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Gozo Shioda

1915 - 1994

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Gozo Shioda (塩田 剛三, Shioda Gōzō, September 9, 1915 – July 17, 1994) was a Japanese master of aikido who founded the Yoshinkan style of aikido. He was one of aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba's most senior students. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gozo Shioda has received more than 137,076 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gozo Shioda is the 34th most popular martial arts (down from 33rd in 2019), the 1,160th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,008th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Gozo Shioda ranks 34 out of 179. Before him are Anderson Silva, Semmy Schilt, Shoji Nishio, Morihiro Saito, Jérôme Le Banner, and Peter Aerts. After him are Francis Ngannou, Mirko Cro Cop, Rickson Gracie, Takayuki Kubota, Royce Gracie, and Ronda Rousey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Gozo Shioda ranks 173. Before him are Julio César Méndez Montenegro, Harry Morgan, John C. Lilly, Ann Sheridan, Kenneth Arnold, and Johannes Kotkas. After him are Eugene Polley, Lamberto Gardelli, John Randolph, Joseph Arthur Ankrah, Teoctist Arăpașu, and Fuad Abdurahmanov. Among people deceased in 1994, Gozo Shioda ranks 209. Before him are Arnold Badjou, Nicole Brown Simpson, Enrico Maria Salerno, Paul Xuereb, Ladislav Fuks, and Fernando de Santiago. After him are Max Petitpierre, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Devika Rani, Ladislav Mňačko, Raymond Scott, and Karl-Heinz Metzner.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Gozo Shioda ranks 1,160 out of 6,245. Before him are Akemi Iwata (1954), Shozo Sasahara (1929), Yōko Ogawa (1962), Masato Harada (1949), Ayako Wakao (1933), and Masamune Shirow (1961). After him are Tsukasa Hojo (1959), Kenjiro Tsuda (1971), Hirotugu Akaike (1927), Masayuki Uemura (1943), Mutsuhiro Watanabe (1918), and Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi (1902).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Gozo Shioda ranks 15. Before him are Hironori Ōtsuka (1892), Motobu Chōki (1870), Koichi Tohei (1920), Matsumura Sōkon (1809), Shoji Nishio (1927), and Morihiro Saito (1928). After him are Takayuki Kubota (1934), Hidetaka Nishiyama (1928), Toyokazu Nomura (1949), Takao Kawaguchi (1950), Kazuhiro Ninomiya (1946), and Shinya Aoki (1983).

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