Minoru Hatashita

Canadian judoka

Born

17 September 1919, Vancouver

Died

24 August 1996

Sport

judo

Occupation

judoka

Minoru "Frank" Hatashita (17 September 1919 – 24 August 1996) was the first Canadian judoka to achieve the rank of hachidan (8th dan) and was deeply involved in the development and promotion of Judo in Canada. He was the President of the Canadian Kodokan Black Belt Association (now Judo Canada) for 18 years, President of the Pan-American Judo Union, Vice-President of the International Judo Federation, and Doug Rogers' coach at the 1964 Summer Olympics, where Rogers won silver. Hatashita was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1975 and the Judo Canada Hall of Fame in 1996.

External links

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• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q107353495 (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.