Q:Facts: - teacher: fukuda hachinotsuke ; iso masatomo ; iikubo tsunetoshi - death place: aboard mv '' hikawa maru '' - native name: - caption: kano jigoro c. 1937 - death cause: of pneumonia - students: tomita minoru saigo shiro yokoyama sakujiro yamashita yoshitsugu mikinosuke kawaishi tsunejiro fukuda keiko mifune kyuzo kotani sumiyuki mochizuki - death date: 4 may 1938 - martial art: judo , jujutsu - birth date: 28 october 1860 - native lang: jp - name: kano jigoro - image: kano jigoro c1937.jpg - birth place: hyogo prefecture , japan - rank: kodokan tenjin shin ' yo-ryu : unverified judo : shihan & founder kito-ryu : menkyo Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of kano jigoro .
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in his professional life , kano was an educator .important postings included serving as director of primary education for the from 1898 to 1901 , and as president of tokyo higher normal school from 1901 until 1920 .he played a key role in making judo and kendo part of the japanese public school programs of the 1910s .kano was also a pioneer of international sports .accomplishments included being the first asian member of the international olympic committee -lrb- ioc -rrb- -lrb- he served from 1909 until 1938 -rrb- ; officially representing japan at most olympic games held between 1912 and 1936 ; and serving as a leading spokesman for japan 's bid for the 1940 olympic games .his official honors and decorations included the first order of merit and grand order of the rising sun and the third imperial degree .kano was inducted into the ijf hall of fame on 14 may 1999 .