義珍 (冨名腰) 船越
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思亀 (冨名腰) 船越 (1868 - 1957)

思亀 (義珍) "うみかみ, Umikami, ぎちん, Gichin, Gitin" 船越 formerly 冨名腰 aka 富名腰, とみなこし, Tominakoshi, Tominakosi, ふなこし, Funakoshi, Hunakosi
Born in 日本沖縄県那覇市Shurimap
Son of and [mother unknown]
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Father of , and
Died at age 88 in 日本東京都map
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Gichin Funakoshi (船越 義珍 Funakoshi Gichin, November 10, 1868 – April 26, 1957) is the founder of Shotokan Karate-Do, perhaps the most widely known style of karate, and is known as a "father of modern karate". Following the teachings of Anko Itosu and Anko Asato, he was one of the Okinawan karate masters who introduced karate to the Japanese mainland in 1922. He taught karate at various Japanese universities and became honorary head of the Japan Karate Association upon its establishment in 1949.

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LaPointe-846 Nicolas LaPointe
According to the Japanese Wikipedia, ??? (Tominakoshi) is the LNAB of Funakoshi Gichin before he adopted the surname of ?? (Funakoshi). This name can also be written ??? as described by Gichin himself, with the difference being in the first kanji of Tominakoshi: tomi can be written as ? or ?.
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