# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yoshitsugu-yamashita
# Generated: 2026-08-16T05:02:50.975Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yoshitsugu-yamashita"
name: "Yoshitsugu Yamashita"
slug: "yoshitsugu-yamashita"
description: "Yamashita Yoshitsugu, also known as Yamashita Yoshiaki, was a Japanese judoka. He was the first person to have been awarded 10th degree red belt (jūdan) rank in Kodokan judo, although posthumously. He was also one of the Four Guardians of the Kodokan, and a pioneer of judo in the United States."
tagline: "Japanese judoka (1865–1935)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/YoshiakiYamashita.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1865-02-16"
deathDate: "1935-10-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.07
  momentum:             12.50113318189706
  historical:           9.011489333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "山下義韶"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamashita_Yoshitsugu"
    title: "Yamashita Yoshitsugu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamashita_Yoshitsugu"
    title: "Yamashita Yoshitsugu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamashita_Yoshitsugu"
    title: "Yamashita Yoshitsugu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "یاماشیتا یوشیتسوگو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E4%B8%8B%E7%BE%A9%E9%9F%B6"
    title: "山下義韶"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%81%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%86%D2%AF%D0%B3%D2%AF"
    title: "Ямашита Ёшицүгү"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshitugu_Yamashita"
    title: "Yoshitugu Yamashita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiaki_Yamashita"
    title: "Yoshiaki Yamashita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamashita_Yoshitsugu"
    title: "Yamashita Yoshitsugu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3236604"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump