Goki Uemura

{{Short description|Canadian judoka}}

{{Infobox judoka

|name=Goki Uemura

|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1943}}

|death_date = {{Death date|2025|1|16}}

|country=Canada

|sport=Judo

|rank={{JudoRank|red|white}} Hachidan (8th dan)

| dan = 8

|club= Shin Bu Kan Judo Club

}}

Goki Uemura (born 1943) is a Canadian judoka who represented Canada in the 1973 World Judo Championships in the -70 kg category.{{cite book |last1=Gill |first1=Nicolas |last2=Leyshon |first2=Glynn |title=Judoka: The History of Judo in Canada |date=2019 |publisher=Marcel Broquet |location=Montreal |page=171|edition=Second}} He is one of just seventeen Canadian judoka to achieve the rank of hachidan (eighth dan){{cite book |last1=Gill |first1=Nicolas |last2=Leyshon |first2=Glynn |title=Judoka: The History of Judo in Canada |date=2019 |publisher=Marcel Broquet |location=Montreal |page=181|edition=Second}} and co-founded the Shin Bu Kan Judo Club in Etobicoke, Ontario in 1982, which later relocated in Mississauga, Ontario and is now also known as the Mississauga Judo Club.{{cite web |title=About |url=https://www.mississaugajudo.com/about |website=Mississauga Judo Club |access-date=29 June 2021}}

Under his guidance, the club has become renowned for producing world-class athletes and fostering a strong sense of community. A hachidan (8th dan) judoka and Judo Hall of Fame inductee, his legacy continues to inspire generations of judokas across the country.