Yoshimi Osawa

was a Japanese judo player. He is one of only two living Kodokan 10th dan. He was born in Sakura, Chiba. He defeated the 1948 champion Yasuichi Matsumoto to win the Fukuoka tournament in November 1948. 

He wrote the book Kodokan Judo: A Guide to Proficiency.  Osawa was the head instructor at Waseda University.

Osawa died on 21 October 2022 from pneumonia at the age of 96.

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