# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/morio-higaonna
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:22:08.566Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/morio-higaonna"
name: "Morio Higaonna"
slug: "morio-higaonna"
description: "Morio Higaonna  is a world renowned Okinawan karate master who is the founder and Chief Instructor of the Traditional Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate-do Federation. He also founded the International Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate-do Federation (IOGKF). He is a holder of the highest rank in Goju-Ryu karate, 10th dan. Higaonna Sensei has written several books on Okinawan Goju-Ryu karate, including the technical series, \"Traditional Karate-do: Okinawa Goju Ryu (1985) and \"The History of Karate: Okinawan Goju Ryu\". Martial arts scholar Donn Draeger (1922–1982) reportedly once described him as \"the most dangerous man in Japan in a real fight.\""
tagline: "Martial artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Morio_Higaonna.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1938-12-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.311378666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Хигаонна, Морио"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "موريو هيجونا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morio_Higaonna"
    title: "Morio Higaonna"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morio_Higaonna"
    title: "Morio Higaonna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morio_Higaonna"
    title: "Morio Higaonna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morio_Higaonna"
    title: "Morio Higaonna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E6%81%A9%E7%B4%8D%E7%9B%9B%E7%94%B7"
    title: "東恩納盛男"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morio_Higaonna"
    title: "Morio Higaonna"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morio_Hiagonna"
    title: "Morio Hiagonna"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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