Noriaki Bunasawa (Japanese: , "Bunasawa Noriaki"; born November 3, 1947) also known commonly as Nori Bunasawa, is a Japanese martial artist, judoka, US coach at the 1972 Olympic games in Munich, head coach of team USA at the 1975 World Judo Championships, Japanese judo-jujutsu researcher and historian, writer, sports journalist, actor, fight choreographer, and script consultant. He owned (until 2008) and established martial arts specialty newspaper "Judo Journal" in the US, which covered judo, jujutsu, sumo, BJJ, MMA and other professional combat sports news. He co-authored a novel based on Mitsuyo Maeda's life "The Toughest Man Who Ever Lived" which will be adapted into a feature film by a major production company of which he will be a script consultant and action choreographer. He is also the founder of the Mitsuyo Maeda based fighting method: Bunasawa Jukkendo.