Judo federations have promoted another eleven who are not recognized (at that level of rank) by the Kodokan. On July 28, 2011, the promotion board of USA Judo awarded Keiko Fukuda the rank of 10th "dan", who was the first woman to be promoted to judo's highest level, albeit not a Kodokan-recognized rank. Although "dan" ranks tend to be consistent between national organizations there is more variation in the "kyū" grades, with some countries having more "kyū" grades. Although initially "kyū" grade belt colours were uniformly white, today a variety of colours are used. The first black belts to denote a
Judo in Romania first Romanian international championships were held. The first Romanian medal at a senior European Championship was a bronze medal at Ludwigshafen in 1977; won by Szabo Árpád -63 kg. The Romanian men's team reached third place. This initial success was largely attributable to Korean Han Chan-He's work. At Females first Romanian female European Championship medalist silver medal for Simona Richter Birmingham 1995 Open weight. Judo in Romania Judo in Romania began with Heishichi Ishiguro, Japanese judoka, journalist and diplomat. Ishiguro taught judo in college for one year: ONEF (Oficiul National de Educatie Fizica).The best student was Emilian Teac, a police