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Koichi Tohei

1920 - 2011

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Koichi Tohei (藤平光一, Tōhei Kōichi) (20 January 1920 – 19 May 2011) was a 10th Dan aikidoka and founder of the Ki Society and its style of aikido, officially Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido (literally "aikido with mind and body unified"), but commonly known as Ki-Aikido. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Koichi Tohei has received more than 151,645 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Koichi Tohei is the 26th most popular martial arts (down from 24th in 2019), the 865th most popular biography from Japan (up from 885th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Koichi Tohei ranks 26 out of 118. Before him are Matsumura Sōkon, Randy Couture, Cynthia Rothrock, Hironori Ōtsuka, Morihiro Saito, and Billy Blanks. After him are Benny Urquidez, Shoji Nishio, Mirko Cro Cop, Semmy Schilt, Hidetaka Nishiyama, and Peter Aerts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Koichi Tohei ranks 188. Before him are Mahendra of Nepal, Jack Lord, Patrick Troughton, Fons Rademakers, Leo McKern, and Fiorenzo Magni. After him are Clifton James, Celia Sánchez, Hans Ørberg, Vlastimil Brodský, Yusef Lateef, and Eddie Slovik. Among people deceased in 2011, Koichi Tohei ranks 165. Before him are Anne Francis, John Stott, Charles T. Kowal, Würzel, Ali Saibou, and Norio Ohga. After him are Arnošt Lustig, Kazimierz Świątek, Hella Haasse, Josip Katalinski, John Neville, and Otakar Vávra.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Koichi Tohei ranks 865 out of 6,048. Before him are Takizawa Bakin (1767), Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (1955), Kusumoto Ine (1827), Tarō Kōno (1963), Norio Ohga (1930), and Hitoshi Igarashi (1947). After him are Nobuo Uematsu (1959), Tōson Shimazaki (1872), Maruyama Ōkyo (1733), Futabatei Shimei (1864), Akinori Nakayama (1943), and Hiroshi Nakajima (1928).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Koichi Tohei ranks 13. Before him are Chōjun Miyagi (1888), Motobu Chōki (1870), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), Matsumura Sōkon (1809), Hironori Ōtsuka (1892), and Morihiro Saito (1928). After him are Shoji Nishio (1927), Hidetaka Nishiyama (1928), Gozo Shioda (1915), Takayuki Kubota (1934), Toyokazu Nomura (1949), and Takao Kawaguchi (1950).

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