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Masatoshi Nakayama

1913 - 1987

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Masatoshi Nakayama (中山 正敏, Nakayama Masatoshi, April 13, 1913 – April 15, 1987) was an internationally famous Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He helped establish the Japan Karate Association (JKA) in 1949, and wrote many textbooks on karate, which served to popularize his martial art. For almost 40 years, until his death in 1987, Nakayama worked to spread Shotokan karate around the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masatoshi Nakayama has received more than 132,055 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Masatoshi Nakayama is the 11th most popular martial arts (up from 14th in 2019), the 573rd most popular biography from Japan (up from 643rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Masatoshi Nakayama ranks 11 out of 118. Before him are Mas Oyama, Wong Fei-hung, Huo Yuanjia, Choi Hong Hi, Conor McGregor, and Ankō Itosu. After him are Kenwa Mabuni, Hélio Gracie, Chōjun Miyagi, Fedor Emelianenko, Andy Hug, and Motobu Chōki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Masatoshi Nakayama ranks 102. Before him are Álvaro Cunhal, Mickey Cohen, Heinrich Bär, Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, 'Abd al-Ilah, and Pinetop Perkins. After him are Donald Maclean, Alfred Bester, Wols, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Maurice Wilkes, and Hélio Gracie. Among people deceased in 1987, Masatoshi Nakayama ranks 68. Before him are Gordon Gollob, Herbert Blumer, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, Charan Singh, Will Sampson, and Tawfiq al-Hakim. After him are Joop den Uyl, Alfred Bester, Bertrand de Jouvenel, Zeca Afonso, Danny Kaye, and Morton Feldman.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masatoshi Nakayama ranks 573 out of 6,048. Before him are Takashi Murakami (1962), Hon'inbō Shūsaku (1829), Korechika Anami (1887), Ankō Itosu (1831), Osami Nagano (1880), and Yasuyuki Kuwahara (1942). After him are Tokugawa Ietsugu (1709), Ōtani Yoshitsugu (1559), Tokugawa Ieshige (1712), Takasugi Shinsaku (1839), Ken Kutaragi (1950), and Daidō Moriyama (1938).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Masatoshi Nakayama ranks 5. Before him are Kanō Jigorō (1860), Gichin Funakoshi (1868), Morihei Ueshiba (1883), and Ankō Itosu (1831). After him are Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Chōjun Miyagi (1888), Motobu Chōki (1870), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), Matsumura Sōkon (1809), Hironori Ōtsuka (1892), and Morihiro Saito (1928).

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