Gigō Funakoshi

Japanese karateka (1907–1945)

船越義豪

Born

1907, Okinawa Prefecture

Died

24 November 1945, Tokyo

Citizenship

Japan

Sport

karate

Occupation

karateka

Gigō Funakoshi (Japanese: 船越義豪, Hepburn: Funakoshi Gigō, Funakoshi Yoshitaka) (1906 – 24 November 1945) was the third son of Gichin Funakoshi (the founder of Shotokan karate) and is widely credited with developing the foundation of the modern karate Shōtōkan style.

Teachers

• Gichin Funakoshi

Students

• Mitsusuke Harada
• Taiji Kase

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q628761 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.