Minoru Kawawada

Martial artist

川和田 実 · 川和田実

Born

16 January 1952, Ibaraki Prefecture

Citizenship

Japan

Sport

karate

Occupation

manager, karateka

Minoru Kawawada (born 16 January 1952) is a Japanese master of Shotokan karate.

He has won the JKA's version of the world championships for both kata and kumite, and has also won the JKA All-Japan Championships for kata on 2 occasions.

He is currently the Vice General Manager of the Japan Karate Association Technical Division, and an instructor at their headquarters dojo, as well as the famous Hoitsugan dojo founded by Masatoshi Nakayama.

Teachers

• Masatoshi Nakayama

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q1937515 (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.