1. Yasuhiro Yamashita retired from competitive judo on 17 June 1985 after a remarkable career where he won five gold medals in international competitions and marked 203 consecutive victories until his retirement where he went undefeated his entire career against non-Japanese wrestlers.
Yasuhiro Yamashita received the Japanese National Prize of Honor on 9 October 1984.
Yasuhiro Yamashita is considered by many to be the greatest judoka ever.
Yasuhiro Yamashita continued judo under the guidance of 1964 Summer Olympics gold medalist Isao Inokuma and 1967 World Judo Championships gold medalist Nobuyuki Sato after graduating from Tokaidai Sagami High School.
Yasuhiro Yamashita continued his success by winning a gold medal at the 1979 World Judo Championships, and secured a spot on the Japanese Olympic team in a highly publicized draw against 1976 Summer Olympics bronze medalist Sumio Endo.
The match was declared a draw even though Yasuhiro Yamashita was hurt and unable to continue.
Kani Basami had been a legal move until the match, but the seriousness of Yasuhiro Yamashita's injury caused officials to prohibit its use in international competitions.
Japan boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics in protest of the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and Yasuhiro Yamashita was forced to look on as a spectator while his rivals competed on the Olympic stage.
Yasuhiro Yamashita won three more gold medals at the World Championships before qualifying for the Olympics for the third time in 1984.
Yasuhiro Yamashita was the only Japanese judo competitor from the boycott who qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Yasuhiro Yamashita was thrown with an Osoto Gari only 30 seconds into the match, but managed to return an Osoto Gari and won the match with a Yoko-Shiho-Gatame.
Yasuhiro Yamashita played the final match against Mohamed Ali Rashwan of Egypt.
Yasuhiro Yamashita won the final and the gold medal despite his injury.
Yasuhiro Yamashita remained undefeated in both domestic and international competitions, though he drew several matches with two-time Olympic gold medalist Hitoshi Saito.
Yasuhiro Yamashita faced Saito in the final match of the All-Japan Judo Championships for 3 consecutive years from 1983 to 1985, and emerged victorious in every single one of those matches.
Yasuhiro Yamashita served as an instructor for numerous organizations before becoming the International Judo Federation's Director of Education in September 2003.
Yasuhiro Yamashita has compiled an instructional judo video with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who holds a black belt in judo.
Yasuhiro Yamashita is the chairman of the Japanese Olympic Committee, and on 10 January 2020 he was elected a member of the International Olympic Committee.
Yasuhiro Yamashita stood with a left-handed stance, and his best move was the Osotogari mixed in with the Ouchi Gari.
Yasuhiro Yamashita found Ouchi to be successful and used it very frequently.
Yasuhiro Yamashita found the Uchi mata to be highly effective against non-Japanese opponents, and used it frequently during his later years.
Yasuhiro Yamashita was extremely effective on the ground, and many of his jacket wrestling victories came with hold or choke moves.