| Jigoro Kano  Born: 28-Oct-1860
Birthplace: Mikage, Japan
Died: 4-May-1938
Location of death: (aboard the Hikawa Maru)
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Asian
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Sports Figure, Educator Nationality: Japan
Executive summary: Founder of Judo Father: Jirosaku Kireshiba Kano (priest, clerk)
Wife: Sumako Takezoe (m. 1891)
Son: Risei Kano
Daughter: Noriko
University: Economics, University of Tokyo (1881)
Professor: Gakushuin Peer's School, Tokyo (1882)
Professor: Economics, Komaba Agricultural College, Tokyo (1883-85)
Administrator: Principal, Gakushuin Peer's School, Tokyo (1885-88)
Administrator: Dean, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba (1891-1920)
International Olympic Committee first Asian member (1909-38)
Order of the Rising Sun
Is the subject of books:
The Father of Judo: A Biography of Jigoro Kano, 2000, BY: Brian N. Watson
Author of books:
Judo (Jujutsu) (1937, instructional manual)
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