Who picks who gets " judan " in the kyu - dan Judo ranking system ?
The late Yoshio Senda became Canada 's first " kudan " ( ninth dan ) in 2007 , and since then three more Canadians have been promoted to " kudan " by Judo Canada : Yeiji Inouye ( 2011 ) , Raymond Damblant ( 2012 ) , and Hiroshi Nakamura ( 2012 ) .