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MARTIAL ARTS

Ankō Itosu

1831 - 1915

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Ankō Itosu (糸洲 安恒, Okinawan: Ichiji Ankō, Japanese: Itosu Ankō, 1831 – 11 March 1915) is considered by many the father of modern karate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ankō Itosu has received more than 194,366 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Ankō Itosu is the 11th most popular martial arts (down from 10th in 2019), the 570th most popular biography from Japan (up from 580th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Ankō Itosu ranks 11 out of 118Before him are Mas Oyama, Wong Fei-hung, Huo Yuanjia, Linda Lee Cadwell, Choi Hong Hi, and Conor McGregor. After him are Masatoshi Nakayama, Kenwa Mabuni, Hélio Gracie, Chōjun Miyagi, Fedor Emelianenko, and Andy Hug.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Ankō Itosu ranks 41Before him are Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt, Princess Helena of Nassau, Maurice de Hirsch, David Edward Hughes, Siegfried Marcus, and Philip Sheridan. After him are Princess Charlotte of Prussia, George Pullman, Ludvig Nobel, Prince August, Duke of Dalarna, Daniele Comboni, and Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton. Among people deceased in 1915, Ankō Itosu ranks 34Before him are François Faber, Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria, Theodor Leschetizky, Nadežda Petrović, I. L. Peretz, and Friedrich Loeffler. After him are Oswald Külpe, Vazha-Pshavela, Gabriel von Max, Walter Crane, Sandford Fleming, and Morgan Robertson.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ankō Itosu ranks 570 out of 6,048Before him are Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758), Shigeo Shingo (1909), Saizo Saito (1908), Takashi Murakami (1962), Hon'inbō Shūsaku (1829), and Korechika Anami (1887). After him are Osami Nagano (1880), Yasuyuki Kuwahara (1942), Masatoshi Nakayama (1913), Tokugawa Ietsugu (1709), Ōtani Yoshitsugu (1559), and Tokugawa Ieshige (1712).

Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Ankō Itosu ranks 4Before him are Kanō Jigorō (1860), Gichin Funakoshi (1868), and Morihei Ueshiba (1883). After him are Masatoshi Nakayama (1913), Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Chōjun Miyagi (1888), Motobu Chōki (1870), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), Matsumura Sōkon (1809), Hironori Ōtsuka (1892), and Morihiro Saito (1928).