Mitsusuke Harada | |
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Born | Dairen, Manchuria, Empire of Japan | 16 November 1928
Died | 26 February 2021 Cwmbran, Wales, United Kingdom | (aged 92)
Style | Shotokai karate |
Teacher(s) | Shigeru Egami, Gichin Funakoshi, Gigō Funakoshi, Genshin Hironishi |
Rank | 5th dan karate |
Website | http://www.karatedoshotokai.com/ |
Mitsusuke Harada, MBE (原田 満祐, Harada Mitsusuke, 16 November 1928 – 26 February 2021) was a prominent Japanese master of Shotokai karate who introduced this martial art to Brazil and was after based in the United Kingdom.[1] He founded the Karate-do Shotokai (KDS) organisation in 1965 and was its president.[1][2] Harada held the rank of 5th dan, personally awarded by Gichin Funakoshi in 1956.[1]