New York City street named after women's judo pioneer Kanokogi

New York City street named after women's judo pioneer Kanokogi

Photo taken in 2008 shows Rena "Rusty" Kanokogi, an American woman known as the "mother of women's judo," for her efforts to make the sport an Olympic event. A street in Brooklyn, New York, where she was born, was named "Rena 'Rusty' Kanokogi Way" at a locally held ceremony on Oct. 27, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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