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Koji Sone was born on 14 November, 1928 in Japan, is a Japanese judoka. Discover Koji Sone's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 53 years old?

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Age 53 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 14 November, 1928
Birthday 14 November
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Date of death 1981
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Nationality Japan

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Koji Sone (曽根 康治) was a Japanese judoka and world champion.

He was born in the city Chichibu, Saitama and started judo in his childhood.

His father was a 6th Dan in judo and his uncle a 9th Dan.

Sone is a university-trained judoka from Meiji University.

After that he belonged to Fuji Iron & Steel.

1960

Sone was surprisingly eliminated in the second round of the 1960 All-Japan Judo Championships, a contemporary report by the martial artist Donn F. Draeger calling his performance there a "pitiful sight" and mentioning that he was aging.

1961

Sone won a silver medal at the 1961 World Judo Championships in Paris, behind Anton Geesink.

His loss against Geesink, 5th dan, was heralded as the end of the era in which the best Japanese judokas could not be defeated by foreigners.

Within nine minutes of the 20-minute contest, a foot sweep forced Sone onto the ground where he was held for the necessary 30 seconds with a Mune-gatame.

Despite that, many believed that Sone was the technically better judoka.

At the age of 33 Sone was relatively old for a judoka.

It would be the last World Championship without a division into weight classes.

After the loss against Geesink, Sone became coach of the Japanese judo team.

1965

Sone was accused by Geesink's teammates in the 1965 World Judo Championships of having Seiji Sakaguchi lose against the more rested Matsunaga to have Matsunaga take on the weary Geesink in the final round.

Matsunaga still lost, Geesink winning the heavy-weight title by decision.

But the Japanese team hoped to beat him with Isao Inokuma in the all-weight class the next day.

Before the match, however, Geesink quit.

The jubilant Japanese team carried Sone on their shoulders and paraded him around the gym.

1977

In 1977 he achieved the rank of 8th Dan.

1981

In 1981 he died of cerebral hemorrhage in Tokyo.

2010

As fifth dan, measuring 5 feet and 10 1/2 inches in height and weighing 215 pounds, he received a gold medal at the 1958 World Judo Championships in Tokyo against teammate and 4th dan Akio Kaminaga.