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Native name | 安部一郎 Abe Ichiro |
Born | Akita Prefecture, Japan | 12 November 1922
Died | 27 February 2022 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 99)
Occupation | Judoka |
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Sport | Judo |
Rank | 10th dan black belt |
Ichiro Abe (安部一郎, Abe Ichirō, 12 November 1922 – 27 February 2022) was a Japanese judoka. He was head of the Promotions Panel at the Kodokan and former international chairperson of the All Nippon Judo Federation.[1] He was one of only fifteen judoka to have attained Kodokan 10th dan rank, having been promoted at the New Year Kagami biraki Ceremony, 8 January 2006 along with Toshiro Daigo and Yoshimi Osawa.[1][2]