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The Amazing Tashiro Family
Part 8: Kiyo Tashiro—Physician and Athlete
This is the latest installment of my series on the remarkable Tashiro family. In my next columns,…

Greg Robinson • Aug. 28, 2024

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athletes Cincinnati football Harvard University judo Life magazine martial arts Ohio physicians sports United States
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History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times
Chapter 18 (Part 2) — The Rise of Judo among Nisei
Read Chapter 18 (Part 1) >> Jim Yoshida’s Judo The book, The Two Worlds of Jim Yoshida, discusses…

Ikuo Shinmasu • Jan. 24, 2024

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generations Japanese language newspapers Jigoro Kano Jim Yoshida judo martial arts newspapers Nisei Seattle sports The North American Times (Seattle) (newspaper) United States Washington
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History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times
Chapter 18 (Part 1) — The Rise of Judo among Nisei
In my previous chapter, I reported on the Nisei women's tour of Japan. In this chapter, I would lik…

Ikuo Shinmasu • Jan. 23, 2024

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communities generations Japanese American communities Japanese Americans Japanese language newspapers judo martial arts newspapers Nisei Seattle sports The North American Times (Seattle) (newspaper) United States Washington
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People on the Move: Postwar Return to America and Postwar Japanese Immigrants
Toshiyuki Seino - Part 7: His days at JAL and induction into the Judo Hall of Fame
Read Part 6 >> Working at an airport often meant no weekends. Then in 1966, their son was born, and…

Masako Miki • April 18, 2022

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generations Japan Japanese Americans judo Kibei martial arts Nisei Toshiyuki Seino
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People on the Move: Postwar Return to America and Postwar Japanese Immigrants
Toshiyuki Seino - Part 6: Discharge, employment, marriage
Read Part 5 >> Although judo took up the majority of Toshiyuki's life during this time, it was not …

Masako Miki • April 11, 2022

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generations Japan Japanese Americans judo Kibei martial arts Nisei Toshiyuki Seino
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People on the Move: Postwar Return to America and Postwar Japanese Immigrants
Toshiyuki Seino - Part 5: Joining the U.S. Air Force
Read Part 4 >> Before we look at what happened to Toshiyuki after 1959, let's first trace the story…

Masako Miki • April 4, 2022

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generations Japan Japanese Americans judo Kibei martial arts Nisei Toshiyuki Seino
generations Japan Japanese Americans judo Kibei martial arts Nisei Toshiyuki Seino
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People on the Move: Postwar Return to America and Postwar Japanese Immigrants
Toshiyuki Seino - Part 4: Returning to America and Starting Judo
Read Part 3 >> After a two-week voyage, he arrived in San Pedro, Los Angeles. He was picked up in …

Masako Miki • March 28, 2022

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generations Japan Japanese Americans judo Kibei martial arts Nisei Toshiyuki Seino
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People on the Move: Postwar Return to America and Postwar Japanese Immigrants
Toshiyuki Seino - Part 1: His father's immigration and his mother's return to Japan
When we hear the word "immigration," some may imagine someone moving from one country to another. I…

Masako Miki • March 7, 2022

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generations Japanese Americans judo Kibei martial arts Nisei Toshiyuki Seino
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The great fight between Masahiko Kimura and Helio Gracie: The two men's signature o-soto-gari and arm grab techniques explode
I spent 18 years researching Kimura Masahiko, who is said to be the strongest judoist in the histo…

Toshinari Masuda • Aug. 4, 2021

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1950s Brazil Brazilians generations Hélio Gracie immigrants immigration Issei Japan judo Maracaña stadium martial artists martial arts Masahiko Kimura migration Rio de Janeiro
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Tokyo Olympics: Japan-born Brazilian Judo Representative - Eduardo Yuji's Challenge - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Hitting the wall of nationality and heading to an "unfamiliar homeland" After gradua…

Takahiko Yodo • July 22, 2021

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athletics Brazil dekasegi Eduardo Yudy Santos foreign workers generations Japan judo martial arts Nikkei in Japan Olympics sports Yonsei
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