Hironori Ōtsuka (大塚 博紀, Ōtsuka Hironori, June 1, 1892 – January 29, 1982)[a] was a Japanese master of karate who created the Wadō-ryū style of karate...

Wadō-ryū (和道流) is one of the four major karate styles and was founded by Hironori Ōtsuka (1892–1982). The style itself places emphasis on not only striking...

of Akio Ōtsuka Gen Ōtsuka (大束 元, 1912–1992), Japanese photographer Hirofumi Otsuka (大塚 博文, born 1947), Japanese speed skater Hironori Ōtsuka (大塚 博紀, 1892–1982)...

Japanese footballer Hironori Nishi (西 弘則, born 1987), Japanese footballer Hironori Ōtsuka (大塚 博紀, 1892–1982), Japanese kareteka Hironori Saruta (猿田 浩得, born...

In Wado-ryu; the only other person with that title was Hironori Ōtsuka. In 1963, Hironori Ōtsuka dispatched Suzuki, along with Toru Arakawa and Hajime...

A. Later in 1964, Gōgen Yamaguchi along with other founder members Ōtsuka Hironori from Wadō-ryū; Nakayama Masatoshi from Shotokan; Mabuni Kenei and Iwata...

of jū-jutsu rather than karate. Hironori Ōtsuka embraced ju-jitsu and was its chief instructor for a time. When Ōtsuka first registered his school with...

Mabuni also taught many other prominent martial artists, such as Otsuka Hironori (founder of Wadō-ryū) and Yasuhiro Konishi(founder of Shindō jinen-ryū)...

name to the new united league, such as Gōgen Yamaguchi of Goju-ryu, Ōtsuka Hironori of Wadō-ryū, Nakayama Masatoshi of Shotokan, Mabuni Kenei and Iwata...

Marukawa Kenji. In addition, his guest students were Yasuhiro Konishi, Hironori Ōtsuka, and boxer champion "Piston" Horiguchi. Motobu had no small amount...