James Yabe

Japanese kareteka

ジェームス・ヤベ

Born

1941

Citizenship

Japan

Sport

karate

Occupation

karateka

James Yabe is a Japanese-American martial arts instructor, and author. One of the oldest students of Hidetaka Nishiyama starting in 1961, Yabe is considered one of the great instructors of Japanese traditional Shotokan Karate.

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q15987280 (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.