Conferment of the Order of the Rising Sun onto Mr. Hiroshi Nakamura (November 3, 2019)
On November 3, 2019, the Government of Japan announced the recipients of the 2019 Fall Conferment of Decorations.
The Consulate General of Japan in Montreal is pleased to announce that Mr. Hiroshi Nakamura, President of the Shidokan Judo Club and Head Coach at the Judo Canada Regional Youth Training Center, was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Silver Rays for his contribution to the promotion of judo in Canada.
The Order of the Rising Sun, established in 1875, is Japan’s oldest awards system. Its different classes of decoration are awarded to individuals, both Japanese and non-Japanese nationals, in recognition of their distinguished accomplishments.
Mr. Nakamura founded his own judo dojo, the Shidokan, in 1973 in Montreal and has since then, as one of Canada’s greatest judo coach, trained and guided countless judokas, including numerous Olympics and world championships medalists, thus contributing greatly to the development and promotion of judo in Canada.