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9th dan judo, taihojutsu instructor at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. Served as head taihojutsu instructor for the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command's combatives course at the Kodokan (1952-1956), where he taught Sato Shizuya.

Ranks (1)

• sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō

  military_tech9 dan Probable

  Probable

  Listed as 9th dan judo on INJA Heritage page; Kodokan dan rank confirmed by De Crée (2015)

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

  Dan-Kyu System

  granted by Kodokan

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  Listed as 9th dan judo on INJA Heritage page; Kodokan dan rank confirmed by De Crée (2015)

  “Hosokawa Kusuo (1918–1997) – 9th dan judo”

  — Heritage - International Nihon Jujutsu Association link history info

  reviewsPeer-reviewed

  “Kōdōkan newly promoted 9th dan holders on May 1, 1948”

  — De Crée, Carl. (2015). Kōdōkan jūdō's three orphaned forms of counter techniques – Part 3: The Katame-waza ura-no-kata ― 'Forms of reversing controlling techniques'. Archives of Budo, 11, 155-174link info

Students (1)

• 
  Shizuya Satō

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable

  Probable

  INJA's own biography of its founder states Sato instructed taihojutsu 'under' Hosokawa Kusuo at the SAC program; no independent corroboration of this specific relationship 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 (1952–1956)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  INJA's own biography of its founder states Sato instructed taihojutsu 'under' Hosokawa Kusuo at the SAC program; no independent corroboration of this specific relationship was found

  “taihojutsu techniques (under taihojutsu head instructor and senior Tokyo Metropolitan Police taihojutsu / judo instructor Hosokawa Kusuo)”

  — Sato Shizuya - International Nihon Jujutsu Associationlink history info

Sources