Masato Tamura Inducted 1993 “Wherever Masato Tamura has gone, Judo has been strengthened.” He was born in Fife, Washington in 1912. He started his training in the martial art when he was 11 years old in Fife. Mr. Tamura has built an enviable reputation of respect and...

Yoshisada Yonezuka Inducted 1993 Born in Japan, Mr. Yonezuka lived in the United States since 1960. A prominent member of the martial arts community, he founded the Cranford Judo and Karate Center 50 years ago. In 1988, and again in 1992, Mr. Yonezuka was the head...

Toshiyuki Seino Inducted 2018 Personal History and Judo Background Toshiyuki "Tosh" Seino was born in Hawthorne, CA and was raised in Japan after the World War II. He went to Japan at the age of 7 in Dec.1945, immediately after the World War II, from Tule Lake...

Yosh Uchida Inducted 1993 Yoshihiro “Yosh” Uchida (born April 1, 1920) is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and educator who is best known for his contributions to judo. Uchida has been the head judo coach at San Jose State University for over 60 years, and has...

Frank Fullerton Inducted 1993 Dr. Frank Fullerton was former USA Judo President and a seventh-degree black belt. He gave tirelessly of himself to the sport of judo by dedicating years of his life to management of the sport in the Western hemisphere as well as on the...

Michael Swain Inducted 1993 Swain competed in major international tournaments including four Olympics and five World Championships. He is most known for his historic win in 1987, becoming the first male judoka from the United States to win a World Championship since...

Phyllis Harper Inducted 1993 Phyllis Harper was very much in favor of more judo and self-defense training in high schools. “I wish I had known judo when I was 17 or 18,” she says. “It’s especially useful for teenage girls. For instance, if a girl is on a bus with a...

Robert Berland Inducted 1993 Robert “Bobby” Berland (born November 5, 1961) is an American judoka who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 1984 he won the silver in the under 86 kg (Middleweight) division. He was the first American...

Tim Dalton Inducted 1993 Tim Dalton was an active judo competitor in the 1960’s. In 1962, he helped to found the Eastern Collegiate Judo Association. He served as President of Shufu in the 1970’s and was instrumental in starting the Shufu newsletter, “The Shimbun”. He...

Shigeo Tashima Inducted 1993 After the war, the Norwalk dojo resumed in 1948. Mr. Shigeo Tashima, the head instructor at the Manzanar relocation center camp, and instructor at Gardena, San Gabriel and Hollywood Dojo, was soon to be selected Norwalk’s head instructor....