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Yasuhiro Yamashita

1957 - Today

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Yasuhiro Yamashita (山下 泰裕, Yamashita Yasuhiro, born 1 June 1957) is a Japanese judoka. He currently works as an instructor or advisor for numerous organizations, including Tokai University, the International Judo Federation, and the All Japan Judo Federation. He retired from competitive judo on 17 June 1985 after a remarkable career where he won five gold medals in international competitions and marked 203 consecutive victories (with 7 draws in-between) until his retirement where he went undefeated his entire career against non-Japanese wrestlers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yasuhiro Yamashita has received more than 194,110 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Yasuhiro Yamashita is the 49th most popular wrestler (up from 51st in 2019), the 1,010th most popular biography from Japan (down from 982nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Yasuhiro Yamashita ranks 49 out of 1,027Before him are Chris Benoit, Brock Lesnar, Rudolf Svensson, Wilfried Dietrich, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, and Kevin Nash. After him are Stephanos Christopoulos, Bill Goldberg, Axel Cadier, Roddy Piper, Oskari Friman, and Eduard Pütsep.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Yasuhiro Yamashita ranks 167Before him are Bryan Robson, Simon Phillips, Ruy Ramos, Cécilia Attias, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, and Ali Larijani. After him are Zé Sérgio, Víctor Muñoz, Ramaz Shengelia, Vladimir Tkachenko, Faruk Hadžibegić, and Joël Bats.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yasuhiro Yamashita ranks 1,010 out of 6,245Before him are Shuji Tsurumi (1938), Chica Umino (null), Hiroji Imamura (1949), Shigesato Itoi (1948), Akira Kamiya (1946), and Michitsuna's mother (935). After him are Yukio Kasaya (1943), Kunio Yanagita (1875), Nobuo Kawakami (1947), Toshio Furukawa (1946), Yoshiro Nakamatsu (1928), and Toyohiro Akiyama (1942).

Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Yasuhiro Yamashita ranks 6Before him are Antonio Inoki (1943), Masahiko Kimura (1917), Giant Baba (1938), Isao Inokuma (1938), and Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (1955). After him are Shozo Sasahara (1929), Shinobu Sekine (1943), Osamu Watanabe (1940), Takehide Nakatani (1941), Asuka (1981), and Atsuji Miyahara (1958).