# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/masahiko-tanaka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:39:13.133Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/masahiko-tanaka"
name: "Masahiko Tanaka"
slug: "masahiko-tanaka"
description: "Masahiko Tanaka  is a Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He won the first of his two IAKF world championship Kumite titles in 1975, was part of the Japan team to win the team Kumite title in the third IAKF world championship and was twice JKA All-Japan kumite champion. He became the national coach of Denmark in 1975 and in 1978 returned to Japan, where he currently manages the international affairs of the JKA."
tagline: "Japanese martial artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tanaka_karatemester_jap%C3%A1n_k%C3%B6nyv%C3%A9be_-_a_bor%C3%ADt%C3%B3ra.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1941-02-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.21
  momentum:             8.976039783001806
  historical:           5.688446666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaka_Maszahiko"
    title: "Tanaka Maszahiko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masahiko_Tanaka"
    title: "Masahiko Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masahiko_Tanaka_(karateka)"
    title: "Masahiko Tanaka (karateka)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Масахіко Танака"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E4%B8%AD%E6%98%8C%E5%BD%A6"
    title: "田中昌彦"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masahiko_Tanaka"
    title: "Masahiko Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11575600"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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