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kendo

modern Japanese martial art
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Summary

kendo is a type of sport[1]. kendo draws 8,232 Wikipedia views per month (type of sport category, ranking #48 of 435).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Japan[3]
  • Named after: sword[4], dō[5]
  • Follows: kenjutsu[6]
  • Subclass of: gendai budō[7], budō[8], martial arts[9], combat sport[10]
  • Commons category: Kendo[11]
  • Country of origin: Japan[12]
  • Authority: International Kendo Federation[13], All Japan Kendo Federation[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kendo[15]
  • Commons gallery: 剣道[16]
  • Native label: 剣道[17]
  • Different from: fencing[18], kenjutsu[19], Tankendō[20]
  • Uses: shinai[21], bōgu[22], hakama[23], keikogi[24], tenugui[25], bokuto[26]
  • Practiced by: martial artist[27], swordfighter[28]

Why It Matters

kendo has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] kendo is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Japan Ryutaro Hashimoto Yukio Mishima

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0219896-kendo
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0219896-kendo, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Country of origin → Japan
    Different from → fencing, kenjutsu, Tankendō
    Named after → —
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 19375, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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