Mamoru Matsunaga
Dominican Republic judoka / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mamoru Matsunaga (松永護, Matsunaga Mamoru, 30 September 1936 – 20 December 2016) was a ninth degree (kudan) judo sensei. Introducing the sport to the Dominican Republic after emigrating there in 1957, he was called "the father of Dominican judo".[2][3][4] He was inducted into the Dominican Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.[5][6]
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Nationality | Japanese |
Born | (1936-09-30)30 September 1936 Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan |
Died | 20 December 2016(2016-12-20) (aged 80) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
Occupation | Judoka |
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Sport | Judo |
Rank | 9th dan black belt[1] |
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Some notable Dominican judoka who trained with him include Juan Chalas, John Adams, and Desiderio Lebron.[citation needed] He is also well-known as a landscape designer, creating the Japanese garden in the Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso National Botanical Garden in Santo Domingo[7] and redesigning the landscaping around the famous Monumento de Santiago.[8]