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Yoshiyuki Matsuoka

1957 - Today

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Yoshiyuki Matsuoka (松岡義之, Matsuoka Yoshiyuki; born on 6 March 1957, in Hyogo, Japan) is a retired judoka from Japan, who represented Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Matsuoka won the gold medal in the men's half-lightweight division (‍–‍65 kg), after having defeated South Korea's Hwang Jung-Oh in the final by Seoi Nage. He trained under 4 time world champion Shozo Fujii (1971–1979). As of 2007, Matsuoka coaches the Komatsu Limited judo club. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Yoshiyuki Matsuoka is the 100th most popular martial arts (up from 102nd in 2024), the 2,342nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,062nd in 2019) and the 21st most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Yoshiyuki Matsuoka ranks 100 out of 179. Before him are Cung Le, Héctor Lombard, Udo Quellmalz, T.J. Dillashaw, Michael Bisping, and The Korean Zombie. After him are Gary Goodridge, Max Holloway, Nick Diaz, Quinton Jackson, Frank Wieneke, and Ray Sefo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Yoshiyuki Matsuoka ranks 640. Before him are Scott Adams, Jon Lee Anderson, Jayne Torvill, Meagen Fay, Fathi Hassan, and Donna Dixon. After him are Harley Jane Kozak, Daniel Martínez, Jeff Noon, Luis Delís, David Ige, and Yuji Tsukada.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoshiyuki Matsuoka ranks 2,342 out of 6,245. Before him are Kenichi Matsuyama (1985), Shoji Jo (1975), Gen Hoshino (1981), Kyohei Yumisaki (1992), Masakazu Suzuki (1955), and Taiten Sato (1983). After him are Ryoyu Kobayashi (1996), Kenji Kitahara (1976), Chieko Asakawa (1958), Tetsuya Harada (1970), Yūki Kaji (1985), and Arina Tanemura (1978).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Yoshiyuki Matsuoka ranks 21. Before him are Gozo Shioda (1915), Shoji Nishio (1927), Takayuki Kubota (1934), Takao Kawaguchi (1950), Toyokazu Nomura (1949), and Kazuhiro Ninomiya (1946). After him are Satoshi Ishii (1986), Shinya Aoki (1983), Takanori Gomi (1978), Katsuhiko Nagata (1973), Kōsei Inoue (1978), and Natsumi Tsunoda (1992).

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