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Okinawan martial arts master (1869-1945) of the Shuri-te tradition, student of Matsumura Sōkon and assistant to Ankō Itosu; the first to formally use the kanji kara (空, "empty") for "karate" instead of to/tang (唐), in writings dating from 1905.

Teachers (2)

• 
  Matsumura Sōkon

  linkShuri-te 3

  Confirmed

  EN Wikipedia states Hanashiro became a student of Matsumura Sokon, of the Shuri-te style, early in his childhood, and started karate practice under him at a very young age

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources

  fact_check

  EN Wikipedia states Hanashiro became a student of Matsumura Sokon, of the Shuri-te style, early in his childhood, and started karate practice under him at a very young age

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "Early in his childhood, he became a student of the renowned master Matsumura Sōkon, of the Shuri-te style... He started karate practice at a very young age under Sōkon Matsumura."

  — Chōmo Hanashiro - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)linkinfo

  "Arakaki Ankichi (who studied under Gusukuma Shimpan, Hanashiro Chomo, Chibana Choshin and Kyan Chotoku)."

  — Goodin, Charles C.. (2021). Nagamine Shoshin: Karate and Zen as Onelinkinfo
• 
  Itosu Ankō

  linkShuri-te 2

  Probable

  The Wikidata P1066 claim links Hanashiro to Anko Itosu, and the EN article frames Hanashiro as Itosu's assistant until Itosu's death in 1915 - an assistantship that implies close tutelage but is not explicitly a teacher-student relationship

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

  The Wikidata P1066 claim links Hanashiro to Anko Itosu, and the EN article frames Hanashiro as Itosu's assistant until Itosu's death in 1915 - an assistantship that implies close tutelage but is not explicitly a teacher-student relationship

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "Hanashiro later on became Itosu's assistant and remained so until his Itosu's death in 1915."

  — Chōmo Hanashiro - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)linkinfo

Students (3)

• Na
  Nakama Chōzō

  linkShuri-te 3

  Confirmed

  EN Wikipedia states Nakama also studied with Chomo Hanashiro and the Hanashiro article names him among Hanashiro's most eminent disciples; per Nakamoto Mamoru (Motobu-ryu blog) Nakama learned the Gojushiho kata from Hanashiro Chomo

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources

  fact_check

  EN Wikipedia states Nakama also studied with Chomo Hanashiro and the Hanashiro article names him among Hanashiro's most eminent disciples; per Nakamoto Mamoru (Motobu-ryu blog) Nakama learned the Gojushiho kata from Hanashiro Chomo

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "however, Nakama also studied with Chomo Hanashiro, Chōtoku Kyan, Kenwa Mabuni, Choki Motobu, and Kentsu Yabu."

  — Chozo Nakama - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English) linkinfo

  "According to Nakamoto Sensei, Nakama Sensei learned this kata from Hanashiro Chōmo."

  — Motobu, Naoki. (2023). Nakama Chōzō's Gojūshiho - Motobu-ryu Bloglinkhistoryinfo
• 
  Arakaki Ankichi

  linkShorin-ryu 3

  Confirmed

  EN Wikipedia states Chomo Hanashiro was one of Arakaki's teachers at school; corroborated by the Gaudion essay, the Shorin-Ryu Romania history and the Shima Karate biography

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  4 sources

  fact_check

  EN Wikipedia states Chomo Hanashiro was one of Arakaki's teachers at school; corroborated by the Gaudion essay, the Shorin-Ryu Romania history and the Shima Karate biography

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "One of his teachers at his school was Chomo Hanashiro (1869–1945)."

  — Ankichi Arakaki - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)linkinfo

  "His first teachers were Shinpan Gusukuma and Chomo Hanashiro."

  — Gaudion, Geoffrey E.. Shoshin Nagamine and Some of His Masterslinkinfo

  "He was learning from Shinpan Gusukuma, his teacher from primary grades, then from Chomo Hanashiro, when he was in high-school."

  — Okinawa Karate History - Shorin-Ryu Romania linkinfo

  "He started training under Chomo Hanashiro and Shinpan Gusukuma."

  — O-Sensei Kim, His Life - Shima Karatelinkinfo
• 
  Akamine Seiichi

  linkShuri-te 3

  Confirmed

  JA Wikipedia states Akamine practiced te in Shuri under Chomo Hanashiro; corroborated by the Wikidata P1066 claim and by the Bushido Reiryoku Kan and Toku In Kan biographies listing Hanashiro among his Shorin-ryu teachers

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  3 sources

  fact_check

  JA Wikipedia states Akamine practiced te in Shuri under Chomo Hanashiro; corroborated by the Wikidata P1066 claim and by the Bushido Reiryoku Kan and Toku In Kan biographies listing Hanashiro among his Shorin-ryu teachers

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "以降、花城長茂、屋部憲通および喜屋武朝徳のもと首里で手 (沖縄武術)を修行し、その後宮城長順に出会い、剛柔流に専念する。"

  — 赤嶺誠一 - Wikipedia (JA). Wikipedia (Japanese) linkinfo

  "After the teachings he received from his grandfather, he trained in the Shorin-Ryu style, with the following teachers: Chomo Hanashiro (1869-1945), Kentsu Yabu (1866-1937) and Chotoku Kyan (1870-1945)."

  — Fernandez de la Reguera, Roberto. Master Seiichi Akamine - Bushido Reiryoku Kanlinkinfo

  "Master Akamine... trained Goju Ryu with Kanki Isumikawa and Seiko Higa; Shuri Te with Seitoku Higa and Kobudo with Matayoshi."

  — Master Seiichi Akamine Biography - Toku In Kan linkinfo

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