# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/motobu-choki
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:59:22.156Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/motobu-choki"
name: "Motobu Chōki"
slug: "motobu-choki"
description: "Motobu Chōki  was an Okinawan karate master and founder of Motobu-ryū. He was born into a branch of the Ryukyuan royal family, and at the age of 12, he and his older brother Motobu Chōyū were invited by Ankō Itosu to be taught karate."
tagline: "Okinawan karateka (1870–1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Motobu_Choki.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1870-04-05"
deathDate: "1944-04-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.54413866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://motobu-ryu.org"
sources:
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    title: "本部朝基"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "موتوبو تشو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motobu_Ch%C5%8Dki"
    title: "Motobu Chōki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CF%83%CF%8C%CE%BA%CE%B9_%CE%9C%CE%BF%CF%84%CF%8C%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85"
    title: "Τσόκι Μοτόμπου"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motobu_Ch%C5%8Dki"
    title: "Motobu Chōki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motobu_Ch%C5%8Dki"
    title: "Motobu Chōki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motobu_Ch%C5%8Dki"
    title: "Motobu Chōki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motobu_Ch%C5%8Dki"
    title: "Motobu Chōki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motobu_Ch%C5%8Dki"
    title: "Motobu Chōki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motobu_Ch%C5%8Dki"
    title: "Motobu Chōki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%AC%E9%83%A8%E6%9C%9D%E5%9F%BA"
    title: "本部朝基"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choki_Motobu"
    title: "Choki Motobu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dki_Motobu"
    title: "Chōki Motobu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choki_Motobu"
    title: "Choki Motobu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motobu_Ch%C5%8Dki"
    title: "Motobu Chōki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%83%2C_%D0%A2%D1%91%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Мотобу, Тёки"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motobu_Ch%C5%8Dki"
    title: "Motobu Chōki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motobu_Ch%C5%8Dki"
    title: "Motobu Chōki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1147708"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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