1934 - Today
Takayuki Kubota (窪田 孝行, Kubota Takayuki, born September 20, 1934), also known as Tak Kubota, is a Japanese-American karateka, known as the founder the Gosoku-ryu style of karate. He holds the title of sōke (grandmaster) for his development of the Gosoku-ryū, and is 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 160,071 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Takayuki Kubota is the 36th most popular martial arts, the 1,149th most popular biography from Japan and the 17th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.
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Among martial arts, Takayuki Kubota ranks 36 out of 118. Before him are Semmy Schilt, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Peter Aerts, Gozo Shioda, Anderson Silva, and Francis Ngannou. After him are Jérôme Le Banner, Alistair Overeem, Ronda Rousey, Mariusz Pudzianowski, Royce Gracie, and Georges St-Pierre.
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 30
1928 - 2008
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 31
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 32
1915 - 1994
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 33
1975 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 34
1986 - Present
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 35
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 36
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 37
1980 - Present
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 38
1987 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 39
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 40
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 41
1981 - Present
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 42
Among people born in 1934, Takayuki Kubota ranks 326. Before him are Paolo Sardi, Murtaza Rakhimov, Rita Renoir, Jack Colvin, Julius Wess, and Lucien Clergue. After him are John Richardson, Tomás Eloy Martínez, Johnny Haynes, Alketas Panagoulias, Wang Meng, and Humberto Tozzi.
1934 - 2019
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 320
1934 - 2023
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 321
1934 - 2016
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 322
1934 - 2005
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 323
1934 - 2007
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 324
1934 - 2014
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 325
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 326
1934 - 2021
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 327
1934 - 2010
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 328
1934 - 2005
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 329
1934 - 2012
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 330
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 331
1934 - 1980
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 332
Among people born in Japan, Takayuki Kubota ranks 1,149 out of 6,048. Before him are Chiaki Mukai (1952), Yukihiro Matsumoto (1965), Masahiro Sakurai (1970), Gackt (1973), Minami Takayama (1964), and Nobuo Kishi (1959). After him are Hisao Sekiguchi (1954), Takumi Minamino (1995), Yoshiichi Watanabe (1954), Shinichirō Watanabe (1965), Izumi Sakai (1967), and Kenjirō Tokutomi (1868).
1952 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 1,143
1965 - Present
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 1,144
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 1,145
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 1,146
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 1,147
1959 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 1,148
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 1,149
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 1,150
1995 - Present
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 1,151
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 1,152
1965 - Present
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 1,153
1967 - 2007
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 1,154
1868 - 1927
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 1,155
Among martial arts born in Japan, Takayuki Kubota ranks 17. Before him are Hironori Ōtsuka (1892), Morihiro Saito (1928), Koichi Tohei (1920), Shoji Nishio (1927), Hidetaka Nishiyama (1928), and Gozo Shioda (1915). After him are Toyokazu Nomura (1949), Takao Kawaguchi (1950), Kazuhiro Ninomiya (1946), Shinya Aoki (1983), Riki Nakaya (1989), and Hiroshi Izumi (1982).
1892 - 1982
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 11
1928 - 2002
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 12
1920 - 2011
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 13
1927 - 2005
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 14
1928 - 2008
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 15
1915 - 1994
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 16
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 17
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 18
1950 - Present
HPI: 42.06
Rank: 19
1946 - Present
HPI: 39.02
Rank: 20
1983 - Present
HPI: 34.85
Rank: 21
1989 - Present
HPI: 25.40
Rank: 22
1982 - Present
HPI: 24.20
Rank: 23