Kazuo Yoshimura
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Kazuo Yoshimura (吉村 和郎, Yoshimura Kazuo, born 6 July 1951) is a retired Japanese judoka.
Yoshimura is from Kumamoto, Kumamoto.[1] He belonged to Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department after graduation from Nihon University in 1973.
In 1973, When Yoshimura was a student of university, he won a bronze medal at the World Championships held in Lausanne.
He was expected to get gold medal of World Championships in 1977 or Olympic Games in 1980.[1] But he couldn't because World Championship was cancelled and Olympic Games was boycotted by Japanese Government.[1]
Yoshimura retired in 1980 and took office as the coach of Kodogakusha (講道学舎, Kōdōgakusha). Among his students is former world champion, Toshihiko Koga and Hidehiko Yoshida.[2]
As of 2010, He has coached All-Japan women's judo team since 1997.[2] In November 2012 he resigned as the women's trainer and was replaced by Hitoshi Saito.
