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Hidetaka Nishiyama

1928 - 2008

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Hidetaka Nishiyama (西山 英峻, Nishiyama Hidetaka; October 10, 1928 – March 10, 2008) was a prominent Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He was an internationally recognized instructor, author, and administrator, and helped to establish the Japan Karate Association. Nishiyama was one of the last surviving students of Gichin Funakoshi, founder of Shotokan karate. He was based in the United States of America from 1961 until his death in 2008, and was a pioneer of karate in that country. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hidetaka Nishiyama is the 35th most popular martial arts (up from 41st in 2019), the 1,177th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,318th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Hidetaka Nishiyama ranks 35 out of 179. Before him are Frank Dux, Yoel Romero, Khamzat Chimaev, Morihiro Saito, Benny Urquidez, and Semmy Schilt. After him are Nate Diaz, Georges St-Pierre, Tony Ferguson, Gozo Shioda, Anderson Silva, and Shoji Nishio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Hidetaka Nishiyama ranks 358. Before him are Ruth Westheimer, Karel Mejta Sr, John Ostrom, Eno Raud, Mary Daly, and Rance Howard. After him are Levko Lukianenko, Serge Bourguignon, Gerino Gerini, Frank Frazetta, Othmar Schneider, and Manuel Álvarez. Among people deceased in 2008, Hidetaka Nishiyama ranks 218. Before him are Ricardo Infante, Anne-Cath. Vestly, Raúl Reyes, Ignazio Fabra, Võ Văn Kiệt, and Fujio Akatsuka. After him are Károly Németh, Ennio de Concini, Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Carole Caldwell Graebner, Barry Morse, and Mikhail Pugovkin.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hidetaka Nishiyama ranks 1,177 out of 6,245. Before him are Shoichi Sakata (1911), Kosuke Suzuki (1981), Yukio Endo (1937), Kusuo Kitamura (1917), Kanno Sugako (1881), and Tsuru Aoki (1892). After him are Bunzō Hayata (1874), Seiko Matsuda (1962), Masatoshi Shima (1943), Makino Nobuaki (1861), Masuyo Shiraishi (1963), and Hiratsuka Raichō (1886).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Hidetaka Nishiyama ranks 14. Before him are Chōjun Miyagi (1888), Hironori Ōtsuka (1892), Motobu Chōki (1870), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), Koichi Tohei (1920), and Morihiro Saito (1928). After him are Gozo Shioda (1915), Shoji Nishio (1927), Takayuki Kubota (1934), Takao Kawaguchi (1950), Toyokazu Nomura (1949), and Kazuhiro Ninomiya (1946).

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