Gichin Funakoshi

Gichin Funakoshi

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...
Katsura Funakoshi

Katsura Funakoshi

male, 58 years old
Katsura Funakoshi is a Japanese sculptor. He´s considered a leading name in the Visual Arts in his country. His works, often in wood, have a great p...
Gichin Funakoshi

Gichin Funakoshi

male, 141 years old
Gichin Funakoshi (船越 義珍 Funakoshi Gichin, 1868–1957) was an Okinawan karate master who formally introduced karate...
Masatoshi Nakayama

Masatoshi Nakayama

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...
Teruyuki Okazaki

Teruyuki Okazaki

male, 78 years old (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)
Teruyuki Okazaki (b June 22, 1931), a ninth degree black belt in Shotokan Karate, is the founder, chairman and chief instructor of the...
Takayuki Mikami

Takayuki Mikami

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...
Funakoshi Gigo

Funakoshi Gigo

male, deceased (1945)
was the third son of Funakoshi Gichin (the founder of shotokan karate) and is widely credited with developing the modern karate style. Even though...