Kazuaki Kurihara

Martial artist

栗原一晃

Born

20 August 1979, Ibaraki Prefecture

Citizenship

Japan

Sport

karate

Occupation

karateka

Kazuaki Kurihara (Kurihara Kazuaki; 20 August 1979) is a Japanese instructor of Shotokan karate. He has won the JKA's version of the world championships for kata on 3 occasions. He has also won the JKA All-Japan championships for kata on 10 occasions and once for kumite. He is currently an instructor of the Japan Karate Association.

Teachers

• Masaaki Ueki

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q15845021 (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.