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Koichi Tohei

1920 - 2011

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Koichi Tohei (藤平光一, Tōhei Kōichi) (20 January 1920 – 19 May 2011) was a 10th Dan aikidoka and founder of the Ki Society and its style of aikido, officially Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido (literally "aikido with mind and body unified"), but commonly known as Ki-Aikido. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Koichi Tohei is the 27th most popular martial arts (down from 24th in 2019), the 991st most popular biography from Japan (down from 868th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Koichi Tohei ranks 27 out of 179. Before him are Andy Hug, Randy Couture, Hironori Ōtsuka, Motobu Chōki, Higaonna Kanryō, and Billy Blanks. After him are Alex Pereira, Frank Dux, Yoel Romero, Khamzat Chimaev, Morihiro Saito, and Benny Urquidez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Koichi Tohei ranks 215. Before him are Katsuko Saruhashi, Milton George Henschel, Christopher Robin Milne, Lygia Clark, Yusef Lateef, and Françoise d'Eaubonne. After him are Augusto da Costa, Camillo Felgen, Willie Watson, Pierre Poujade, Rudolf Kárpáti, and Anna Langfus. Among people deceased in 2011, Koichi Tohei ranks 185. Before him are María Mercader, Romuald Klim, Norio Ohga, James Hillman, Valery Rozhdestvensky, and Bhupen Hazarika. After him are Jacques Fatton, José Alencar, Saad el-Shazly, Elaine Stewart, James L. Elliot, and Hind Rostom.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Koichi Tohei ranks 991 out of 6,245. Before him are Keisuke Kinoshita (1912), Kafū Nagai (1879), Naomi Osaka (1997), Keiichi Tsuchiya (1956), Yuko Shimizu (1946), and Tatsumi Kimishima (1950). After him are Kan Kikuchi (1888), Magdalene of Nagasaki (1611), Mikio Sato (1928), Torii Kiyonobu I (1664), Yoshinori Shigematsu (1930), and Masabumi Hosono (1870).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Koichi Tohei ranks 12. Before him are Masatoshi Nakayama (1913), Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Chōjun Miyagi (1888), Hironori Ōtsuka (1892), Motobu Chōki (1870), and Higaonna Kanryō (1853). After him are Morihiro Saito (1928), Hidetaka Nishiyama (1928), Gozo Shioda (1915), Shoji Nishio (1927), Takayuki Kubota (1934), and Takao Kawaguchi (1950).

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