Kazuzō Kudō

Japanese judoka

工藤一三

Born

27 July 1898, Aomori Prefecture

Died

2 July 1970

Citizenship

Japan, Empire of Japan

Sport

judo

Occupation

judoka

Kazuzo Kudo (1898–1970) is a former Judo instructor and author. Kudo was born in 1898. Kudo reached the 9th dan in 1967. Kudo was the author of Judo books, Judo in Action Throwing Techniques, and Judo in Action Grappling Techniques. He was also the author of Dynamic Judo. By 1970, he was the sole living person to have studied under Kanō Jigorō. In the same year he served as the director of the Kodokan Judo Institute. He died in 1970.

Awards and honours

• Medal with Purple Ribbon

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q28069085 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.