Yoshito Vince Tamura (July 25, 1929 – April 20, 2010) was a former international competitor in judo.
[2] Tamura won the 1954, 1956, and 1959 US National Judo Championships placing second and third in 1957 and 1958, respectively.
[1] By the time he died in 2010, Vince Tamura was ranked 9th Dan.
[1] Tamura was a descendant of the Taira Clan,[2] and served in the US Army Combat Engineers of the First Cavalry Division during the Korean War,[1] earning a Bronze Star.
He co-authored a book Common Sense Self Defense[5] and was also an instructor of Heike-Ryu Jiu Jitsu.