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{Announcement} Notice of the death of Takashi Azuma, Head Director of the NPO Kudo International Federation.
03/04/2021
Azuma Takashi, the Head Director of the NPO Kudo International Federation, has been diagnosed with terminal gastric cancer since last summer and has been fighting with the disease, but he passed away at 14:35 on April 3, 2021 (at the age of 72 years old).
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{Biography]
Azuma Takashi
Born May 22,1949, Kudo Daido-juku 9th Dan
February 1981, Established Daido-juku in Sendai
November 2001, Established NPO Kudo International Federation
November 2001, Held the 1st Hokutoki Kudo World Championships in Tokyo (held once every four years thereafter)
March 2009, Established All Japan Kudo Federation
February 2011, Held the 1st Kudo World Cup in Moscow (held every four years thereafter between World Championships)