1923 - 1994
Masutatsu Ōyama (大山 倍達, Ōyama Masutatsu, July 27, 1923 – April 26, 1994), more commonly known as Mas Oyama, was a South Korean Japanese karate master who founded Kyokushin Karate, considered the first and most influential style of full contact karate. Oyama was an ethnic Korean; he was born Choi Yeong-eui (Korean: 최영의; Hanja: 崔永宜) and spent most of his life in Japan. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mas Oyama has received more than 931,114 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Mas Oyama is the 5th most popular martial arts, the 30th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 17th 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, Mas Oyama ranks 5 out of 118. Before him are Kanō Jigorō, Ip Man, Gichin Funakoshi, and Morihei Ueshiba. After him are Wong Fei-hung, Huo Yuanjia, Linda Lee Cadwell, Choi Hong Hi, Conor McGregor, Ankō Itosu, and Masatoshi Nakayama.
1860 - 1938
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 1
1893 - 1972
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 2
1868 - 1957
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 3
1883 - 1969
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 4
1923 - 1994
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 5
1925 - 1925
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 6
1868 - 1910
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 7
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 8
1918 - 2002
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 9
1988 - Present
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 10
1831 - 1915
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 11
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1923, Mas Oyama ranks 21. Before him are Peter II of Yugoslavia, Carroll Shelby, György Ligeti, Richard Attenborough, Franco Zeffirelli, and Alan Shepard. After him are Nadine Gordimer, Roy Lichtenstein, Yma Sumac, Jack Kilby, Val Logsdon Fitch, and Anne Baxter. Among people deceased in 1994, Mas Oyama ranks 21. Before him are Kurt Cobain, Léon Degrelle, Melina Mercouri, Antônio Carlos Jobim, John Wayne Gacy, and Paul Feyerabend. After him are Guy Debord, George Peppard, Dorothy Hodgkin, Henry Mancini, Jan Tinbergen, and Telly Savalas.
1923 - 1970
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 15
1923 - 2012
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 16
1923 - 2006
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 17
1923 - 2014
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 18
1923 - 2019
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 19
1923 - 1998
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 20
1923 - 1994
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 21
1923 - 2014
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 22
1923 - 1997
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 23
1923 - 2008
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 24
1923 - 2005
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 25
1923 - 2015
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 26
1923 - 1985
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 27
1967 - 1994
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 15
1906 - 1994
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 16
1920 - 1994
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 17
1927 - 1994
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 18
1942 - 1994
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 19
1924 - 1994
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 20
1923 - 1994
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 21
1931 - 1994
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 22
1928 - 1994
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 23
1910 - 1994
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 24
1924 - 1994
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 25
1903 - 1994
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 26
1922 - 1994
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 27
Among people born in South Korea, Mas Oyama ranks 30 out of 944. Before him are Empress Myeongseong (1851), Seongjong of Joseon (1457), Yeonsangun of Joseon (1476), Dongmyeong of Goguryeo (-58), Kim Young-sam (1927), and Gwanghaegun of Joseon (1575). After him are Danjong of Joseon (1441), Crown Prince Sado (1735), Yun Posun (1897), Hyojong of Joseon (1619), Munjong of Joseon (1414), and Myeongjong of Joseon (1534).
1851 - 1895
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 24
1457 - 1495
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 25
1476 - 1506
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 26
58 BC - 19 BC
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 27
1927 - 2015
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 28
1575 - 1641
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 29
1923 - 1994
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 30
1441 - 1457
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 31
1735 - 1762
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 32
1897 - 1990
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 33
1619 - 1659
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 34
1414 - 1452
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 35
1534 - 1567
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 36
Among martial arts born in South Korea, Mas Oyama ranks 1. After him are Cha Dong-min (1986).