Toshiyuki Seino
Appearance
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Birth name | Toshiyuki Seino | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hawthorne, California, U.S. | October 26, 1938||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Los Angeles City College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judo Instructor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Midori Seino | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 8th dan black belt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Gardena Judo Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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JudoInside.com | 9962 |
Toshiyuki “Tosh” Seino (born October 1938) is an American former competitive judo athlete. Seino was born in Hawthorne, California, United States.[1] After spending several years incarcerated in an internment camp at California's Tule Lake during World War II, he and his family moved to Japan.[1] Seino won numerous judo competitions at both the national and international levels,[1] beating heavyweight Olympian George Harris, despite being a middleweight.[2] He returned to the United States at age 20. Seino was an AAU National Champion in Judo.[3] Seino enlisted in the US Air Force in 1959 and served as a self defense instructor.[4] Seino competed in three Judo World Championships.[5]
References
- ^ a b c "JudoInside - Toshiyuki Seino Judoka". Judoinside.com. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "Tosh Seino | United States Judo Federation". Usjf.com. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "FACES IN THE CROWD". Vault.si.com. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "Our Senseis". Gardenajudo.com. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "Toshiyuki SEINO / IJF.org". Ijf.org. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
Categories:
- 1938 births
- Living people
- American male judoka
- Japanese-American internees
- American military personnel of Japanese descent
- American sportspeople of Japanese descent
- Sportspeople from Hawthorne, California
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in judo
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in judo
- Judoka at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Judoka at the 1967 Pan American Games
- American judo biography stubs