WRITER

Hirokazu Kanazawa

1931 - 2019

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Hirokazu Kanazawa (金澤 弘和, Kanazawa Hirokazu; 3 May 1931 – 8 December 2019) was a Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He was the Chief instructor and President of the Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation, an organisation he founded after he left the Japan Karate Association (JKA). Kanazawa was ranked 10th dan in Shotokan Karate. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hirokazu Kanazawa is the 2,010th most popular writer (down from 1,941st in 2019), the 678th most popular biography from Japan (down from 589th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among writers, Hirokazu Kanazawa ranks 2,010 out of 7,302. Before him are Bálint Balassi, Konstantin Ushinsky, Bion of Smyrna, Joachim Neander, Anne Golon, and Alciphron. After him are Robert Chambers, Desanka Maksimović, Yuan Zhen, Vishnu Sharma, Robert de Boron, and Dora d'Istria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Hirokazu Kanazawa ranks 141. Before him are Josep Lluís Núñez, Juan Goytisolo, Barbara Bain, William H. Keeler, Margarita Lozano, and Igor Oistrakh. After him are Seyni Kountché, Lars Hörmander, Don Walsh, Carmen Dell'Orefice, Claire Bloom, and Marianne Koch. Among people deceased in 2019, Hirokazu Kanazawa ranks 126. Before him are Machiko Kyō, Klaus Kinkel, Josef Kadraba, Georgiy Daneliya, Andrés Gimeno, and Anatoly Lukyanov. After him are Patrick Sercu, Mike Troy, Dawda Jawara, Prosper Grech, Ken Kercheval, and Ken Matthews.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hirokazu Kanazawa ranks 678 out of 6,245. Before him are Hakuin Ekaku (1686), Emperor Go-Sanjō (1032), Akemi Iwata (1954), Teizo Takeuchi (1908), Ii Naomasa (1561), and Kinji Fukasaku (1930). After him are Shigechiyo Izumi (1865), Emperor En'yū (959), Shigeru Mizuki (1922), Shintaro Ishihara (1932), Yoshitaka Amano (1952), and Minamoto no Yoriie (1182).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Hirokazu Kanazawa ranks 40. Before him are Junji Ito (1963), Katsu Kaishū (1823), Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192), Masaoka Shiki (1867), Chūya Nakahara (1907), and Eiji Tsuburaya (1901). After him are Yoshida Kenkō (1283), Izumi Shikibu (976), Seichō Matsumoto (1909), Fujiwara no Teika (1162), Keigo Higashino (1958), and Kyōka Izumi (1873).

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