Hiroshi Ikeda

Hiroshi Ikeda

male, 59 years old
Bujin Design, Boulder Aikikai, Aikido Schools of Ueshiba, shihan, Kokugakuin University, Danrank…dan
(b. 1950) is a Japanese aikido master teacher, or shihan. He holds the rank of 7th dan, awarded by Mitsugi Saotome of the Aikikai. Ikeda was born...
Kano Jigoro

Kano Jigoro

male, deceased (1938)
judo founder, Olympic sport, relative ranking, kendo, Order of the Rising Sun, Educator…Danrank
Kano Jigoro was the founder of judo. Judo was the first Japanese martial art to gain widespread international recognition, and the first to become...
Koichi Tohei

Koichi Tohei

male, 89 years old
dan, Danrank, aikido, Japanese aikidoka, aikidōka, Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido
(born January 1920) is a 10th Dan aikidoka and founder of the Ki Society and its style of aikido, officially Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido (literally...
Steven Seagal

Steven Seagal

male, 58 years old
Buddhist, lama, Jewish person, musician, Michigan actor, tulku…dan, Danrank
Steven Seagal is a movie star, mor specifically an action movie star. The public has long since stopped believing in the movie star as moral...
Anton Geesink

Anton Geesink

male, 75 years old
From Utrecht, dutch, Dutch world champion in sports, Danrank, Olympic competitor for the Netherlands, From The Netherlands…dan
Antonius ("Anton") Johannes Geesink (born April 6, 1934 in Utrecht) is a Dutch 10th dan judoka. He is a 3 time World champion (1961, 1964 and 1965)...
Keiko Fukuda

Keiko Fukuda

female, 96 years old
Jigoro Kano, Danrank, Japanese judoka, Ju no Kata, Joshi Judo camp, Born for the Mat…dan
Keiko Fukuda (born April 12, 1913) is the highest-ranking female practitioner of judo in the world. She was born in Tokyo, and began the practice...
Kenji Tomiki

Kenji Tomiki

male, deceased (1979)
Jigoro Kano, honbu dojo, Shodokan, Japan Aikido Association, Tomiki Aikido, Shodokan Aikido…Danrank, dan
(March 15, 1900-December 25,1979) was a Japanese aikido teacher and the founder of aikido style Shodokan, often referred to as "Tomiki Aikido"....
Masatoshi Nakayama

Masatoshi Nakayama

male, deceased (1987)
Funakoshi Gichin, Nakayama Masatoshi, Takushoku University, dojo, kata, dan…Danrank
Nakayama Masatoshi was a high-ranking master of Shotokan karate-dō the first who achieved the rank of 10th dan. Nakayama was born in the Yamaguchi p...
Minoru Mochizuki

Minoru Mochizuki

male, deceased (2003)
Jigoro Kano, judo, jujutsu, Aix-en-Provence, kendo, kobudo…Danrank, dan
Minoru Mochizuki was a Japanese martial artist who founded Yoseikan Budo. He held the ranks 10th dan, aikido (International Martial Arts...
Hidetaka Nishiyama

Hidetaka Nishiyama

male, 81 years old (United States)
author, shotokan karate, Danrank, kendo, Hombu Dojo, Funakoshi Gichin…dan
Hidetaka Nishiyama is a Japanese Shotokan karate instructor. Japanese-American karate master, author, administrator and pioneer Born in Tokyo,...