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Gichin Funakoshi

1868 - 1957

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Gichin Funakoshi (船越 義珍, Funakoshi Gichin; November 10, 1868 – April 26, 1957) was the founder of Shotokan karate. He is known as a "father of modern karate". Following the teachings of Anko Itosu and Anko Asato, he was one of the Okinawan karate masters who introduced karate to the Japanese mainland in 1922, following its earlier introduction by his teacher Itosu. He taught karate at various Japanese universities and became honorary head of the Japan Karate Association upon its establishment in 1949. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gichin Funakoshi is the 3rd most popular martial arts, the 41st most popular biography from Japan and the 2nd most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

Gichin Funakoshi is most famous for being the founder of Shotokan karate.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Gichin Funakoshi ranks 3 out of 179. Before him are Ip Man, and Kanō Jigorō. After him are Morihei Ueshiba, Mas Oyama, Choi Hong Hi, Wong Fei-hung, Huo Yuanjia, Linda Lee Cadwell, Conor McGregor, Matsumura Sōkon, and Jon Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Gichin Funakoshi ranks 16. Before him are W. E. B. Du Bois, Robert Andrews Millikan, Constantine I of Greece, Emanuel Lasker, Arnold Sommerfeld, and James Connolly. After him are Émile Bernard, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, Fuad I of Egypt, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, Theodore William Richards, and Peter Behrens. Among people deceased in 1957, Gichin Funakoshi ranks 17. Before him are Constantin Brâncuși, Walther Bothe, Gerty Cori, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Arturo Toscanini, and Wilhelm Reich. After him are Oliver Hardy, Heinrich Otto Wieland, Henry van de Velde, Gabriela Mistral, Irving Langmuir, and Alfred Döblin.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Gichin Funakoshi ranks 41 out of 6,245. Before him are Jiroemon Kimura (1897), Isao Takahata (1935), Itō Hirobumi (1841), Saigō Takamori (1828), Hiroshige (1797), and Sadako Sasaki (1943). After him are Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Osamu Tezuka (1928), Akechi Mitsuhide (1526), Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147), Morihei Ueshiba (1883), and Akira Toriyama (1955).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Gichin Funakoshi ranks 2. Before him are Kanō Jigorō (1860). After him are Morihei Ueshiba (1883), Matsumura Sōkon (1809), Ankō Itosu (1831), 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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