RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Moriteru Ueshiba

1951 - Today

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Moriteru Ueshiba (植芝 守央, Ueshiba Moriteru; born April 2, 1951) is a Japanese master of aikido. He is a grandson of Morihei Ueshiba, founder of aikido, and son of Kisshomaru Ueshiba. Ueshiba is the third and current Dōshu (hereditary head) of the Aikikai. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Moriteru Ueshiba is the 2,327th most popular religious figure (down from 2,005th in 2019), the 1,026th most popular biography from Japan (down from 924th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Japanese Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Moriteru Ueshiba ranks 2,327 out of 3,187. Before him are Karl Josef Becker, Benedict Menni, Conrad of Wittelsbach, Sophronius IV of Alexandria, Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, and Ankhesenpepi II. After him are Bernhard Lichtenberg, Phạm Minh Mẫn, Eustathius of Constantinople, Zenobius of Florence, Christoph Bernhard von Galen, and Francesco Moraglia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Moriteru Ueshiba ranks 246. Before him are Steve Jackson, Zeudi Araya, Roscoe Tanner, Ona Zee, Philip Bailey, and Christophe de Margerie. After him are Zakir Hussain, David Patrick Kelly, John McDonnell, Cheryl Ladd, Bob Gale, and Sidney M. Gutierrez.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Moriteru Ueshiba ranks 1,026 out of 6,245. Before him are Hajime Moriyasu (1968), Toru Yoshikawa (1961), Tōru Furuya (1953), Stephen Fumio Hamao (1930), Unkei (1151), and Tarō Okamoto (1911). After him are Mitsuteru Yokoyama (1934), Nakahama Manjirō (1827), Kazuo Sakamaki (1918), Shigesato Itoi (1948), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), and Tsuneko Okazaki (1933).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Moriteru Ueshiba ranks 29. Before him are Senhime (1597), Taisen Deshimaru (1914), Peter Doi (1892), Peter Shirayanagi (1928), Magdalene of Nagasaki (1611), and Stephen Fumio Hamao (1930). After him are Joseph Asajiro Satowaki (1904), Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi (1902), Peter Takeo Okada (1941), and Hirotugu Akaike (1927).

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