
  4. ↑ "Shintaro Higashi at Brooklyn College - RateMyProfessors.com".
  5. ↑ http://www.huntercollegeathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=188
  6. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/nyregion/28joint.html
  7. 1 2 "Scarsdale's Higashi Aims for 2012 Summer Olympics". The Scarsdale Daily Voice. 7 June 2011.

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