| Nickname: | Yosh |
| Birth Place: | Mission, British Columbia |
| Birth Date: | February 14, 1922 |
| Death Place: | Lethbridge, Alberta |
| Country: | Canada |
| Sport: | Judo |
| Rank: | Kudan (9th dan) |
| Club: | Lethbridge Kyodokan Judo Club |
| Updated: | 7 September 2012 |
Yoshio Senda (14 February 1922 – 9 September 2009) was a Canadian judoka, Member of the Order of Canada, Canada's first kudan (ninth-degree black belt) in Judo, and founder of the Lethbridge Kyodokan Judo Club.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Senda was forcibly relocated from Mission to Lethbridge during World War II.[5]
In 1989, the University of Lethbridge awarded an honorary Doctor of Law degree (Hon. LL.D.) to Yoshio Senda.[6] In 2004, Senda's daughter-in-law Jane Senda published a biography of her father-in-law and history of his club titled Kyodokan: the story of the Kyodokan Judo Club and the founder, Dr. Yoshio Senda.[2]