# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/choshin-chibana
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:00:50.413Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/choshin-chibana"
name: "Chōshin Chibana"
slug: "choshin-chibana"
description: "Chōshin Chibana  was an Okinawan martial artist who developed Kobayashi Shōrin-ryū karate based on what he had learned from Ankō Itosu. He was the last of the pre-World War karate masters, also called the \"Last Warrior of Shuri\" He was the first to establish a Japanese ryu name for an Okinawan karate style, calling Itosu's karate \"Shorin-Ryu\" in 1929."
tagline: "Okinawen karateka (1885-1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chibana.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1885-06-05"
deathDate: "1969-02-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.89535866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%A5%E8%8A%B1%E6%9C%9D%E4%BF%A1"
    title: "知花朝信"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "تشو شين تشيبانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chibana_Ch%C5%8Dshin"
    title: "Chibana Chōshin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dshin_Chibana"
    title: "Chōshin Chibana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chibana_Ch%C5%8Dshin"
    title: "Chibana Chōshin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86_%DA%86%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "چوشین چیبانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chibana_Ch%C5%8Dshin"
    title: "Chibana Chōshin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dsin_Chibana"
    title: "Chōsin Chibana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%A5%E8%8A%B1%E6%9C%9D%E4%BF%A1"
    title: "知花朝信"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dshin_Chibana"
    title: "Chōshin Chibana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choshin_Chibana"
    title: "Choshin Chibana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A2%D1%91%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Тибана, Тёсин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071733"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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