- 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...
- male, deceased (1915)
- is considered the father of modern karate (although the same title is sometimes given to Gichin Funakoshi because he spread karate throughout...
- male, deceased (1944)
- The Okinawan karate practitioner was born in Akahira village of Shuri, Okinawa. His father, Lord Motobu Choshin （"Motobu Aji Chōsin") was a des...
- male, deceased (1997)
- Shoshin Nagamine (1907-07-15-1997-11-02) was a Japanese author, soldier, police officer and karate master. Nagamine was born in Tomari, in Naha...
- male, deceased (1969)
- Choshin Chibana was an Okinawan martial artist who created the Kobayashi-ryū style of Shorin-ryū karate, based on the teachings of his teacher, An...
- male, deceased (1954)
- Shinpan Gusukuma (1890-1954), also known as Shinpan Shiroma by the Japanese, was an Okinawan martial artist who studied Shorin-ryu karate as a...
- male, deceased (1906)
- was a Japanese Master of Okinawan Karate.
- male, deceased (1898)
- was an Okinawan karate master. He is said to have studied Tomari-te under Karyu Uku and Ki Teruya, and Tode under Seisho Arakaki. Among Matsumora's...
- male
- Higaonna (Higashionna) Kanyo was a native of Nishi-shin-machi, Naha, Okinawa. He was born into a merchant family, whose business was selling...
- male, 91 years old
- Katsuya Miyahira (1918-) is an Okinawan martial artist who is the the grand master of the Shorin-ryu Shido-kan style of Okinawan Karate and the...
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