Hirokazu Kanazawa
金澤弘和
Born
1931-05-03, Iwate Prefecture
Died 2019-12-08
Also known as
Kancho Kanazawa · Soke Kanazawa
Description
Japanese master of Shotokan karate, ranked 10th dan, who held the 2nd dan in Judo. Kanazawa trained under Gichin Funakoshi and Masatoshi Nakayama at Takushoku University, won the inaugural All Japan Karate Championship kumite title in 1957, and was among the first graduates of the JKA instructor training programme. After teaching for the JKA in Japan and abroad, he left the association and founded the Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation (SKIF), which he led as Soke and Chief Instructor until his death in 2019. He was among the last living karateka to have learned directly from Gichin Funakoshi.
Teachers (2)
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Funakoshi Gichinsports_martial_artsShotokan ConfirmedConfirmedWell-documented across multiple sources that Kanazawa learned directly from Gichin Funakoshi, founder of Shotokan, and was one of the last living karateka to have done soThe evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.
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2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkWell-documented across multiple sources that Kanazawa learned directly from Gichin Funakoshi, founder of Shotokan, and was one of the last living karateka to have done so -
Masatoshi Nakayamasports_martial_artsShotokan ConfirmedConfirmedWikipedia and SKIF's own bio, two independent sources, both directly state Kanazawa trained under Masatoshi Nakayama, then head instructor of Shotokan at Takushoku University and later JKA chief instructorThe evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.
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2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkWikipedia and SKIF's own bio, two independent sources, both directly state Kanazawa trained under Masatoshi Nakayama, then head instructor of Shotokan at Takushoku University and later JKA chief instructor
Lineage
- Shotokan Masatoshi NakayamaFunakoshi Gichin · 2 generations
Ranks (2)
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military_tech10 dan ConfirmedConfirmedSKIF bio lists 10th dan; Wikipedia confirms the International Martial Arts Federation promoted Kanazawa to 10th dan in 2000The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.Dan-Kyu System (2000)
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2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkSKIF bio lists 10th dan; Wikipedia confirms the International Martial Arts Federation promoted Kanazawa to 10th dan in 2000 -
military_tech2 dan ProbableProbableWikipedia infobox states Kanazawa held 2nd dan in Judo from his school yearsThe evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.Dan-Kyu System
Students (1)
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Ari Anastasiadissports_martial_artsShotokan ProbableProbableGoran Glucina's first-person video description states that he and Ari Anastasiadis both trained under Hirokazu Kanazawa; corroborated by the Karate Maskoutain hommage. The interaction period is inferred from Anastasiadis's documented Tokyo/JKA stay in the late 1950s when Kanazawa was a JKA instructor.The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.location_onJKA Honbu Dojo badge (1956–1960)
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1 source expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkGoran Glucina's first-person video description states that he and Ari Anastasiadis both trained under Hirokazu Kanazawa; corroborated by the Karate Maskoutain hommage. The interaction period is inferred from Anastasiadis's documented Tokyo/JKA stay in the late 1950s when Kanazawa was a JKA instructor.
Honours (1)
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receipt_longMeijin title Probablehistory_eduTradition onlyProbableSKIF's own bio states Kanazawa was conferred the Meijin title in 2012; no independent source corroborates itThe evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.Tradition only: every supporting source is the lineage's own account of itselfTitle (2012)
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1 source expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkSKIF's own bio states Kanazawa was conferred the Meijin title in 2012; no independent source corroborates it
Sources
Identifiers
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Cite and reuse
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Plain text
Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Hirokazu Kanazawa. In Martialis: Martial
Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KYYP8SJVM8PW3R7X6Z9NWBQB - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01KYYP8SJVM8PW3R7X6Z9NWBQB, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Hirokazu Kanazawa}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage
Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01KYYP8SJVM8PW3R7X6Z9NWBQB}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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