List of Famous people born in Naha, Japan
Chōshin Chibana
First Name Chōshin
Born in Japan, Okinawa Prefecture, Naha
Chōshin Chibana was an Okinawan martial artist who developed Shorin-ryū karate based on what he had learned from Ankō Itosu. He was the last of the pre-World War karate masters, also called the "Last Warrior of Shuri" He was the first to establish a Japanese ryu name for an Okinawan karate style, calling Itosu's karate "Shorin-Ryu" in 1928.
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