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Shoji Nishio

1927 - 2005

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Shoji Nishio (西尾 昭二, Nishio Shōji, December 5, 1927 – March 15, 2005) was a Japanese aikido teacher holding the rank of 8th dan shihan from the Aikikai. He was a direct student of Aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba, practiced along with Seigo Yamaguchi and Hiroshi Tada (and others). He also achieved multiple high ranking honors in other martial arts, of which the most notable are Iaido, Judo, Karate.Nishio developed his Aikido style based on his understanding of Ueshiba's teaching and experience with other martial arts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shoji Nishio has received more than 33,818 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Shoji Nishio is the 30th most popular martial arts (down from 28th in 2019), the 1,069th most popular biography from Japan (down from 890th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

Memorability Metrics

  • 34k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Shoji Nishios by language

Over the past year Shoji Nishio has had the most page views in the with 4,085 views, followed by Japanese (2,270), and Polish (1,286). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are English (42.78%), Russian (14.47%), and Bulgarian (12.41%)

Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Shoji Nishio ranks 30 out of 179. Before him are Koichi Tohei, Matsumura Sōkon, Frank Dux, Benny Urquidez, Anderson Silva, and Semmy Schilt. After him are Morihiro Saito, Jérôme Le Banner, Peter Aerts, Gozo Shioda, Francis Ngannou, and Mirko Cro Cop.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Shoji Nishio ranks 241. Before him are Leontyne Price, Herbert Ross, Laurel Aitken, Yevgeny Morgunov, Robert Spaemann, and Luis Rijo. After him are Eugene Parker, Charles Pasqua, William Hickey, Charles de Tornaco, Michael Gielen, and Dimitar Iliev Popov. Among people deceased in 2005, Shoji Nishio ranks 176. Before him are Jacques Dufilho, Yevgeny Grishin, Attilâ İlhan, Laurel Aitken, Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi, and Stanley Williams. After him are Polina Gelman, Hans Clarin, Gennady Sarafanov, Eduardo Paolozzi, Wee Kim Wee, and Mario David.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shoji Nishio ranks 1,069 out of 6,245. Before him are Yoshinori Shigematsu (1930), Eiji Okada (1920), Yoshitomo Nara (1959), Peter Shirayanagi (1928), Takeshi Urata (1947), and Ayumi Hamasaki (1978). After him are Takayuki Kuwata (1941), Sekiryo Kaneda (1901), Minoru Chiaki (1917), Sion Sono (1961), Kenichi Ohmae (1943), and Shinichi Hoshi (1926).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Shoji Nishio ranks 13. Before him are Masatoshi Nakayama (1913), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), Hironori Ōtsuka (1892), Motobu Chōki (1870), Koichi Tohei (1920), and Matsumura Sōkon (1809). After him are Morihiro Saito (1928), Gozo Shioda (1915), Takayuki Kubota (1934), Hidetaka Nishiyama (1928), Toyokazu Nomura (1949), and Takao Kawaguchi (1950).

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