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Higaonna Kanryō

1853 - 1916

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Higaonna Kanryō (東恩納 寛量, Higashionna Kanryō; March 10, 1853 – October 1915), and sometimes known as Higashionna West to distinguish him from his cousin, was a Ryukyuan martial artist who founded a fighting style known at the time as Naha-te. He is recognized as one of the first students of Fujian White Crane Kung Fu masters, namely Ryū Ryū Ko, in the Fuzhou region of China who returned with those skills to Okinawa. His student, Chōjun Miyagi, would later found Gōjū ryū Karate. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Higaonna Kanryō is the 25th most popular martial arts (down from 19th in 2019), the 876th most popular biography from Japan (down from 749th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Higaonna Kanryō ranks 25 out of 179. Before him are Fedor Emelianenko, Cynthia Rothrock, Andy Hug, Randy Couture, Hironori Ōtsuka, and Motobu Chōki. After him are Billy Blanks, Koichi Tohei, Alex Pereira, Frank Dux, Yoel Romero, and Khamzat Chimaev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Higaonna Kanryō ranks 54. Before him are Paul Julius Möbius, Elihu Thomson, Antonio Maura, Gabriel Hanotaux, Laurits Tuxen, and Teresa Carreño. After him are Frank Dicksee, Damat Ferid Pasha, Ernst Otto Beckmann, Ciprian Porumbescu, Adolf Furtwängler, and Sarada Devi. Among people deceased in 1916, Higaonna Kanryō ranks 80. Before him are Huang Xing, Karl von Stürgkh, Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser, Patrick Pearse, and Cai E. After him are Princess Augusta of Cambridge, Adolph Frank, Hugo von Pohl, Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe, Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz, and Eduard Nápravník.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Higaonna Kanryō ranks 876 out of 6,245. Before him are On Kawara (1932), Motobu Chōki (1870), Senhime (1597), Osamu Dezaki (1943), Takashi Ono (1931), and Katō Yoshiaki (1563). After him are Sakuma Shōzan (1811), Kengo Kuma (1954), Takiji Kobayashi (1903), Takaji Mori (1943), Akira Endo (1933), and Tsuda Umeko (1864).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Higaonna Kanryō ranks 11. Before him are Ankō Itosu (1831), Masatoshi Nakayama (1913), Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Chōjun Miyagi (1888), Hironori Ōtsuka (1892), and Motobu Chōki (1870). After him are Koichi Tohei (1920), Morihiro Saito (1928), Hidetaka Nishiyama (1928), Gozo Shioda (1915), Shoji Nishio (1927), and Takayuki Kubota (1934).

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