is a Japanese instructor 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 ...

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.JKA: Instructor profiles – Sensei Yoshiharu Osaka8th Dan
Retrieved on 15 February 2014. He has won the JKA's version of the world championships for kata on four occasions. He has also won the JKA All-Japan championships for kata on six occasions and for kumite on two occasions.

Biography

Yoshiharu Osaka was born in

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, Japan on 8 September 1947. He studied at

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