country updated death_place death_date club birth_place sport birth_date nickname rank article_title
canada 7 september 2012 lethbridge , alberta 9 september 2009 lethbridge kyodokan judo club mission , british columbia judo february 14 , 1922 yosh red '' kudan '' -lrb- 9th dan -rrb- yoshio senda

yoshio senda

yoshio senda -lrb- 14 february 1922 -- 9 september 2009 -rrb- was a canadian judoka , member of the order of canada , canada 's first `` kudan '' -lrb- ninth-degree black belt -rrb- in judo , and founder of the lethbridge kyodokan judo club .
in 1989 , the university of lethbridge awarded an honorary doctor of law degree -lrb- hon. ll.d . -rrb-
to yoshio senda .
in 2004 , senda 's daughter jane senda published a biography of her father and history of his club titled `` kyodokan : the story of the kyodokan judo club and the founder , dr. yoshio senda '' .
