1831 - 1915
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, Ankō Itosu ranks 11 out of 118. Before 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.
1923 - 1994
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 5
1925 - 1925
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 6
1868 - 1910
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 7
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 8
1918 - 2002
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 9
1988 - Present
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 10
1831 - 1915
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 11
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 12
1889 - 1952
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 13
1913 - 2009
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 14
1888 - 1953
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 15
1976 - Present
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 16
1964 - 2000
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 17
Among people born in 1831, Ankō Itosu ranks 41. Before 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 34. Before 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.
1831 - 1904
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 35
1831 - 1888
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 36
1831 - 1896
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 37
1831 - 1900
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 38
1831 - 1898
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 39
1831 - 1888
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 40
1831 - 1915
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 41
1831 - 1855
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 42
1831 - 1897
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 43
1831 - 1888
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 44
1831 - 1873
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 45
1831 - 1881
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 46
1831 - 1891
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 47
1887 - 1915
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 28
1868 - 1915
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 29
1830 - 1915
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 30
1873 - 1915
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 31
1852 - 1915
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 32
1852 - 1915
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 33
1831 - 1915
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 34
1862 - 1915
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 35
1861 - 1915
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 36
1840 - 1915
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 37
1845 - 1915
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 38
1827 - 1915
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 39
1861 - 1915
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 40
Among people born in Japan, Ankō Itosu ranks 570 out of 6,048. Before 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).
758 - 811
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 564
1909 - 1990
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 565
1908 - 2004
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 566
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 567
1829 - 1862
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 568
1887 - 1945
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 569
1831 - 1915
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 570
1880 - 1947
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 571
1942 - 2017
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 572
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 573
1709 - 1716
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 574
1559 - 1600
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 575
1712 - 1761
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 576
Among martial arts born in Japan, Ankō Itosu ranks 4. Before 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).
1860 - 1938
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 1
1868 - 1957
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 2
1883 - 1969
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 3
1831 - 1915
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 4
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 5
1889 - 1952
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 6
1888 - 1953
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 7
1870 - 1944
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 8
1853 - 1916
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 9
1809 - 1899
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 10
1892 - 1982
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 11
1928 - 2002
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 12