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Kenji Yonekura

Japanese boxer, Olympian, boxing promoter

Born
25 May 1934, Nōgata-shi
Died
20 April 2023
Citizenship
Japan, Empire of Japan
Sport
boxing
Occupation
boxer

Kenji Yonekura (Japanese: 米倉 健司, Hepburn: Yonekura Kenji; 25 May 1934 – 20 April 2023) was a Japanese boxer who competed at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games in the flyweight division, and was a two-time world title challenger in the flyweight and bantamweight divisions. He later served as the president of Yonekura Boxing Gym.

Competitions

CompetitionYearResult
1956 Summer Olympics1956

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