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Hironori Ōtsuka

1892 - 1982

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Hironori Ōtsuka (大塚 博紀, Ōtsuka Hironori; June 1, 1892 – January 29, 1982)[a] was a Japanese master of karate who created the Wadō-ryū style of karate. He was the first Grand Master of Wadō-ryū karate, and received high awards within Japan for his contributions to karate. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hironori Ōtsuka is the 23rd most popular martial arts (down from 21st in 2019), the 865th most popular biography from Japan (down from 795th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Hironori Ōtsuka ranks 23 out of 179. Before him are Hélio Gracie, Chōjun Miyagi, Fedor Emelianenko, Cynthia Rothrock, Andy Hug, and Randy Couture. After him are Motobu Chōki, Higaonna Kanryō, Billy Blanks, Koichi Tohei, Alex Pereira, and Frank Dux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Hironori Ōtsuka ranks 132. Before him are Edoardo Agnelli, Fyodor Raskolnikov, Otto Nerz, Yi Kwang-su, Charles Nungesser, and Mahidol Adulyadej. After him are Ivan Tyulenev, Alan Hale Sr., Mabel Normand, Juan Belmonte, Erich Neumann, and Robert H. Jackson. Among people deceased in 1982, Hironori Ōtsuka ranks 111. Before him are Anatoly Solonitsyn, Elio Petri, Jakov Gotovac, Patrick Magee, Eduard Tubin, and Bauyrzhan Momyshuly. After him are Abba P. Lerner, Anandamayi Ma, Albert Soboul, Taisen Deshimaru, Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, and Giorgio Abetti.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hironori Ōtsuka ranks 865 out of 6,245. Before him are Matsudaira Katamori (1836), Shūji Terayama (1935), Mitsugu Nomura (1956), Kusumoto Ine (1827), Ashikaga Yoshikatsu (1434), and Sho Kosugi (1948). After him are Gorō Miyazaki (1967), Naoemon Shimizu (null), Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (1946), Matsudaira Sadanobu (1759), On Kawara (1932), and Motobu Chōki (1870).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Hironori Ōtsuka ranks 9. Before him are Morihei Ueshiba (1883), Matsumura Sōkon (1809), Ankō Itosu (1831), Masatoshi Nakayama (1913), Kenwa Mabuni (1889), and Chōjun Miyagi (1888). After him are Motobu Chōki (1870), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), Koichi Tohei (1920), Morihiro Saito (1928), Hidetaka Nishiyama (1928), and Gozo Shioda (1915).

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