Jōkō Ninomiya

Japanese full-contact karate master, the founder of Enshin kaikan

二宮城光 · 니노미야 조코

Born

27 January 1954, Yawatahama

Citizenship

Japan

Sport

karate, full contact karate

Occupation

karateka

Jōkō Ninomiya (二宮 城光, Ninomiya Jōkō; born January 27, 1954) is the founder and director of Enshin Karate. He presides over the Enshin organization from the headquarters (honbu) in Denver, Colorado. His title as head of the Enshin organization is "Kanchō" (Grandmaster).

Teachers

• Hideyuki Ashihara
• Mas Oyama

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q562887 (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.