The Ceará Judo Federation(FECJU) regrets the passing of ABE Ichiro Sensei, Kodokan 10th dan, at the age of 99, passed away due to old age on February 27, 2022 at the unit for the elderly in Tokyo.
The farewell ceremony at Kodokan will be held on March 26, 2022 at 12 noon at Kodokan's main dojo.
Brief biography:
November 12, 1922 Born in Akita Prefecture, Japan.
1938 Entered Kodokan and Kodokan Shodan
1941 Graduated from Maebashi Junior High School
1944 Graduated from Tokyo Higher Normal School
1946 Worked in Kodokan Secretarial Section
1947 Teacher at Kishiwada Junior High School and Izumi High School in Osaka
1949 Served at Sakai City Police Headquarters in Osaka
1951 Master of Shudokan Club, Toulouse, France
1953 Technical Director of the Belgian Judo Association
1955 Technical Advisor, European Union of Judo
1969 Head of the International Department of Kodokan
1977 Member of the National Team Committee, All Japan Judo Federation (AJJF)
1980 President of Pacific Rim Judo Organization, Director of International Department of Kodokan and member of Board of Directors of AJJF
1983 General Secretary of the Asian Judo Union
1985 Member, Japanese Olympic Committee, Chairman, AJJF International Committee
1996 Kodokan Senior Advisor
1997 Kodokan Classification Department Director
2006 Kodokan 10th Dan
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