Yuzuru "Jim" Kojima (born 1938) is a Canadian
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"). ...
who has been deeply involved in the development of
Canadian Judo, and was made a
Member of the Order of Canada
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To coincide with ...
in 1983 and decorated with the
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette in 2011 for his efforts. He has been the President of
Judo Canada
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, Director of the
International Judo Federation
The International Judo Federation (IJF) was founded in July 1951. The IJF was originally composed of judo federations from Europe and Argentina. Countries from four continents were affiliated over the next ten years. Today the IJF has 200 National ...
Referee Commission, Chair of the 1993
World Judo Championships
The World Judo Championships are the highest level of international judo competition, along with the Olympic judo competition. The championships are held once every year (except the years when the Olympics take place) by the International Judo ...
in
Hamilton, Ontario
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, and was inducted into the
BC Sports Hall of Fame
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in 2023.
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Judo in British Columbia
The Japanese martial art and combat sport judo has been practised in the Canadian province of British Columbia since the early 1900s, and it was the only place in the country where judo was practised prior to the Second World War. The first long ...
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Judo in Canada
The Japanese martial art and combat sport judo has been practised in Canada for over a century. The first long-term judo dojo in Canada, Tai Iku Dojo, was established by a Japanese immigrant named Shigetaka Sasaki, Shigetaka "Steve" Sasaki in Van ...
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List of Canadian judoka
This is a list of prominent Canadian judoka, including members of the Judo Canada Hall of Fame, lifetime members of Judo Canada, ''kōdansha'' (high ''dan''-holders), all participants in the Olympics, Paralympics, and World Judo Championships, a ...
References
Canadian male judoka
1938 births
Living people
20th-century Canadian people
21st-century Canadian people
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