# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tsutomu-ohshima
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:31:56.283Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tsutomu-ohshima"
name: "Tsutomu Ohshima"
slug: "tsutomu-ohshima"
description: "Tsutomu Ohshima [a] is a prominent Japanese master of Shotokan karate who founded the organization Shotokan Karate of America (SKA). He is the Shihan of the SKA, and to this day holds the rank of 5th dan, which was awarded to him by Gichin Funakoshi. Ohshima's branch of the Shotokan world has become known as “Shotokan Ohshima Karate-do.”"
tagline: "Martial artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oshima_caltech_07.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1930-08-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.350217333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Цутому Ошима"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تسوتومو اوهشيما"
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    title: "Цутому Ошима"
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    title: "Tsutomu Ohshima"
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    title: "Tsutomu Ohshima"
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    title: "Tsutomu Ōshima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Осима, Цутому"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump