Masaaki Hatsumi

Japanese martial
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Summary

Masaaki Hatsumi was born on December 2, 1931[1], in Chiba Prefecture[2]. He has worked as a sensei[3], martial artist[4], painter[5], physician[6], and choreographer[7]. He ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,237 views/month, #7,141 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Place of birth: Noda[9]
  • Country of citizenship: Japan[10]
  • Student: Stephen K. Hayes[11], Teo García[12]
  • Member of: Nihon bungeika club[13], Bujinkan[14]
  • Sex or gender: male[15]
  • Academic degree: doctorate[16]
  • Residence: Noda[17]
  • Sport: martial arts[18]
  • Family name: Q141705790[19]
  • Given name: Masaaki[20]
  • Student of: Toshitsugu Takamatsu[21]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese[22], English[23]
  • Name in native language: 初見 良昭[24]
  • Name in kana: はつみ まさあき[25]
  • P14750: E85F-DA17-E8A3-197F-1ABA[26]

Why It Matters

Masaaki Hatsumi has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] He is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

FAQs

Where was Masaaki Hatsumi born?

Masaaki Hatsumi's place of birth was Chiba Prefecture[2].

What did Masaaki Hatsumi do for work?

Masaaki Hatsumi worked as a sensei[3], martial artist[4], painter[5], physician[6], and choreographer[7].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . plus.si.cobiss.net. plus.si.cobiss.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Web NDL Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · PromePw · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Family name → Q141705790
    Name in native language → {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '初見 良昭'}
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 14d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Chiba Prefecture, Noda
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'hr', 'hu', 'it', 'ja',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57880|batch #57880]]: Import more precise places of birth, date from dewiki"
  3. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → E85F-DA17-E8A3-197F-1ABA
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: E85F-DA17-E8A3-197F-1ABA, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269215|batch #269215]]"
  4. 21w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Academic degree → doctorate
    Given name → Masaaki
    Family name → Q141705790
    Sport → martial arts
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32116|batch #32116]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (29)"
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