Henry Okamura

Henry Kosaku Okamura (Japanese: 岡村 耕作, January 16, 1924 – May 25, 2005) was an American four time US National Judo Champion.

Okamura co-authored a book in 1960 called How to Improve Your Judo. Okamura was awarded an 8th dan in judo.

Okamura lived in the Manzanar internment camp for Japanese-American citizens during World War II following the enforcement of Executive Order 9066. He suffered a stroke during his later years.

He was married to his wife, Mitsuko and was survived by a daughter, Bonnie; a son, Henry Jr.; a daughter-in-law, Leslie; a brother, James; and two sisters, Marie Yamauchi and Ruth Yamamoto.

References

  1. ↑ シカゴ新報 = Chicago Shimpo 1978.09.22: Page 3
  2. 1 2 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2015-07-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Death of Henry Okamura - USJF.COM". usjf.com.
  4. 1 2 3 "Henry K. Okamura, 81". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. 7 June 2005.
  5. ↑ How to Improve Your Judo: Sadaki Nakabayashi, Henry Okamura, Hikaru Nagao, Dr. Paul V. Harper, Morey Korey: Amazon.com: Books. The Athletic Institute. January 1960.
  6. ↑ "Japanese American Internee Data File: Kosaku Okamura". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved August 14, 2021.