Hironori Ōtsuka
Martial artist (1892–1982)
大塚博紀 · 오쓰카 히로노리
- Born
- 1 June 1892, Ibaraki Prefecture
- Died
- 29 January 1982
- Citizenship
- Japan, Empire of Japan
- Sport
- jujutsu, karate
- Occupation
- karateka
Hironori Ōtsuka (大塚 博紀, Ōtsuka Hironori; June 1, 1892 – January 29, 1982)[a] was a Japanese master of karate who created the Wadō-ryū style of karate. He was the first Grand Master of Wadō-ryū karate, and received high awards within Japan for his contributions to karate.
Awards and honours
- Order of the Rising Sun, 5th class 1966
Teachers
- Gichin Funakoshi
- Kenwa Mabuni
- Motobu Chōki
- Tatsusaburo Nakayama
Students
- Tatsuo Suzuki
- Teruo Kono
- Yutaka Toyama
- Kazuo Sakura
- Atsuo Yamashita
- Kazuo Sakai
- Shingo Ohgami
- Masaru Shintani
- Tōru Arakawa
- Hironori Ōtsuka II
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q386415 (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.