# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kosaku-matsumora
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:19:08.663Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kosaku-matsumora"
name: "Kōsaku Matsumora"
slug: "kosaku-matsumora"
description: "Kosaku Matsumora  was a Ryūkyūan karate master. He studied Tomari-te under Karyu Uku and Kishin Teruya. He also studied Jigen-ryu. Among Matsumora's students, who went on to influence new generations through students of their own, were Choki Motobu and Chotoku Kyan."
tagline: "Japanese karateka"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1829"
deathDate: "1898"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.25
  momentum:             5.833333333333335
  historical:           6.744673333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83"
    title: "Мацумора, Косаку"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "كوساكو ماتسومورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dsaku_Matsumora"
    title: "Kōsaku Matsumora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dsaku_Matsumora"
    title: "Kōsaku Matsumora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E8%8C%82%E8%89%AF%E8%88%88%E4%BD%9C"
    title: "松茂良興作"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosaku_Matsumora"
    title: "Kosaku Matsumora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosaku_Matsumora"
    title: "Kosaku Matsumora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3028499"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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