Yoshiji Soeno
| Yoshiji Soeno 添野 義二 |
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| Born |
September 29, 1947 Tokorozawa, Japan |
| Other names | The Tiger of Josai |
| Nationality |
 Japanese
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| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st) |
| Division | Welterweight |
| Style | Kyokushin, Judo, Kickboxing , Muay Thai |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Fighting out of | Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan |
| Team | Kyokushin Gym |
| Rank | 9th dan black belt in Shidōkan Karate |
| Years active | 1969 – 1970 |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 11 |
| Wins | 9 |
| By knockout | 9 |
| Losses | 2 |
| By knockout | 0 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
| Other information | |
| Occupation | Grandmaster |
| University | Josai University |
| Notable students | Miyuki Miura, Yasunori Matsumoto, Makoto Uehara |
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Yoshiji Soeno (添野 義二 Soeno Yoshiji?, born September 29, 1947) is a Japanese karateka from the Kyokushin Kaikan (極真会館) and a retired professional welterweight kickboxer. He is a Director of Karate in Japan.
From childhood, Soeno was very interested in martial arts, and learned Judo. Originally he found that Karate was not strong compared to Judo, but Karate was evolving and becoming much stronger. He first studied Wado-ryu a while. He began the study of Kyokushin karate at the headquarters (honbu) of Kyokushin Kaikan at Ikebukuro, Tokyo, where founder Masutatsu Ōyama taught on September 1, 1964. Soeno practiced with the senior pupils who were Shigeru Ōyama, Yasuhiko Ōyama (both from The World Ōyama Karate in the United States - Shigeru is Sōshu and Yasuhiko is Saikō Shihan), Tadashi Nakamura and Hideyuki Ashihara at the time.
After entering Josai University, Soeno founded the Karate club and taught karate. Miyuki Miura was 2 years one's junior at the club. Soeno had reached the rank of shodan(1st degree black belt) on April 15, 1967.
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