Yoshimi Osawa

Yoshimi Ōsawa
Ōsawa in 1953
Personal information
Native name大澤慶巳 Ōsawa Yoshimi
Born(1926-03-06)6 March 1926
Munakata Village [ja], Inba District, Chiba Prefecture, Japan (now part of Inzai City)
Died21 October 2022(2022-10-21) (aged 96)
Japan
OccupationJudoka
Sport
SportJudo
Rank     10th dan black belt
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Yoshimi Ōsawa (大澤慶巳, Ōsawa Yoshimi, 6 March 1926 – 21 October 2022) was a Japanese judoka.[1][2] Before his death, he was the only living Kodokan 10th dan (and one of only 15 to have attained this rank), having been promoted at the New Year Kagami Biraki Ceremony, 8 January 2006 along with Toshiro Daigo and Ichiro Abe.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference obituary was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Jones, Llyr, "Kodokan 10th Dan Promotions", Judo Info, retrieved 5 December 2011
  3. ^ Ohlenkamp, Neil, "Profiles of Kodokan 10th Dan Holders", Judo Info, retrieved 5 December 2011