Also known as

Okano Kotaru

Description

Japanese judoka and educator, prominent figure in "高専柔道" (Technical College Judo). Served as instructor at Sixth Higher School, Eighth Higher School, and Nagoya University. Author of "学生柔道の伝統" (Student Judo Tradition). Posthumously awarded 10th dan in judo.

Teachers (2)

• person
  Isogai Hajime

  sports_martial_artsMuso-ryu Shinjujutsu Probable

  Probable

  The Kodokan's own hall-of-fame biography states Okano was a student of Hajime Isogai at the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai Martial Arts Teacher Training School; no independent corroboration was found

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  history_eduTradition only

  Tradition only: every supporting source is the lineage's own account of itself

  location_onBudo Senmon Gakko badge

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  The Kodokan's own hall-of-fame biography states Okano was a student of Hajime Isogai at the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai Martial Arts Teacher Training School; no independent corroboration was found

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “この武術教員養成所の柔道教授は、磯貝一、永岡秀一らであった。[...]岡野も磯貝・永岡を師と仰ぎ”

  — 岡野好太郎 | 講道館 (Yoshitaro Okano - Kodokan Judo Institute)link history info

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable

  Probable

  The Kodokan's own hall-of-fame biography states Okano enrolled at the Kodokan in 1906; no independent corroboration was found

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  history_eduTradition only

  Tradition only: every supporting source is the lineage's own account of itself

  location_onKodokan badge (1906)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  The Kodokan's own hall-of-fame biography states Okano enrolled at the Kodokan in 1906; no independent corroboration was found

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “20歳の時に講道館へ入門する”

  — 岡野好太郎 | 講道館 (Yoshitaro Okano - Kodokan Judo Institute)link history info
• person
  Nagaoka Shūichi

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable

  Probable

  The Kodokan's own hall-of-fame biography states Okano was a student of Nagaoka Shuichi at the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai Martial Arts Teacher Training School; no independent corroboration was found

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  history_eduTradition only

  Tradition only: every supporting source is the lineage's own account of itself

  location_onBudo Senmon Gakko badge

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  The Kodokan's own hall-of-fame biography states Okano was a student of Nagaoka Shuichi at the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai Martial Arts Teacher Training School; no independent corroboration was found

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “この武術教員養成所の柔道教授は、磯貝一、永岡秀一らであった。[...]岡野も磯貝・永岡を師と仰ぎ”

  — 岡野好太郎 | 講道館 (Yoshitaro Okano - Kodokan Judo Institute)link history info

Lineage

• Kōdōkan JūdōIsogai Hajime ← Yokoyama Sakujiro ← Kanō Jigorō · 3 generations

Ranks (1)

• sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō

  military_tech10 dan Confirmed

  Confirmed

  The Kodokan is the awarding body, so its own direct register of its own grant is the primary record and needs no independent corroboration.

  The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.

  history_eduTradition only

  Tradition only: every supporting source is the lineage's own account of itself

  Dan-Kyu System (1967-06-02)

  granted by Kodokan

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  The Kodokan is the awarding body, so its own direct register of its own grant is the primary record and needs no independent corroboration.

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “1967（昭和42）年6月2日、岡野は講道館より十段位を贈られ、そして同日82歳でこの世を去った。”

  — 岡野好太郎 | 講道館 (Yoshitaro Okano - Kodokan Judo Institute)link history info

Students (1)

• person
  Konishi Yasuhiro

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable

  Probable

  Japanese Wikipedia states Konishi learned judo from Okano Yoshitaro at the Tokyo Higher Normal School

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  (1906)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Japanese Wikipedia states Konishi learned judo from Okano Yoshitaro at the Tokyo Higher Normal School

  “中学校時代には、柔道を岡野好太郎に、竹内流を竹内兵衛に、剣道を上原宗九郎、植田平太郎（天真正伝神道流）らに学んだ。”

  — Japanese Wikipedia article on Konishi Yasuhiro link history

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