Hideo Nakamura
Korean-Japanese full-contact karate master, the founder of Karatedo Kendokai (1913-2013)
中村 日出夫 · 中村日出夫 (空手家)
- Born
- 16 June 1913, Korea
- Died
- 8 January 2013
- Citizenship
- Korea under Japanese rule, North Korea
- Sport
- karate, full contact karate
- Occupation
- karateka
Hideo Nakamura (中村 日出夫, Nakamura, Hideo; born Kang Chang-Soo (Korean: 강창수; Hanja: 姜昌秀); June 16, 1913 – January 8, 2013) is a karateka from the Korean Peninsula. He was the first president of the Karatedo Kendokai, being ranked 10th dan.
Students
- Nariharu Kuramoto
- Hatsuo Royama
External links
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.