Keyko Fukuda became the first the female judoist to which the red belt of the tenth was appropriated is given. She started going in for sports in times when women in Japan had to be engaged in only tea ceremonies and a calligraphy.
When by Keyko it was executed 21, she was invited by the founder of judo Dzigoro Kano that it joined the new created team on кодокану (special style). Fukuda trained other women of judo and even opened own додзё (a place for meditations and others spiritual the practician).
Kuduka died on February 9, 2013 in San Francisco when she was 99 years old. For few weeks to the death it still was engaged in a trenerstvo.
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