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Gichin Funakoshi
male, deceased - Gichin Funakoshi was one of Okinawan karate masters who introduced karate to the Japanese mainland in 1921. His student, Hironori Ohtsuka and his...
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Sokon Matsumura
male, deceased - 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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Shoshin Nagamine
male, deceased - Shoshin Nagamine (1907-07-15-199
7-11-02) was a Japanese author, soldier, police officer and karate master. Nagamine was born in Tomari, in Naha...
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Rimi Natsukawa
female - Rimi Natsukawa is a Japanese folk singer who performs Okinawan Japanese music. Her genre is sometimes referred to as Kayokyoku but it is stated on...
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Tamagusuku
male, deceased - Tamagusuku (玉城)(1296?-1336
?) was a "king" of the Okinawan kingdom of Chūzan from roughly 1314-1336. His reign is primarily remembered for his lack...
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Teruo Higa
male - Dr. Teruo Higa is a professor at the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa, located to the south of the main Japanese archipelago, and grew up...
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Eugene Sledge
male, deceased - Eugene Bondurant Sledge, (November 4 1923 - March 3 2001) was a Marine and author. "With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa" is a memoir of his...
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Shoukichi Kina
male - Kina Shokichi (Kina Shōkichi, 喜納昌吉, born June 10, 1948 in Koza (now part of the city of Okinawa), Okinawa, is an Okinawan rock musician who, alon...
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Motobu Choki
male, deceased - The Okinawan karate practitioner was born in Akahira village of Shuri, Okinawa. His father, Lord Motobu Choshin （"Motobu Aji Chōsin") was a des...
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Kanbun Uechi
male - Kanbun Uechi was the founder of Uechi Ryū, one of the primary karate styles of Okinawa.
