Luis Juniti Shinohara (born August 29, 1954) is a retired

judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

from Brazil, who won a total number of three medals at the Pan American Games during his career. He also competed at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

and the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

. He coaches Olympic medalist judoka Felipe Kitadai. His father is Brazilian-Japanese Judo pioneer,

Massao Shinohara Massao Shinohara was a Judoka from Brazil. Massao is considered to be a pioneer of Judo in Brazil. In 2017 he was the only 10th Dan in Judo in Brazil. At the age of 15, Massao began practicing Judo. Massao was the coach of the 1984 Judo Olympic ...

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