MARTIAL ARTS

Ankō Itosu

1831 - 1915

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Ankō Itosu (糸洲 安恒, Okinawan: Ichiji Ankō; Japanese: Itosu Ankō, 1831 – 11 March 1915) is considered by many the father of modern karate. This title is also often given to Gichin Funakoshi because of the latter spreading karate throughout Japan, but only after Ankō sensei had introduced the art of Okinawa-tode to the country. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ankō Itosu is the 13th most popular martial arts (down from 11th in 2019), the 645th most popular biography from Japan (down from 554th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Ankō Itosu ranks 13 out of 179. Before him are Wong Fei-hung, Huo Yuanjia, Linda Lee Cadwell, Conor McGregor, Matsumura Sōkon, and Jon Jones. After him are Masatoshi Nakayama, Mirko Cro Cop, Kenwa Mabuni, Hélio Gracie, Chōjun Miyagi, and Fedor Emelianenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Ankō Itosu ranks 41. Before him are Nikolai Ge, Othniel Charles Marsh, Paul Durand-Ruel, Maurice de Hirsch, George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and Anna Leonowens. After him are Peter Nicolai Arbo, Princess Helena of Nassau, Daniele Comboni, Wilhelm Raabe, Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt, and Henri Meilhac. Among people deceased in 1915, Ankō Itosu ranks 38. Before him are François Faber, Oswald Külpe, Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, Anna Leonowens, Theodor Leschetizky, and I. L. Peretz. After him are James Murray, Sandford Fleming, Hans Gross, Friedrich Loeffler, Carlos Finlay, and Anatoly Stessel.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ankō Itosu ranks 645 out of 6,245. Before him are Chūya Nakahara (1907), Sen Katayama (1859), Yoshitada Yamaguchi (1944), Yoshiichi Watanabe (1954), Senjūrō Hayashi (1876), and Empress Shōken (1849). After him are Tokugawa Ietsugu (1709), Motoo Kimura (1924), Teruo Nimura (1943), Mitsuko Uchida (1948), Enomoto Takeaki (1836), and Takaaki Kajita (1959).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Ankō Itosu ranks 5. Before him are Kanō Jigorō (1860), Gichin Funakoshi (1868), Morihei Ueshiba (1883), and Matsumura Sōkon (1809). After him are Masatoshi Nakayama (1913), Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Chōjun Miyagi (1888), Hironori Ōtsuka (1892), Motobu Chōki (1870), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), and Koichi Tohei (1920).

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