# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anko-itosu
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:19:13.988Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/anko-itosu"
name: "Ankō Itosu"
slug: "anko-itosu"
description: "Ankō Itosu  is considered by many the father of modern karate. This title is also often given to Gichin Funakoshi because of the latter spreading karate throughout Japan."
tagline: "Martial artist (1831–1915)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Itosu_Anko_(1831_%E2%80%93_1915).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1831"
deathDate: "1915-03-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.57
  momentum:             0.1095033242080563
  historical:           17.29306
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "糸洲安恒"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "انكو ايتوسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ank%C5%8D_Itosu"
    title: "Ankō Itosu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ank%C3%B3_Itosu"
    title: "Ankó Itosu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itosu_Ank%C5%8D"
    title: "Itosu Ankō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CE%BD%CE%BA%CE%BF_%CE%99%CF%84%CF%8C%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%85"
    title: "Άνκο Ιτόσου"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ank%C5%8D_Itosu"
    title: "Ankō Itosu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasutsune_Itosu"
    title: "Yasutsune Itosu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88_%D8%A2%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88"
    title: "ایتوسو آنکو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ank%C5%8D_Itosu"
    title: "Ankō Itosu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anko_Itosu"
    title: "Anko Itosu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itosu_Ank%C5%8D"
    title: "Itosu Ankō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B3%B8%E6%B4%B2%E5%AE%89%E6%81%92"
    title: "糸洲安恒"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anko_Itosu"
    title: "Anko Itosu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ank%C5%8D_Itosu"
    title: "Ankō Itosu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anko_Itosu"
    title: "Anko Itosu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%83%2C_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE"
    title: "Итосу, Анко"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Itosu Ankō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%83_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE"
    title: "Ітосу Анко"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Itosu Ankō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q527422"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump