About Ichiro Abe
Lived 1922 – 2022 (aged 99). Ichiro Abe was a Japanese judoka.
was a Japanese judoka. He was head of the Promotions Panel at the Kodokan and former international chairperson of the All Nippon Judo Federation. He was one of only fifteen judoka to have attained Kodokan 10th dan rank, having been promoted at the New Year Kagami biraki Ceremony, 8 January 2006 along with Toshiro Daigo and Yoshimi Osawa.
Biography Abe was born in 1922 and educated at Tsukuba University. He was sent by the Kodokan as a judo teacher to France in 1951 and Belgium in 1953. He was director of the Kodokan International from 1969 to 1997 and director of the Kodokan Council from 1997 to 2004.
Abe died in Tokyo on 27 February 2022, at the age of 99.
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Who was Ichiro Abe?
Japanese judoka (1922–2022)
When was Ichiro Abe born?
Ichiro Abe was born on 12 November 1922 in Japan.
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Ichiro Abe died on 27 February 2022 in Tokyo.
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Ichiro Abe was a judoka.
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Ichiro Abe was Japanese.
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