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Chōjun Miyagi

1888 - 1953

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Chōjun Miyagi (宮城 長順, Miyagi Chōjun, April 25, 1888 – October 8, 1953) was an Okinawan martial artist who founded the Gōjū-ryū school of karate by blending Okinawan and Chinese influences. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chōjun Miyagi has received more than 334,088 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Chōjun Miyagi is the 15th most popular martial arts (down from 12th in 2019), the 628th most popular biography from Japan (down from 612th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Chōjun Miyagi ranks 15 out of 118. Before him are Choi Hong Hi, Conor McGregor, Ankō Itosu, Masatoshi Nakayama, Kenwa Mabuni, and Hélio Gracie. After him are Fedor Emelianenko, Andy Hug, Motobu Chōki, Higaonna Kanryō, Matsumura Sōkon, and Randy Couture.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Chōjun Miyagi ranks 90. Before him are Du Yuesheng, Paul Morand, Alphonse Juin, Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Hans von Salmuth, and Royal Rife. After him are Milan Stojadinović, Richard Courant, Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Domenico Tardini, Paul Ramadier, and Roberto Assagioli. Among people deceased in 1953, Chōjun Miyagi ranks 57. Before him are Herman J. Mankiewicz, René Fonck, Sergei Winogradsky, Julian Tuwim, Stanisław Wojciechowski, and Prince Oscar Bernadotte. After him are Albert Gleizes, Jorge Negrete, Jim Thorpe, James Finlayson, Nikolaos Plastiras, and Francesco Saverio Nitti.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Chōjun Miyagi ranks 628 out of 6,048. Before him are Senjūrō Hayashi (1876), Yuriko Koike (1952), Kenji Tochio (1941), Uesugi Kagekatsu (1556), Daisaku Ikeda (1928), and Hiroshi Inagaki (1905). After him are Kunihiko Kodaira (1915), Yoshida Shōin (1830), Hakaru Hashimoto (1881), Teiichi Matsumaru (1909), Hantaro Nagaoka (1865), and Isamu Chō (1895).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Chōjun Miyagi ranks 7. Before him are Kanō Jigorō (1860), Gichin Funakoshi (1868), Morihei Ueshiba (1883), Ankō Itosu (1831), Masatoshi Nakayama (1913), and Kenwa Mabuni (1889). After him are Motobu Chōki (1870), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), Matsumura Sōkon (1809), Hironori Ōtsuka (1892), Morihiro Saito (1928), and Koichi Tohei (1920).

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