1883 - 1969
Morihei Ueshiba (植芝 盛平, Ueshiba Morihei, December 14, 1883 – April 26, 1969) was a Japanese martial artist and founder of the martial art of aikido. He is often referred to as "the founder" Kaiso (開祖) or Ōsensei (大先生/翁先生), "Great Teacher". The son of a landowner from Tanabe, Ueshiba studied a number of martial arts in his youth, and served in the Japanese Army during the Russo-Japanese War. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Morihei Ueshiba has received more than 911,445 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia. Morihei Ueshiba is the 4th most popular martial arts, the 38th most popular biography from Japan (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Martial Arts.
Morihei Ueshiba is most famous for being the founder of aikido. He was a martial artist who studied under the founder of Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu, Takeda Sokaku.
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Among martial arts, Morihei Ueshiba ranks 4 out of 118. Before him are Kanō Jigorō, Ip Man, and Gichin Funakoshi. After him are Mas Oyama, 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 1883, Morihei Ueshiba ranks 17. Before him are Jaroslav Hašek, Lev Kamenev, José Ortega y Gasset, Clement Attlee, Grigory Zinoviev, and Napoleon Hill. After him are Otto Heinrich Warburg, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, Mohammed Nadir Shah, Semyon Budyonny, Theo van Doesburg, and Pierre Laval. Among people deceased in 1969, Morihei Ueshiba ranks 17. Before him are Liu Shaoqi, Brian Jones, Rocky Marciano, Otto Stern, Jack Kerouac, and Saud of Saudi Arabia. After him are Jan Palach, Princess Alice of Battenberg, Otto Dix, C. F. Powell, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, and Levi Eshkol.
1883 - 1923
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 11
1883 - 1936
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 12
1883 - 1955
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 13
1883 - 1967
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 14
1883 - 1936
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 15
1883 - 1970
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 16
1883 - 1969
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 17
1883 - 1970
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 18
1883 - 1963
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 19
1883 - 1933
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 20
1883 - 1973
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 21
1883 - 1931
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 22
1883 - 1945
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 23
1898 - 1969
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 11
1942 - 1969
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 12
1923 - 1969
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 13
1888 - 1969
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 14
1922 - 1969
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 15
1902 - 1969
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 16
1883 - 1969
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 17
1948 - 1969
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 18
1885 - 1969
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 19
1891 - 1969
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 20
1903 - 1969
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 21
1887 - 1969
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 22
1895 - 1969
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 23
Among people born in Japan, Morihei Ueshiba ranks 38 out of 6,048. Before him are Kane Tanaka (1903), Gichin Funakoshi (1868), Sadako Sasaki (1943), Himiko (175), Emperor Kōmei (1831), and Tadao Ando (1941). After him are Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Kenzaburō Ōe (1935), Emperor Ninkō (1800), Hiroshige (1797), Takeshi Kitano (1947), and Emperor Kōkaku (1771).
1903 - 2022
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 32
1868 - 1957
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 33
1943 - 1955
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 34
175 - 248
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 35
1831 - 1867
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 36
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 37
1883 - 1969
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 38
1894 - 1972
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 39
1935 - 2023
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 40
1800 - 1846
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 41
1797 - 1858
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 42
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 43
1771 - 1840
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 44
Among martial arts born in Japan, Morihei Ueshiba ranks 3. Before him are Kanō Jigorō (1860) and Gichin Funakoshi (1868). After him are Ankō Itosu (1831), Masatoshi Nakayama (1913), Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Chōjun Miyagi (1888), Motobu Chōki (1870), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), Matsumura Sōkon (1809), Hironori Ōtsuka (1892), and Morihiro Saito (1928).
1860 - 1938
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 1
1868 - 1957
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 2
1883 - 1969
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 3
1831 - 1915
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 4
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 5
1889 - 1952
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 6
1888 - 1953
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 7
1870 - 1944
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 8
1853 - 1916
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 9
1809 - 1899
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 10
1892 - 1982
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 11
1928 - 2002
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 12