(born 1 October 1941 in

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, Japan) is a Japanese Brazilian

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ka, who won Brazil's first Olympic medal in judo at the

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Career

Ishii trained judo since a very young age, at a dojo located near his house, and graduated in pedagogy at

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. He was eager to participate in the first judo Olympic tournamentat the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, but lost his spot to eventual gold medalist

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. Frustrated, he quit the sport and decided to emigrate to Brazil, where he would become a farmer. After a sixty-day boat trip, Ishii arrived in Brazil and worked in a farm at a Japanese Brazilian community in Presidente Prudente. After being convinced to fight a local judo tournament for fun, Ishii's skills impressed enough for the inhabitants to ask him to become a judo teacher. Added to Ishii's frustration with the farming life, he started to teach the martial art, eventually opening a dojo in

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. In 1969, Ishii was naturalized Brazilian to take part in judo competitions.Chiaki Ishii biography
He won a bronze medal at both the

, and the 1971 World Judo Championships. Two of Ishii's three daughters, Tânia and Vânia Ishii, are also judokas.

References

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Ishii's dojo
* 1941 births Living people Olympic judoka of Brazil Judoka at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil Olympic medalists in judo Brazilian male judoka Sportspeople from Tochigi Prefecture Naturalized citizens of Brazil Japanese emigrants to Brazil Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics {{brazil-judo-bio-stub