Katsuzō Nishi
Japanese aikidoka (1884-1959)
西勝造 · 니시 가쓰조
- Born
- 15 March 1884, Japan
- Died
- 21 November 1959, Japan
- Citizenship
- Japan, Empire of Japan
- Sport
- aikido
- Occupation
- aikidoka
Katsuzō Nishi (西 勝造, にし•かつぞー, Nishi Katsuzō) (1884 – 1959) was the Japanese founder of Nishi Shiki in 1927, who was at that time the chief technical engineer for Japan's first subway project, the Tokyo subway. He was also an aikido teacher.
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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