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Ryohei Kanokogi was an early pioneer for Judo in the United States. Along with his wife Rusty Kanokogi he was influential in the establishment of women’s judo. Ryohei Kanokogi was former all-weights judo champion of southeastern Japan. [1]. Ryohei was the Judo coach for Japan during the Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics and later immigrated to the United States with the help of Jerome Mackey.