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Japanese judoka, Chief Instructor at the Kodokan and manager of the Japanese national team. Promoted to 10th dan at the New Year Kagami biraki ceremony on 8 January 2006, along with Ichiro Abe and Yoshimi Osawa, at the time one of only three living Kodokan 10th dan. Recorded by Carl De Crée among the judo teachers he studied with.

Ranks (1)

• sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō

  military_tech10 dan Confirmed

  Confirmed

  Promoted to 10th dan by the Kodokan on 8 January 2006 at the New Year Kagami biraki ceremony, announced alongside Ichiro Abe and Yoshimi Osawa and reported by JudoInfo.

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

  Dan-Kyu System (2006-01-08)

  granted by Kodokan

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  Promoted to 10th dan by the Kodokan on 8 January 2006 at the New Year Kagami biraki ceremony, announced alongside Ichiro Abe and Yoshimi Osawa and reported by JudoInfo.

  “Ichiro Abe (83 years old), Toshiro Daigo (80 years old) and Yoshimi Osawa (79 years old) were promoted to 10th Dan”

  — Kodokan 10th Dan Promotions - JudoInfolink

  “Before his death, he was one of only three living Kodokan 10th dan (and one of only 15 to have attained this rank), having been promoted at the New Year Kagami biraki Ceremony, 8 January 2006, along with Ichiro Abe and Yoshimi Osawa.”

  — Toshiro Daigo - English Wikipedialink history

Students (2)

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  Jon Bluming

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable

  Probable

  The EJMAS first-person account names Daigo as one of the regular instructors of the Kodokan Kenshusei training program while Bluming was a member, and English Wikipedia lists Daigo among Bluming's teachers; Bluming elsewhere calls him "my old teacher Daigo Sensei".

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

  (1959–1961)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  The EJMAS first-person account names Daigo as one of the regular instructors of the Kodokan Kenshusei training program while Bluming was a member, and English Wikipedia lists Daigo among Bluming's teachers; Bluming elsewhere calls him "my old teacher Daigo Sensei".

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “The first Olympic training for the Kenshusei took place in August 1960. [...] While the regular instructors included Daigo, Kawamura, and Osawa [...] The next day I was summoned to the office of Risei Kano, where he and Daigo Sensei told me that as a member of the Kenshusei I had to adhere to the honor code”

  — Bluming, Jon. (2000). The Beast of Amsterdam - Journal of Combative Sport (EJMAS). Journal of Combative Sportlink history info

  “Upon his arrival to Japan, Bluming was accepted in the Kodokan Institute, where he trained under names like Toshiro Daigo, Yoshimi Osawa and Kazuo Ito.”

  — Jon Bluming - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
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  Carl De Crée

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable

  Probable

  De Crée's own autobiographical author biography in his 2024 peer-reviewed article lists Daigo Toshirō among the judo teachers he studied with while residing in Japan. This is De Crée's own self-reported claim, asserted here with that provenance made explicit.

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

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  De Crée's own autobiographical author biography in his 2024 peer-reviewed article lists Daigo Toshirō among the judo teachers he studied with while residing in Japan. This is De Crée's own self-reported claim, asserted here with that provenance made explicit.

  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 history info

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