Noriaki Bunasawa

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Noriaki "Nori" Bunasawa (樗沢憲昭, Bunasawa Noriaki; born November 3, 1947) is a Japanese and American judoka, a former USA judo coach at the 1972 Olympic games^[1] and at the 1975 World Judo Championships.^[2] He is also a judo and jujutsu researcher,^[3] Japanese martial arts historian,^[3] actor, and co-author of The Toughest Man Who Ever Lived, a novel based on the life of Mitsuyo Maeda.^[3] He founded the Judo Journal newspaper which became Judo Jiujitsu Pro-fighting Journal.

He is also the founder of Jūkkendo (柔拳道), a martial arts system based on the prize fighting methods of Mitsuyo Maeda.^[3]