Description
Japanese judoka of the Kodokan, one of only fifteen judoka to attain 10th dan.
Arriving in Toulouse in November 1951 as the first official envoy of the Kodokan
in Europe, he served as technical advisor at the Shudokan club of the Lasserre
brothers, where French professors such as Pierre Roussel, Jacques Belaud, Luc
Levannier and Guy Pelletier studied under him; the resulting
Kodokan-versus-Kawaishi dispute produced the Union Fédérale des Amateurs du Judo
Kodokan (October 1954) and its 1956 union with the Fédération française de judo
et jiu-jitsu. He left France for Brussels in 1953, was technical director of the
Belgian Judo Association, technical advisor of the European Judo Union from
1955, and headed the Kodokan's international department from 1969 until his
death in 2022.
Teachers (5)
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Satō Shigeru
sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō
Confirmed
(1937–1941)
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Sato Shigeru was Abe's first judo teacher; Abe later reverently called him
his master. Abe's own words in the Kodokan Judo magazine interview are
corroborated by the Japanese and French Wikipedia biographies.
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“その佐藤先生の教え方がものすごく上手でして︑柔道に興味を持ちました︒”
“2年生になり東京高等師範学校を卒えたばかりの佐藤茂が教員として赴任してきて授業を受け持つようになると、その上手な教え方に魅かれ、俄然柔道が楽しくなった。”
“commence réellement en 1937 au lycée Minomachi puis au lycée de Maebashi dans
la préfecture de Gunma avec Mr Sato 5e dan comme professeur.”
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Matsumoto Yoshizō
sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō
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(1941–1944)
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Matsumoto Yoshizo was a judo instructor at Tokyo Higher Normal School while Abe
studied there, and Abe later referred to him as his former mentor (恩師). Based on
Abe's own words in the Kodokan Judo magazine interview.
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“当時の東京高等師範学校の講習会には︑永岡秀一先生︑橋本正次郎先生︑大滝忠夫先生︑松本芳三先生がおられまして”
“講道館に国際部が無かった当時、海外との交渉を一手に担っていた嘗ての恩師・松本芳三より打診を受けた安部は[...]2年間という契約でこの誘いを承諾したという。”
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Hashimoto Shōjirō
sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō
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(1941–1944)
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Hashimoto Shojiro was a professor of judo at Tokyo Higher Normal School during
Abe's studies there (1941-1944) and later arranged Abe's employment at
the Kodokan. Based on Abe's own words in the Kodokan Judo magazine
interview.
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“当時の東京高等師範学校の講習会には︑永岡秀一先生︑橋本正次郎先生︑大滝忠夫先生︑松本芳三先生がおられまして”
“橋本から講道館への就職を斡旋されて、子安正男八段（のち九段）が課長を務める同館秘書課に着任。”
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Ōtaki Tadao
sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō
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(1941–1944)
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Otaki Tadao was one of the judo instructors at Tokyo Higher Normal School who
taught Abe, both at the summer workshops Abe attended as a Maebashi schoolboy
and during Abe's own studies there (1941-1944). Based on Abe's own words
in the Kodokan Judo magazine interview.
visibilityFirst-hand
“当時の東京高等師範学校の講習会には︑永岡秀一先生︑橋本正次郎先生︑大滝忠夫先生︑松本芳三先生がおられまして”
“佐藤に引率されて参加した安部は、ここで永岡秀一や橋本正次郎、大滝忠夫、松本芳三らの薫陶を受ける機会を得た。”
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Nagaoka Shūichi
sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō
Probable
Seminar (1938–1941)
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Nagaoka Shuichi was among the Tokyo Higher Normal School instructors who tutored
Abe at the school's week-long summer judo workshops that Abe attended as a
Maebashi schoolboy (circa 1938-1941), accompanied by Sato Shigeru. Based on
Abe's own words in the Kodokan Judo magazine interview.
visibilityFirst-hand
“当時の東京高等師範学校の講習会には︑永岡秀一先生︑橋本正次郎先生︑大滝忠夫先生︑松本芳三先生がおられまして”
“この頃、東京高師では夏休みに全国の中等学校から生徒を集めて1週間の講習会を行っており、佐藤に引率されて参加した安部は、ここで永岡秀一や橋本正次郎、大滝忠夫、松本芳三らの薫陶を受ける機会を得た。”
Ranks (10)
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military_tech1 dan
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itself
Dan-Kyu System (1938-08-17)
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Promoted to 1st dan on 17 August 1938, seventeen days after entering the Kodokan
on 29 July 1938, as recorded on the Kodokan Palace of the 10th dan page. The
Kodokan is the awarding body, so its own direct register of its own grant is the
primary record and needs no independent corroboration.
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“入門1938.7.29 初段1938.8.17”
military_tech2 dan
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Dan-Kyu System (1939-08-15)
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Promoted to 2nd dan on 15 August 1939, as recorded on the Kodokan Palace of the
10th dan page. The Kodokan is the awarding body, so its own direct register of
its own grant is the primary record and needs no independent corroboration.
military_tech3 dan
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itself
Dan-Kyu System (1942-01-11)
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Promoted to 3rd dan on 11 January 1942, as recorded on the Kodokan Palace of the
10th dan page. The Kodokan is the awarding body, so its own direct register of
its own grant is the primary record and needs no independent corroboration.
military_tech4 dan
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itself
Dan-Kyu System (1944-01-09)
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Promoted to 4th dan on 9 January 1944, as recorded on the Kodokan Palace of the
10th dan page. The Kodokan is the awarding body, so its own direct register of
its own grant is the primary record and needs no independent corroboration.
military_tech5 dan
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itself
Dan-Kyu System (1946-07-25)
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Promoted to 5th dan on 25 July 1946, as recorded on the Kodokan Palace of the
10th dan page. The Kodokan is the awarding body, so its own direct register of
its own grant is the primary record and needs no independent corroboration.
military_tech6 dan
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Dan-Kyu System (1951-07-24)
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Promoted to 6th dan on 24 July 1951, as recorded on the Kodokan Palace of the
10th dan page; Abe was 6th dan when he left for France in 1951. The Kodokan is
the awarding body, so its own direct register of its own grant is the primary
record and needs no independent corroboration.
military_tech7 dan
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itself
Dan-Kyu System (1957-11-20)
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Promoted to 7th dan on 20 November 1957, as recorded on the Kodokan Palace of
the 10th dan page. The Kodokan is the awarding body, so its own direct register
of its own grant is the primary record and needs no independent corroboration.
military_tech8 dan
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Dan-Kyu System (1971-05-01)
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Promoted to 8th dan on 1 May 1971, as recorded on the Kodokan Palace of the 10th
dan page and confirmed by the Japanese Wikipedia biography.
“この間、1971年5月に八段、1992年4月には九段位を拝受して赤帯を許されている。”
military_tech9 dan
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Dan-Kyu System (1992-04-28)
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Promoted to 9th dan on 28 April 1992, as recorded on the Kodokan Palace of the
10th dan page and confirmed by the Japanese Wikipedia biography.
“この間、1971年5月に八段、1992年4月には九段位を拝受して赤帯を許されている。”
military_tech10 dan
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Dan-Kyu System (2006-01-08)
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Promoted to 10th dan by the Kodokan at the New Year Kagami biraki ceremony on 8
January 2006, announced alongside Toshiro Daigo and Yoshimi Osawa and reported
by the Kodokan Palace page, the Japanese Wikipedia and the IJF.
“2006年1月の講道館鏡開式にて、安部は事実上の最高段位である十段位への昇段が発表された。”
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“In 2006 he was awarded with the Kodokan 10th dan.”
Students (8)
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Jan van der Horst
sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō
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The JBN memorial by Willem Visser records that van der Horst took lessons from
sensei Ishiro (Ichiro) Abe in Brussels and maintained a very intensive bond with
him.
“hij volgde lessen bij de leraren Awazu, Deherdt en Bonnet Maury in Frankrijk en
later bij sensei Ishiro Abe in Brussel. Met sensei Ishiro Abe, 10e dan,
onderhield hij een zeer intensieve band evenals met sensei Morioka, die vaak uit
Londen overkwam.”
— Visser, Willem. (2009). Herdenking bij het
overlijden van de heer Jan van der Horstlink
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Pierre Roussel
sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō
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The France Judo obituary of Abe lists Pierre Roussel among the reputed French
professors and judoka around whom Abe reinforced the rayonnement of Kodokan
judo, and Brousse names him among the rare champions practising the Kodokan
method at the time; neither source states the exact nature of the relationship
beyond his training at the club.
“Il renforça le rayonnement du Judo Kodokan autour de professeurs et judokas
français réputés tels que Pierre Roussel, Jacques Belaud, Luc Levannier ou
encore Guy Pelletier.”
“Mais seuls quelques rares champions parmi lesquels Roussel, Levannier, Belaud,
Courtine, pratiquaient l'"art de la souplesse".”
— Michel Brousse; Jean-Pierre Augustin; Jean-Paul
Callède. (1995). L'implantation du judo dans le grand Sud-Ouestlink
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Luc Levannier
sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō
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The France Judo obituary of Abe lists Luc Levannier among the reputed French
professors and judoka around whom Abe reinforced the rayonnement of Kodokan
judo, and Brousse names him among the rare champions practising the Kodokan
method at the time; neither source states the exact nature of the relationship
beyond his training at the club.
“Il renforça le rayonnement du Judo Kodokan autour de professeurs et judokas
français réputés tels que Pierre Roussel, Jacques Belaud, Luc Levannier ou
encore Guy Pelletier.”
“Mais seuls quelques rares champions parmi lesquels Roussel, Levannier, Belaud,
Courtine, pratiquaient l'"art de la souplesse".”
— Michel Brousse; Jean-Pierre Augustin; Jean-Paul
Callède. (1995). L'implantation du judo dans le grand Sud-Ouestlink
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Jacques Belaud
sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō
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The France Judo obituary of Abe lists Jacques Belaud among the reputed French
professors and judoka around whom Abe reinforced the rayonnement of Kodokan
judo, and Brousse names him among the rare champions practising the Kodokan
method at the time; neither source states the exact nature of the relationship
beyond his training at the club.
“Il renforça le rayonnement du Judo Kodokan autour de professeurs et judokas
français réputés tels que Pierre Roussel, Jacques Belaud, Luc Levannier ou
encore Guy Pelletier.”
“Mais seuls quelques rares champions parmi lesquels Roussel, Levannier, Belaud,
Courtine, pratiquaient l'"art de la souplesse".”
— Michel Brousse; Jean-Pierre Augustin; Jean-Paul
Callède. (1995). L'implantation du judo dans le grand Sud-Ouestlink
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Guy Pelletier
sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō
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The France Judo obituary of Abe lists Pelletier among the reputed judoka around
whom Abe reinforced the rayonnement of Kodokan judo; Budo Éditions'
independent author biography states Pelletier met Abé in 1952, remained loyal to
him, and was tasked by him with developing Kodokan judo in France
“Il renforça le rayonnement du Judo Kodokan autour de professeurs et judokas
français réputés tels que Pierre Roussel, Jacques Belaud, Luc Levannier ou
encore Guy Pelletier.”
“En 1952, il rencontre Maître Ichiro Abé, à qui il restera fidèle jusqu'à la
fin de son existence. Il sera chargé par celui-ci de développer en France, le
judo du Kodokan.”
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Marcel Clause
sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō
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(1954–1969)
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English Wikipedia records that Clause's skills progressed rapidly after
encountering Ichiro Abe, who in 1954 became Technical Director of the Belgian
Judo Federation, and that together with Daniel Outelet he became Abe's most
skillful student.
“Clause's technical skills in judo rapidly progressed after having
encountered Ichiro Abe, a Japanese Kodokan delegate to Europe, who in 1954
became the new Technical Director of the Belgian Judo Federation. Together with
threefold European champion, the late Daniel Outelet, Clause became Abe's
most skillful student excelling in both randori and judo kata.”
— Marcel Clause - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia
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Daniel Outelet
sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō
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(1954–1969)
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English Wikipedia records Outelet as considered Abe Ichiro's best and most
successful judo student; Abe served as Technical Director of the Belgian Judo
Federation in Brussels from 1954, where Outelet trained.
“Daniël Outelet (together with the late Marcel Clause) is considered as Abe
Ichirō's best and most successful judo student.”
— Daniel Outelet - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia
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Carl De Crée
sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō
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De Crée's own autobiographical author biography in his 2024 peer-reviewed
article lists Abe Ichirō among the judo teachers he studied with while residing
in Japan.
reviewsPeer-reviewedvisibilityFirst-hand
“He has previously resided in Japan and has studied jūdō with, inter alia, the
late Felix De Smedt, Marcel Clause, Hirano Tokio, Fukuda Keiko, Imamura Haruo,
Abe Ichirō, Daigo Toshirō, and Ōsawa Yoshimi, and with Ashida Kunio, Kurimura
Yōji, Ochiai Toshiyasu, Okano Isao, Tokuyama Misao, and Tsuji Yoshimi.”
— Carl De Crée. (2024). A critical update to earlier
research findings about the historical roots of gonosen-no-kata - 'Forms of
post-attack initiative counter throws' (De Crée, 2024). Revista de Artes
Marciales Asiáticaslink
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