Karateka from Japan

199 karatekas from Japan, A–Z.

• Akemi Kimura
• Akihito Yagi (born 1977)
• Akio Minakami (born 1948)
• Akira Masuda (born 1962)
• Angi Uezu (born 1935)
• Ankichi Arakaki (1899–1927)
• Ankō Azato (1827–1906)
• Ankō Itosu (1831–1915)
• Ansei Ueshiro (1933–2002)
• Arakaki Seishō (1840–1918)
• Arata Kinjo
• Atsuko Wakai (born 1971)
• Ayumi Uekusa (born 1992)
• Bin Konno (born 1955)
• Chatan Yara (1668–1756)
• Chogi Kishaba (1934–2017)
• Chokei Kishaba (1929–2000)
• Chōjun Miyagi (1888–1953)
• Chōmo Hanashiro (1869–1945)
• Chōshin Chibana (1885–1969)
• Chōtoku Kyan (1870–1945)
• Daichi Hashimoto (born 1992)
• Doshin So (1911–1980)
• Etsuko Shihomi (born 1955)
• Fumio Demura (1938–2023)
• Gigō Funakoshi (1907–1945)
• Gōgen Yamaguchi (1909–1989)
• Hajime Kazumi (born 1971)
• Hatsuo Royama (1948–2026)
• Hideho Takagi (1942–2018)
• Hideo Ochi (born 1940)
• Hideo Yamamoto (born 1955)
• Hidetaka Nishiyama (1928–2008)
• Hideto Nakano
• Hideyoshi Kagawa (born 1987)
• Hideyuki Ashihara (1944–1995)
• Higa Peechin (1790–1870)
• Higa Yuchoku (1910–1994)
• Higaonna Kanryu (1849–1922)
• Hiroji Fukazawa (1949–2010)
• Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931–2019)
• Hironori Ōtsuka (1892–1982)
• Hironori Ōtsuka II (1934–2015)
• Hiroshi Shirai (1937–2024)
• Hiroto Okazaki (born 1961)
• Hiroto Shinohara
• Hiroyuki Hamada (1925–2003)
• Hiroyuki Sanada (born 1960)
• Hisao Maki (1940–2012)
• Hohan Sōken (1889–1982)
• Hōshū Ikeda (1942–2016)
• Isamu Tamotsu (1919–2000)
• Isao Obata (1904–1976)
• James Yabe (born 1941)
• Junna Tsukii (born 1991)
• Jōkō Ninomiya (born 1954)
• Kanbun Uechi (1877–1948)
• Kanei Uechi (1911–1991)
• Kanga Sakukawa (1786–1867)
• Kanken Tōyama (1888–1966)
• Kanki Izumigawa (1908–1969)
• Katsuaki Satō (born 1946)
• Katsuhiko Shinzato (born 1939)
• Katsutoshi Shiina (born 1961)
• Katsuya Miyahira (1918–2010)
• Kayo Someya (born 1991)
• Kazuaki Kurihara (born 1979)
• Kazuhiko Ogasawara (born 1959)
• Kazumi Tabata (born 1943)
• Kazuo Sakura (1929–2002)
• Kazutaka Ōtsuka (born 1965)
• Kazuyoshi Ishii (born 1953)
• Kazuyuki Hasegawa (born 1948)
• Keigo Abe (1938–2019)
• Keinosuke Enoeda (1935–2003)
• Keisuke Nemoto (born 1979)
• Ken Nishimura (born 1995)
• Ken Nishimura (born 1965)
• Kenichi Ara (born 1944)
• Kenji Midori (born 1962)
• Kenji Tokitsu (born 1947)
• Kenji Ushiro (born 1949)
• Kenji Yamaki (born 1964)
• Kentsū Yabu (1866–1937)
• Kenwa Mabuni (1889–1952)
• Kiyohide Shinjō (born 1951)
• Kiyoshi Arakaki (born 1954)
• Kiyou Shimizu (born 1993)
• Koji Chubachi (born 1987)
• Koji Ogata (born 1968)
• Kota Ibushi (born 1982)
• Kuniaki Sagakami (born 1944)
• Kunio Kobayashi (born 1967)
• Kōkan Oyadomari (1827–1905)
• Kōri Hisataka (1907–1988)
• Kōsaku Matsumora (1829–1898)
• Mabuni Kenei (1918–2015)
• Magnum Tokyo (born 1973)
• Mahiro Takano (born 2006)
• Maho Ono (born 1999)
• Mai Shiina (born 1988)
• Manzo Iwata (1924–1993)
• Masaaki Hiraoka (1941–2009)
• Masaaki Mochizuki (born 1970)
• Masaaki Ueki (1939–2024)
• Masafumi Shiomitsu (born 1940)
• Masafumi Suzuki (1929–1991)
• Masahiko Tanaka (born 1941)
• Masaji Taira (born 1952)
• Masami Chinen (1898–1976)
• Masanobu Kikukawa (born 1954)
• Masaru Nagai (born 1978)
• Masashi Aoyagi (1956–2022)
• Masashi Ishibashi (1933–2018)
• Masatoshi Nakayama (1913–1987)
• Masaya Ishizuka
• Masayuki Hisataka (born 1940)
• Matsumura Sōkon (1809–1899)
• Mayumi Someya (born 1993)
• Meitatsu Yagi (born 1944)
• Meitoku Yagi (1912–2003)
• Miho Miyahara (born 1996)
• Minoru Higa (born 1941)
• Minoru Kawawada (born 1952)
• Misaki Yabumoto
• Mitsuhiro Matsunaga (born 1966)
• Mitsusuke Harada (1928–2021)
• Miyuki Miura (born 1949)
• Morio Higaonna (born 1938)
• Motobu Chōki (1870–1944)
• Motobu Chōyū (1857–1928)
• Motokatsu Inoue (1918–1993)
• Nabe Matsumura (1860–1930)
• Nakama Chozo (1899–1982)
• Naoto Sago (born 1992)
• Nikichi Zaha (1914–2009)
• Nishihira Kosei (1942–2007)
• Norichika Tsukamoto (born 1974)
• Noriyasu Hamai (1954–2023)
• Riki Kumeta (born 1983)
• Rina Takeda (born 1991)
• Ryosuke Shimizu (born 1980)
• Ryō Kiyuna (born 1990)
• Ryūtarō Araga (born 1990)
• Sannosuke Ueshima (1893–1987)
• Satomi Okuie (born 1982)
• Satoshi Takahashi (born 1968)
• Seigi Nakamura (1924–1999)
• Seiichi Akamine (1920–1995)
• Seiji Isobe (born 1948)
• Seikichi Uehara (1904–2004)
• Seizo Izumiya (born 1961)
• Sekō Higa (1898–1966)
• Shigeo Katō (1942–2022)
• Shigeru Egami (1912–1981)
• Shigeru Takashina (1943–2013)
• Shigeru Ōyama (1936–2016)
• Shin Koyamada (born 1982)
• Shinpan Gusukuma (1890–1954)
• Sho Kosugi (born 1948)
• Shokei Matsui (born 1963)
• Shunji Watanabe (born 1938)
• Shōhei Kamada (born 1987)
• Shōshin Nagamine (1907–1997)
• Shūgorō Nakazato (1919–2016)
• Tadashi Nakamura (born 1942)
• Tadashi Yamashita (born 1942)
• Taiji Kase (1929–2004)
• Taira Shinken (1898–1970)
• Takayoshi Nagamine (1945–2012)
• Takayuki Mikami (born 1933)
• Takenori Imura (born 1952)
• Takuma Kōketsu (born 1981)
• Takuya Taniyama (born 1965)
• Tatsuo Shimabuku (1908–1975)
• Tatsuo Suzuki (1928–2011)
• Tatsuya Naka (born 1964)
• Teruo Chinen (1941–2015)
• Teruo Kono (1934–2000)
• Teruyuki Okazaki (1931–2020)
• Tetsuhiko Asai (1935–2006)
• Tomio Imamura (born 1958)
• Toru Takamizawa (1942–1998)
• Toshihiro Oshiro (born 1949)
• Tsutomu Ohshima (born 1930)
• Tsuyoshi Hiroshige (1947–2018)
• Tōru Arakawa (1932–2015)
• Yasuhiko Ōyama (born 1942)
• Yasuhiro Konishi (1893–1983)
• Yasunori Ogura (born 1958)
• Yasuo Hanzaki (born 1962)
• Yoshiharu Osaka (born 1947)
• Yukari Oshima (born 1963)
• Yusuke Inokoshi (born 1980)
• Yutaka Toyama (born 1938)
• Yutaka Yaguchi (1932–2023)
• Yōichi Muroki (1927–2003)
• Yūko Hasama
• Zenryō Shimabukuro (1909–1969)

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