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Hidetaka Nishiyama

1928 - 2008

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Hidetaka Nishiyama (西山 英峻, Nishiyama Hidetaka, October 10, 1928 – March 10, 2008) was a prominent Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He was an internationally recognized instructor, author, and administrator, and helped to establish the Japan Karate Association. Nishiyama was one of the last surviving students of Gichin Funakoshi, founder of Shotokan karate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hidetaka Nishiyama has received more than 107,266 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Hidetaka Nishiyama is the 31st most popular martial arts (up from 32nd in 2019), the 968th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,056th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Hidetaka Nishiyama ranks 31 out of 118. Before him are Billy Blanks, Koichi Tohei, Benny Urquidez, Shoji Nishio, Mirko Cro Cop, and Semmy Schilt. After him are Peter Aerts, Gozo Shioda, Anderson Silva, Francis Ngannou, Takayuki Kubota, and Jérôme Le Banner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Hidetaka Nishiyama ranks 287. Before him are Milka Babović, Mitchell Ryan, Art Farmer, Emilio Pericoli, Kiyoshi Atsumi, and Arnfinn Bergmann. After him are Qian Qichen, Ruth Westheimer, Elio Sgreccia, Mary Daly, Bob Crane, and Vincent Gigante. Among people deceased in 2008, Hidetaka Nishiyama ranks 164. Before him are Semka Sokolović-Bertok, Luis de Souza Ferreira, Lydia Shum, Robert Prosky, Arthur Chung, and Yury Glazkov. After him are Yuri Rytkheu, Barry Morse, León Febres Cordero, Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, Robert Jonquet, and Simon Hantaï.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hidetaka Nishiyama ranks 968 out of 6,048. Before him are Isao Iwabuchi (1933), Sayako Kuroda (1969), Kiyoshi Atsumi (1928), Yuki Kajiura (1965), Sadakazu Tanigaki (1945), and Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933). After him are Sanpei Shirato (1932), Hidemaro Watanabe (1924), Ōmura Masujirō (1824), Nobuo Kawakami (1947), Tatsumi Kimishima (1950), and Takuya Kimura (1972).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Hidetaka Nishiyama ranks 15. Before him are Higaonna Kanryō (1853), Matsumura Sōkon (1809), Hironori Ōtsuka (1892), Morihiro Saito (1928), Koichi Tohei (1920), and Shoji Nishio (1927). After him are Gozo Shioda (1915), Takayuki Kubota (1934), Toyokazu Nomura (1949), Takao Kawaguchi (1950), Kazuhiro Ninomiya (1946), and Shinya Aoki (1983).

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