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Takayuki Kubota

1934 - 2024

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Takayuki Kubota (窪田 孝行, Kubota Takayuki, September 20, 1934 – August 14, 2024), also known as Tak Kubota, was a Japanese and American karateka, known for founding the Gosoku-ryu style of karate. He held the title of sōke (grandmaster) for his development of the Gosoku-ryū, and was the founder and president of the International Karate Association. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Takayuki Kubota has received more than 174,951 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 16 in 2019). Takayuki Kubota is the 38th most popular martial arts (down from 36th in 2019), the 1,244th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,146th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

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  • 48.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Takayuki Kubota ranks 38 out of 179. Before him are Jérôme Le Banner, Peter Aerts, Gozo Shioda, Francis Ngannou, Mirko Cro Cop, and Rickson Gracie. After him are Royce Gracie, Ronda Rousey, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Mariusz Pudzianowski, Justin Gaethje, and Georges St-Pierre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Takayuki Kubota ranks 349. Before him are Zlatko Papec, Mario Segale, Alketas Panagoulias, Lucien Clergue, Julius Wess, and C. N. R. Rao. After him are Bobby Unser, Humberto Tozzi, Pierre Darmon, Henry Cooper, Norma Croker, and Kedarnath Singh. Among people deceased in 2024, Takayuki Kubota ranks 280. Before him are Luis Ayala, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, Wayne Kramer, Gary Graham, Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, and Aleksandr Baryshnikov. After him are Mario Boljat, Bill Walton, James C. Scott, Yehuda Bauer, Jean-Claude Gaudin, and Basdeo Panday.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takayuki Kubota ranks 1,244 out of 6,245. Before him are Hiroyuki Usui (1953), Isao Okano (1944), Shōhei Ōoka (1909), Kei Kumai (1930), Shigeo Arai (1916), and Yoko Kanno (1963). After him are Akira Matsunaga (1948), Kazumi Tsubota (1956), Mitsugu Nomura (1956), Shinji Okazaki (1986), Naohiro Takahara (1979), and Kazuya Nakai (1967).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Takayuki Kubota ranks 16. Before him are Motobu Chōki (1870), Koichi Tohei (1920), Matsumura Sōkon (1809), Shoji Nishio (1927), Morihiro Saito (1928), and Gozo Shioda (1915). After him are Hidetaka Nishiyama (1928), Toyokazu Nomura (1949), Takao Kawaguchi (1950), Kazuhiro Ninomiya (1946), Shinya Aoki (1983), and Hiroshi Izumi (1982).

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