Yeiji Inouye

Yeiji Inouye
Personal information
NicknameLanky
Born(1925-02-19)February 19, 1925
North Arm, British Columbia
DiedJune 26, 2018(2018-06-26) (aged 93)
Saanichton, British Columbia
Sport
CountryCanada
SportJudo
Rank     Kudan (9th dan)
ClubVictoria Judo Club
Coached byShigetaka Sasaki

Yeiji "Lanky" Inouye (19 February 1925 – 26 June 2018) was a Canadian judoka, is one of only five Canadian judoka to achieve the rank of Kudan (9th dan), and was deeply involved in the development of judo in Canada. He was President of Judo British Columbia, Coach for the 1969 Canadian World Judo Championships team, Chairman of the National Grading Board, inducted into the Judo Canada Hall of Fame in 2001, and inducted into the Victoria Hall of Fame in 2018. Inouye co-founded the Victoria Judo Club in 1957.[1][2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gill, Nicolas; Leyshon, Glynn (2019). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canada (Second ed.). Montreal: Marcel Broquet. pp. 134–35.
  2. ^ "The Judo Community Mourns the loss of Mr Yeiji Inouye". Judo BC. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Lanky's story — A boy's account of the Tete Jaune Japanese Internment camp". The Rocky Mountain Goat. Retrieved 24 June 2021.


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