Mitsusuke Harada

Martial artist (1928-2021)

原田満祐

Born

16 November 1928, Dalian

Died

26 February 2021, Cwmbrân

Citizenship

Japan, Empire of Japan

Sport

karate

Occupation

karateka

Mitsusuke Harada, MBE (原田 満祐, Harada Mitsusuke; 16 November 1928 – 26 February 2021) was a prominent Japanese master of Shotokai karate who introduced this martial art to Brazil and was after based in the United Kingdom. He founded the Karate-do Shotokai (KDS) organisation in 1965 and was its president. Harada held the rank of 5th dan, personally awarded by Gichin Funakoshi in 1956.

Teachers

• Shigeru Egami
• Gigō Funakoshi

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q3317210 (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.