- male, deceased (1957)
- Gichin Funakoshi was one of Okinawan karate masters who introduced karate to the Japanese mainland in 1921. His student, Hironori Ohtsuka and his...
- male, 81 years old (United States)
- Hidetaka Nishiyama is a Japanese Shotokan karate instructor. Japanese-American karate master, author, administrator and pioneer Born in Tokyo,...
- male, deceased (1987)
- 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...
- male, deceased (1994)
- Masutatsu Oyama, also known as Mas Oyama was a karate master who founded Kyokushinkai, a major style of full contact karate. He was born Choi...
- male, deceased (1952)
- was one of the first karateka to teach karate on mainland Japan and is creditied as developing the style known as Shito-ryu
- male, deceased (1985)
- (December 15th, 1915 - December 1st, 1985) was a famous Japanese martial artist. He was born in the Tokushima Province of Japan, the fourth son of...
- male, deceased (1981)
- Shigeru Egami (1912-1981) was a student of the founder of modern karate - Gichin Funakoshi; and later the founder of the style he named shotokai....
- male, 76 years old
- Takayuki Mikami (1933-present) is an eighth degree black belt in the martial art of shotokan karate. He is also Regional Director of the South...
- male, deceased (1995)
- Hideyuki Ashihara (December 5, 1944--April 24, 1995) was a Japanese martial artist who founded the Ashihara karate system in 1980. This Karate...
- male, deceased (1899)
- was one of the well-known original karateka of Okinawa. He studied "Chuan Fa" ("Kempo" in Japanese) in China as well as other martial arts and...
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