Doshin So

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Doshin So
宗道臣
Born	Michiomi Nakano (1911-02-10)10 February 1911 Mimasaka, Okayama, Japan
Died	12 May 1980(1980-05-12) (aged 69) Tadotsu, Kagawa, Japan
Other names	Sō Dōshin
Known for	Shorinji Kempo

Doshin So (宗道臣, Sō Dōshin) (born Michiomi Nakano (中野道臣, Nakano Michiomi)), (1911–1980) was a Japanese soldier and martial artist. He is most known as the creator and founder of Shorinji Kempo and the doctrine Kongo Zen (金剛禅, Kongō Zen). Practitioners of Shorinji Kempo refer to him as Kaiso, Japanese for "the founder".