Kenneth Kuniyuki

United States
Born 1910-10-06, Seattle
Died 2002-11-28
7.7

Description

American judoka, founder of Southern Pacific Judo Yudanshakai, and USJF Hall of Fame inductee

Teachers (1)

  • Iizuka Kunisaburō
    sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Confirmed
    Confirmed
    Well-documented in USJF biography with specific dates 1931-1932 studying under Kunisaburo Iizuka in Tokyo
    The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.
    location_onKeio University badge (1931–1932)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    2 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    Well-documented in USJF biography with specific dates 1931-1932 studying under Kunisaburo Iizuka in Tokyo
    “From 1931 to 1932 Kenneth studied under Kunisaburo Iizuka, 8-dan, and original student of Kano Sensei in Tokyo, Japan”
    — Kenneth Kuniyuki - USJFlink
    “In 1932 he went to Japan to train at Keio University under the instruction of Kunisaburo Iizuka, 8 dan at the time”
    — Asian Americans who've made a difference - Shoyu Zinelink

Lineage

Ranks (1)

  • sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō
    military_tech9 dan Probable
    Probable
    Mentioned as Kudan (9th dan) in USJF biography, one of first Kudans promoted in USJF
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    Dan-Kyu System (1990)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Mentioned as Kudan (9th dan) in USJF biography, one of first Kudans promoted in USJF
    “Kenneth Kanane Kuniyuki, Kudan, was born in Seattle, Washington on the 6th day of October, 1910.”
    — Kenneth Kuniyuki - USJFlink

Students (1)

  • James Cagney
    sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable
    Probable
    An MMA article states Cagney trained in judo under Kenneth Kuniyuki at the Seinan Dojo for the 1945 film Blood on the Sun; single source
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    location_onSeinan Dojo badge (1945)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    An MMA article states Cagney trained in judo under Kenneth Kuniyuki at the Seinan Dojo for the 1945 film Blood on the Sun; single source
    “Insisting he would perform his own stunts for the audience James would train Judo at the Seinan Dojo in Los Angeles under the late Kenneth Kaname Kuniyuki, 9th Dan Judo Shihan.”
    — 1945 film fight scene using reality based real martial arts - MixedMartialArts.comlink

Sources

“Kenneth Kanane Kuniyuki, Kudan, was born in Seattle, Washington on the 6th day of October, 1910. He started Judo training at the age of 16 at the Tontokukan Doja under Horoshi Kurosaka, 3-dan. From 1931 to 1932 Kenneth studied under Kunisaburo Iizuka, 8-dan, and original student of Kano Sensei in Tokyo, Japan.”
— Kenneth Kuniyuki - USJFlink
“In 1932 he went to Japan to train at Keio University under the instruction of Kunisaburo Iizuka, 8 dan at the time.”
— Asian Americans who've made a difference - Shoyu Zinelink

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01KJJAWN28MWKKSN4J02MVY1SV
DBpedia

Cite and reuse

CC BY-SA 4.0expand_more
Plain text
Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Kenneth Kuniyuki. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KJJAWN28MWKKSN4J02MVY1SV - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01KJJAWN28MWKKSN4J02MVY1SV, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Kenneth Kuniyuki}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01KJJAWN28MWKKSN4J02MVY1SV}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
data_object JSON-LDdata_object Turtle

Database content on this page is CC BY-SA 4.0; the database right is separately reserved. Licensing