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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 115,966 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hidetaka Nishiyama is the 41st most popular martial arts (down from 31st in 2019), the 1,318th most popular biography from Japan (down from 965th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Hidetaka Nishiyama ranks 41 out of 179. Before him are Francis Ngannou, Mirko Cro Cop, Rickson Gracie, Takayuki Kubota, Royce Gracie, and Ronda Rousey. After him are Mariusz Pudzianowski, Justin Gaethje, Georges St-Pierre, Christian Tissier, Alistair Overeem, and Toyokazu Nomura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Hidetaka Nishiyama ranks 424. Before him are Vic Damone, Gerino Gerini, Hebe de Bonafini, Chung Won-shik, Marceline Loridan-Ivens, and Martin Turnovský. After him are Michelle Perrot, Earl Holliman, Martin Davis, Joe Morello, John Ostrom, and Tom Lantos. Among people deceased in 2008, Hidetaka Nishiyama ranks 255. Before him are Natalia Bessmertnova, Frederick Seitz, Omar Caetano, Wu Xueqian, Elizabeth Spriggs, and Giovanni Viola. After him are Gustaw Holoubek, Tony Duvert, Inga Fischer-Hjalmars, Edie Adams, Philip Agee, and Jaime Gómez.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hidetaka Nishiyama ranks 1,318 out of 6,245. Before him are Tsutomu Seki (1930), Peter Takeo Okada (1941), Ken Akamatsu (1968), Ken Uehara (1909), Kazushi Kimura (1958), and Kenjirō Tokutomi (1868). After him are Kenyu Horiuchi (1957), Hiroyuki Sawano (1980), Toshi (1965), Nobuo Fujishima (1950), Kōkichi Tsuburaya (1940), and Mitsunori Fujiguchi (1949).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Hidetaka Nishiyama ranks 17. Before him are Koichi Tohei (1920), Matsumura Sōkon (1809), Shoji Nishio (1927), Morihiro Saito (1928), Gozo Shioda (1915), and Takayuki Kubota (1934). After him are Toyokazu Nomura (1949), Takao Kawaguchi (1950), Kazuhiro Ninomiya (1946), Shinya Aoki (1983), Hiroshi Izumi (1982), and Riki Nakaya (1989).

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