Hatsuo Royama | |
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Born | Noh Cho-woong March 31, 1948 Gyōda, Saitama (Born in Japan) |
Residence | Saitama, Japan |
Style | Kyokushin, Yiquan, Kickboxing |
Teacher(s) | Mas Oyama, Hideo Nakamura (Kang Chang-Soo), Kenichi Sawai |
Rank | 9th dan Kyokushin-kan Karate[1] |
Hatsuo Royama (盧山 初雄, Royama Hatsuo, born 31 March 1948) also known by his Korean name of Noh Cho Woong (Korean: 노초웅; Hanja: 盧初雄) is a master of Kyokushin Karate and was current Kancho (Director) of the Kyokushin-kan International Organization Honbu, one faction of the International Karate Organization (IKO) founded by Mas Oyama (1923–1994) until April 2022.[2]