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Morihiro Saito

1928 - 2002

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Morihiro Saito (斉藤 守弘 Saitō Morihiro, March 31, 1928–May 13, 2002) was a teacher of the Japanese martial art of aikido, with many students around the world. Saito's practice of aikido spanned 56 years, from the age of 18, when he first met aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba, until his death in 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Morihiro Saito is the 32nd most popular martial arts (down from 31st in 2019), the 1,075th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,092nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Morihiro Saito ranks 32 out of 179. Before him are Billy Blanks, Koichi Tohei, Alex Pereira, Frank Dux, Yoel Romero, and Khamzat Chimaev. After him are Benny Urquidez, Semmy Schilt, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Nate Diaz, Georges St-Pierre, and Tony Ferguson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Morihiro Saito ranks 312. Before him are William Martínez, Milka Babović, Danuta Siedzikówna, Qian Qichen, Allen Stack, and Dick Miller. After him are Peter Carsten, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Paul Johnson, Marion Ross, Robert Dienst, and Raoul Servais. Among people deceased in 2002, Morihiro Saito ranks 171. Before him are Sune Andersson, Reginald Rose, Francisco Coloane, Ray Brown, Stafford Beer, and Arthur Owen. After him are Gabrielle Wittkop, Tinus Osendarp, R. M. Hare, Sanya Dharmasakti, Frances Ames, and Eugene Odum.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Morihiro Saito ranks 1,075 out of 6,245. Before him are Ryōtarō Shiba (1923), Hiroyuki Sakashita (1959), Abe Masahiro (1819), Rentarō Mikuni (1923), Edwin O. Reischauer (1910), and Hiroshi Ochiai (1946). After him are Ninomiya Sontoku (1787), Chieko Baisho (1941), Shiho Kaneda (1965), Toshihiko Okimune (1959), Tomoyuki Tanaka (1910), and Ken Ogata (1937).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Morihiro Saito ranks 13. Before him are Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Chōjun Miyagi (1888), Hironori Ōtsuka (1892), Motobu Chōki (1870), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), and Koichi Tohei (1920). After him are Hidetaka Nishiyama (1928), Gozo Shioda (1915), Shoji Nishio (1927), Takayuki Kubota (1934), Takao Kawaguchi (1950), and Toyokazu Nomura (1949).

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