List of Famous people born in Naha, Japan

Chōshin Chibana

First Name Chōshin
Born on June 5, 1885
Died on February 26, 1969 (aged 83)

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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