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Motobu Chōki

1870 - 1944

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Motobu Chōki (本部 朝基, April 5, 1870 – April 15, 1944) was an Okinawan karate master and founder of Motobu-ryū. He was born into a branch of the Ryukyuan royal family, and at the age of 12, he and his older brother Motobu Chōyū were invited by Ankō Itosu to be taught karate. Motobu also studied karate under Sakuma, Matsumura Sōkon, and Kōsaku Matsumora. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Motobu Chōki has received more than 170,082 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Motobu Chōki is the 23rd most popular martial arts (down from 18th in 2019), the 812th most popular biography from Japan (down from 679th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Motobu Chōki ranks 23 out of 179. Before him are Masatoshi Nakayama, Fedor Emelianenko, Higaonna Kanryō, Cynthia Rothrock, Hironori Ōtsuka, and Billy Blanks. After him are Koichi Tohei, Matsumura Sōkon, Frank Dux, Benny Urquidez, Anderson Silva, and Semmy Schilt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Motobu Chōki ranks 85. Before him are Osachi Hamaguchi, Hilaire Belloc, Peter Struve, Dirk Jan de Geer, Enric Prat de la Riba, and Dadasaheb Phalke. After him are John Boland, Amadeo Giannini, Charles Tournemire, Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Francisco S. Carvajal, and Édouard Le Roy. Among people deceased in 1944, Motobu Chōki ranks 164. Before him are Nikolai Kuznetsov, Amy Beach, Wilhelm Falley, Eduard Wagner, Itzhak Katzenelson, and Alberts Kviesis. After him are Martin Kutta, Ramón Castillo, Lou Henry Hoover, Benjamin Fondane, Endre Kabos, and Gabriel Hanotaux.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Motobu Chōki ranks 812 out of 6,245. Before him are Akira Matsunaga (1914), Shojiro Sugimura (1905), Minoru Kobata (1946), Kujō Yoritsugu (1239), Yūsaku Matsuda (1949), and Takuboku Ishikawa (1886). After him are Shūji Terayama (1935), Shigeru Kayano (1926), Yoshiki (1965), Teruki Miyamoto (1940), Fumiko Enchi (1905), and Magdalene of Nagasaki (1611).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Motobu Chōki ranks 10. Before him are Ankō Itosu (1831), Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Chōjun Miyagi (1888), Masatoshi Nakayama (1913), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), and Hironori Ōtsuka (1892). After him are Koichi Tohei (1920), Matsumura Sōkon (1809), Shoji Nishio (1927), Morihiro Saito (1928), Gozo Shioda (1915), and Takayuki Kubota (1934).

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