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Yasuhiro Yamashita

1957 - Today

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Yasuhiro Yamashita (山下 泰裕, Yamashita Yasuhiro; born 1 June 1957) is a Japanese judoka. He currently works as an instructor or advisor for numerous organizations, including Tokai University, the International Judo Federation, and the All Japan Judo Federation. He retired from competitive judo on 17 June 1985 after a remarkable career where he won five gold medals in international competitions and marked 203 consecutive victories (with 7 draws in-between) until his retirement where he went undefeated his entire career against non-Japanese wrestlers. He received the Japanese National Prize of Honor on 9 October 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yasuhiro Yamashita is the 85th most popular wrestler (down from 49th in 2019), the 1,044th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,010th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Yasuhiro Yamashita ranks 85 out of 1,027. Before him are Kevin Nash, Roddy Piper, Vladimir Kozlov, Richárd Weisz, Dave Schultz, and The Boogeyman. After him are Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Takehide Nakatani, Ibrahim Moustafa, The Godfather, József Csatári, and Wolfgang Hofmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Yasuhiro Yamashita ranks 185. Before him are Brad Bird, Prince Jean of Luxembourg, Masae Suzuki, Isa Gambar, Tan Dun, and Alaa Al Aswany. After him are Rustam Minnikhanov, Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein, Andreï Makine, Masaru Uchiyama, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, and Judge Reinhold.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yasuhiro Yamashita ranks 1,044 out of 6,245. Before him are Yoji Yamada (1931), Masae Suzuki (1957), Kuroda Seiki (1866), Kijirō Nambu (1869), Saburō Kawabuchi (1936), and Kuroki Tamemoto (1844). After him are Jun'ichi Kōuchi (1886), Kyusaku Ogino (1882), Kiyoura Keigo (1850), Ogata Kenzan (1663), Sadako Ogata (1927), and Konoe Sakihisa (1536).

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Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Yasuhiro Yamashita ranks 6. Before him are Antonio Inoki (1943), Masahiko Kimura (1917), Isao Inokuma (1938), Giant Baba (1938), and Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (1955). After him are Takehide Nakatani (1941), Osamu Watanabe (1940), Shozo Sasahara (1929), Shinobu Sekine (1943), Katsutoshi Naito (1895), and Jiichiro Date (1952).

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