Tatsuya Naka
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(born May 29, 1964 in Tokyo) is a Japanese
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of
Shotokan is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi (1906–1945). Gichin Funakoshi was born in Okinawa and is widely credited with popularizing "karate do" thro ...
karate (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ), also , is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tī'' in Okinawan) un ...
. He is a full-time instructor of the
Japan Karate Association The Japan Karate Association (日本 空手 協会; ''Nihon Karate Kyokai''; JKA; sometimes referred to simply as ''Kyokai'' 協会 in Japan) is one of the oldest global Shotokan karate organizations in the world. Origins Gichin Funakoshi played ...
. He holds a 7th dan from JKA. He has also starred in films such as '' Kuro Obi'', ''
High Kick Girl! is a 2009 Japanese martial arts film directed and co-written by Fuyuhiko Nishi and starring Rina Takeda. Plot A brown belt girl who desperately wants to get a black belt and believes she can qualify for it by facing a group of black belt holder ...
'' and '' Karate Girl''.


Education

Naka started karate in his first year of
junior high school Middle school, also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school, is an educational stage between primary school and secondary school. Afghanistan In Afghanistan, middle school includes ...
. He attended
Takushoku University Takushoku University (拓殖 大学; ''Takushoku Daigaku'', abbreviated as 拓大 ''Takudai'') is a private university in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1900 by Prince (title for a Duke at that time) Taro Katsura (1848–1913).1964 births Living people Japanese male actors Japanese male karateka Japanese karate coaches Martial artists from Tokyo Shotokan practitioners Takushoku University alumni 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-karate-bio-stub