was a Japanese judoka who was the Chief Instructor at the

Kodokan The , or ''Kōdōkan'' (講道館), is the headquarters of the worldwide judo community. The ''kōdōkan'' was founded in 1882 by Kanō Jigorō, the founder of judo, and is now an eight-story building in Tokyo. Etymology Literally, ''kō'' ...

and a manager of the Japanese national team. Before his death, he was one of only three living

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 Ichiro Abe and

Yoshimi Osawa was a Japanese judoka. 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 Ichir ...

Biography

Daigo was born in January 1926 and educated at Tokyo University of Education. He was All-Japan Judo Champion in 1951 and 1954, and the author of ''Kodokan Judo: Throwing Techniques'', a definitive text on

judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, 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 Encyc ...

throws. Daigo died on 10 October 2021, at the age of 95.「ミスター講道館」醍醐敏郎さん死去　柔道10段、95歳
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Bibliography

*(2005) Kodokan Judo: Throwing Techniques, Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan.

References

1926 births 2021 deaths Japanese male judoka Kodokan 10th dans Martial artists from Chiba Prefecture 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-judo-bio-stub