1915 - 1994
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 126,522 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gozo Shioda is the 33rd most popular martial arts, the 1,011th most popular biography from Japan and the 16th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.
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Among martial arts, Gozo Shioda ranks 33 out of 118. Before him are Benny Urquidez, Shoji Nishio, Mirko Cro Cop, Semmy Schilt, Hidetaka Nishiyama, and Peter Aerts. After him are Anderson Silva, Francis Ngannou, Takayuki Kubota, Jérôme Le Banner, Alistair Overeem, and Ronda Rousey.
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 27
1927 - 2005
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 28
1974 - Present
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 29
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 30
1928 - 2008
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 31
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 32
1915 - 1994
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 33
1975 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 34
1986 - Present
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 35
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 36
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 37
1980 - Present
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 38
1987 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 39
Among people born in 1915, Gozo Shioda ranks 155. Before him are Antonio Innocenti, Kenneth Arnold, Harry Saltzman, Henner Henkel, Sargent Shriver, and Kurt Aland. After him are Amedeo Biavati, Derek Prince, Regina Ghazaryan, Alan Lomax, Leigh Brackett, and Robert Motherwell. Among people deceased in 1994, Gozo Shioda ranks 189. Before him are Luis Vargas Peña, Albert Shesternyov, Harry Saltzman, Arnold Badjou, Kurt Aland, and Robert Rozhdestvensky. After him are Phoumi Vongvichit, Jim Brown, Carmen McRae, Paul Xuereb, Russell Kirk, and Aurora Mardiganian.
1915 - 2008
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 149
1915 - 1984
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 150
1915 - 1994
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 151
1915 - 1943
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 152
1915 - 2011
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 153
1915 - 1994
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 154
1915 - 1994
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 155
1915 - 1979
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 156
1915 - 2003
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 157
1915 - 1999
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 158
1915 - 2002
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 159
1915 - 1978
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 160
1915 - 1991
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 161
1905 - 1994
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 183
1941 - 1994
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 184
1915 - 1994
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 185
1909 - 1994
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 186
1915 - 1994
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 187
1932 - 1994
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 188
1915 - 1994
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 189
1909 - 1994
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 190
1908 - 1994
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 191
1922 - 1994
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 192
1923 - 1994
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 193
1918 - 1994
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 194
1901 - 1994
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 195
Among people born in Japan, Gozo Shioda ranks 1,011 out of 6,048. Before him are Tsuneko Okazaki (1933), Ryuzo Hiraki (1931), Shinichi Hoshi (1926), Saburō Kawabuchi (1936), Mutsu Munemitsu (1844), and Ayumi Hamasaki (1978). After him are Yasushi Akutagawa (1925), Shunryū Suzuki (1904), Satoru Nakajima (1953), Susumu Hirasawa (1954), Makino Nobuaki (1861), and Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859).
1933 - Present
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 1,005
1931 - 2009
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 1,006
1926 - 1997
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 1,007
1936 - Present
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 1,008
1844 - 1897
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 1,009
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 1,010
1915 - 1994
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 1,011
1925 - 1989
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 1,012
1904 - 1971
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 1,013
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 1,014
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 1,015
1861 - 1949
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 1,016
1859 - 1935
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 1,017
Among martial arts born in Japan, Gozo Shioda ranks 16. Before him are Matsumura Sōkon (1809), Hironori Ōtsuka (1892), Morihiro Saito (1928), Koichi Tohei (1920), Shoji Nishio (1927), and Hidetaka Nishiyama (1928). After him are Takayuki Kubota (1934), Toyokazu Nomura (1949), Takao Kawaguchi (1950), Kazuhiro Ninomiya (1946), Shinya Aoki (1983), and Riki Nakaya (1989).
1809 - 1899
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 10
1892 - 1982
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 11
1928 - 2002
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 12
1920 - 2011
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 13
1927 - 2005
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 14
1928 - 2008
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 15
1915 - 1994
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 16
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 17
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 18
1950 - Present
HPI: 42.06
Rank: 19
1946 - Present
HPI: 39.02
Rank: 20
1983 - Present
HPI: 34.85
Rank: 21
1989 - Present
HPI: 25.40
Rank: 22