Kano Yukimitsu

{{Short description|Japanese judoka (1932–2020)}}

{{family name hatnote|Kanō|lang=Japanese}}

Kano Yukimitsu (27 March 1932 – 8 March 2020) was a senior administrator in judo,{{cite web|url=http://www.judo-voj.com/contents/harukiuemura.html|title=Japan's new head of Judo, Haruki Uemura, talks about his thoughts|publisher=Judo-voj.com|access-date=19 October 2014}} and was the fourth president of the Kodokan and the President of the All Japan Judo Federation. He was the son of Kano Risei and grandson of the founder of Judo Kano Jigoro.{{cite web|url=https://www.ijf.org/news/show/grandson-of-the-founder-of-judo-passed-away|title=Grandson of the Founder of Judo passed away|last=Messner |first=Nicolas|publisher=IJF.org|access-date=9 March 2020}} He served from 1980 to 1995 as the President of the Judo Union of Asia. He was an advocate of Kodokan Judo over the International Judo Federation.{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1991/0104/pjudo.html|title=Foreign Judo Jolts Japanese|author=Clayton Jones|date=4 January 1991|work=The Christian Science Monitor|access-date=19 October 2014}}

On 9 March 2020, it was reported that he died at the age of 87.{{cite web|url=https://www.judoinside.com/news/3893/Yukimitsu_Kano_passed_away_87|title=YUKIMITSU KANO PASSED AWAY (87)|author=Judo Insider|date=9 March 2020|work=Judo Insider|access-date=9 March 2020}}