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Mas Oyama

1923 - 1994

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Masutatsu Ōyama (大山 倍達, Ōyama Masutatsu, 4 June 1923 – 26 April 1994), more commonly known as Mas Oyama, was a Zainichi Korean karate master who founded Kyokushin Karate, considered the first and most influential style of full contact karate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mas Oyama has received more than 1,004,732 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Mas Oyama is the 5th most popular martial arts, the 25th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 30th in 2019) and the most popular South Korean Martial Arts.

Mas Oyama is most famous for being a karate master and founder of Kyokushin karate.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Mas Oyama ranks 5 out of 179. Before him are Ip Man, Kanō Jigorō, Gichin Funakoshi, and Morihei Ueshiba. After him are Huo Yuanjia, Wong Fei-hung, Randy Couture, Linda Lee Cadwell, Choi Hong Hi, Ankō Itosu, and Kenwa Mabuni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Mas Oyama ranks 17. Before him are Italo Calvino, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Peter II of Yugoslavia, Irma Grese, Marcel Marceau, and Nadine Gordimer. After him are György Ligeti, Val Logsdon Fitch, Roy Lichtenstein, Carroll Shelby, Franco Zeffirelli, and Jack Kilby. Among people deceased in 1994, Mas Oyama ranks 20. Before him are John Wayne Gacy, Burt Lancaster, Andrei Chikatilo, Harry Nilsson, Melina Mercouri, and Kurt Cobain. After him are Antônio Carlos Jobim, Léon Degrelle, Paul Feyerabend, Jan Tinbergen, Dorothy Hodgkin, and Guy Debord.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Mas Oyama ranks 25 out of 1,128. Before him are Sunjong of Korea (1874), Seongjong of Joseon (1457), Cheoljong of Joseon (1831), Seonjo of Joseon (1552), Gyeongjong of Joseon (1688), and Jungjong of Joseon (1488). After him are Yeonsangun of Joseon (1476), Empress Myeongseong (1851), Hyojong of Joseon (1619), Kim Young-sam (1927), Sunjo of Joseon (1790), and Roh Tae-woo (1932).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In South Korea

Among martial arts born in South Korea, Mas Oyama ranks 1. After him are Hongman Choi (1980), The Korean Zombie (1987), Cha Dong-min (1986), and Park Hee-jun (1994).

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