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Higaonna Kanryō

1853 - 1916

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Higaonna Kanryō (東恩納 寛量, Higashionna Kanryō, March 10, 1853 – October 1915), and sometimes known as Higashionna West to distinguish him from his cousin, was a Ryukyuan martial artist who founded a fighting style known at the time as Naha-te. He is recognized as one of the first students of Fujian White Crane Kung Fu masters, namely Ryū Ryū Ko, in the Fuzhou region of China who returned with those skills to Okinawa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Higaonna Kanryō has received more than 94,421 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Higaonna Kanryō is the 19th most popular martial arts, the 749th most popular biography from Japan (down from 730th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Higaonna Kanryō ranks 19 out of 179. Before him are Conor McGregor, Andy Hug, Chōjun Miyagi, Hélio Gracie, Masatoshi Nakayama, and Fedor Emelianenko. After him are Cynthia Rothrock, Hironori Ōtsuka, Billy Blanks, Motobu Chōki, Koichi Tohei, and Matsumura Sōkon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Higaonna Kanryō ranks 48. Before him are Damat Ferid Pasha, Pierre Paul Émile Roux, Alexius Meinong, Nikolai Kibalchich, Sarada Devi, and Vladimir Kokovtsov. After him are Ciprian Porumbescu, Teresa Carreño, Antonio Maura, Ernst Otto Beckmann, Laurits Tuxen, and Gabriel Hanotaux. Among people deceased in 1916, Higaonna Kanryō ranks 77. Before him are Ferdinand Fellner, Patrick Pearse, Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser, Karl von Stürgkh, Fergus Suter, and Hetty Green. After him are Cai E, Princess Augusta of Cambridge, Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Ota Benga, Artúr Görgei, and William Foulke.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Higaonna Kanryō ranks 749 out of 6,245. Before him are Okakura Kakuzō (1862), Koichi Oita (1914), Tomoyasu Asaoka (1962), Shinya Yamanaka (1962), Tsutomu Miyazaki (1962), and Eiji Toyoda (1913). After him are Prince Hisaaki (1276), Seichō Matsumoto (1909), Atsuko Ikeda (1931), Kikuzo Kisaka (null), Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), and Katō Yoshiaki (1563).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Higaonna Kanryō ranks 8. Before him are Gichin Funakoshi (1868), Morihei Ueshiba (1883), Ankō Itosu (1831), Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Chōjun Miyagi (1888), and Masatoshi Nakayama (1913). After him are Hironori Ōtsuka (1892), Motobu Chōki (1870), Koichi Tohei (1920), Matsumura Sōkon (1809), Shoji Nishio (1927), and Morihiro Saito (1928).

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