Tatsukuma Ushijima

Tatsukuma Ushijima

Born	(1904-03-10)March 10, 1904
Died	May 26, 1985(1985-05-26) (aged 81)
Nationality	Japanese
Style	Judo
Occupation	Judoka

Tatsukuma Ushijima (牛島辰熊, March 10, 1904 – May 26, 1985) was a Japanese judoka and former All-Japan judo champion, who was also known as a teacher of Masahiko Kimura, a famous judoka. His nickname was "The Demon Ushijima".

Biography

He was born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, a son of refiners family. He began judo at the age of 15. Ushijima won both the second and third All-Japan judo championships.^[1] In 1944, he attempted to assassinate Hideki Tojo, a general and the leader of the Empire of Japan, but it failed.^[2] He was arrested by the Military Police (Kempeitai). He was founder of the International Judo Association in 1950.

References

↑ Revista de Artes Marciales AsiáticasPDF
↑ John Toland (author) (1970). The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945. Random House 1970 HC ISBN 0-394-44311-X, reprint ISBN 0-8129-6858-1.

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All-Japan Judo Champions

Men	1930 Kanbe Furusawa 1931 Tatsukuma Ushijima 1932 Tatsukuma Ushijima 1933 Not held 1934 Suekichi Tanaka 1935 Eisaku Iiyama 1936 Isamu Shinbara / Shinkichi Setoguchi 1937 Masahiko Kimura 1938 Masahiko Kimura 1939 Masahiko Kimura 1940 Not held 1941 Iwao Hirose 1942–47 Not held 1948 Yasuichi Matsumoto 1949 Takahiko Ishikawa / Masahiko Kimura 1950 Takahiko Ishikawa 1951 Toshiro Daigo 1952 Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu 1953 Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu 1954 Toshiro Daigo 1955 Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu 1956 Not held 1957 Shokichi Natsui 1958 Koji Sone 1959 Isao Inokuma 1960 Akio Kaminaga 1961 Akio Kaminaga 1962 Yoshinori Takeuchi 1963 Isao Inokuma 1964 Akio Kaminaga 1965 Seiji Sakaguchi 1966 Mitsuo Matsunaga 1967 Isao Okano 1968 Takeshi Matsuzaka 1969 Isao Okano 1970 Masatoshi Shinomaki 1971 Kaneo Iwatsuri 1972 Shinobu Sekine 1973 Haruki Uemura 1974 Nobuyuki Sato 1975 Haruki Uemura 1976 Sumio Endo 1977 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1978 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1979 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1980 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1981 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1982 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1983 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1984 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1985 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1986 Yoshimi Masaki 1987 Yoshimi Masaki 1988 Hitoshi Saito 1989 Naoya Ogawa 1990 Naoya Ogawa 1991 Naoya Ogawa 1992 Naoya Ogawa 1993 Naoya Ogawa 1994 Jun Konno 1995 Naoya Ogawa 1996 Naoya Ogawa 1997 Jun Konno 1998 Shinichi Shinohara 1999 Shinichi Shinohara 2000 Shinichi Shinohara 2001 Kosei Inoue 2002 Kosei Inoue 2003 Kosei Inoue 2004 Keiji Suzuki 2005 Keiji Suzuki 2006 Satoshi Ishii 2007 Keiji Suzuki 2008 Satoshi Ishii 2009 Takamasa Anai 2010 Kazuhiko Takahashi 2011 Keiji Suzuki 2012 Hirotaka Kato

Women	1986 Kaori Hachinohe 1987 Yoko Tanabe 1988 Yoko Tanabe 1989 Yoko Tanabe 1990 Yoko Tanabe 1991 Yoko Tanabe 1992 Yoko Tanabe 1993 Noriko Anno 1994 Noriko Anno 1995 Noriko Anno 1996 Noriko Anno 1997 Miho Ninomiya 1998 Miho Ninomiya 1999 Noriko Anno 2000 Mayumi Yamashita 2001 Midori Shintani 2002 Maki Tsukada 2003 Maki Tsukada 2004 Maki Tsukada 2005 Maki Tsukada 2006 Maki Tsukada 2007 Maki Tsukada 2008 Maki Tsukada 2009 Maki Tsukada 2010 Maki Tsukada 2011 Mika Sugimoto 2012 Kanae Yamabe

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