Motobu Chōki

Motobu Chōki was an Okinawan karate master and founder of Motobu-ryū. He was born into a branch of the Ryukyuan royal family, and at the age of 12, he and his older brother Motobu Chōyū were invited by Ankō Itosu to be taught karate.

5 April 1870

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Asteris Koutoulas • Brendan Cannon • Diamond D • Donald Lynden-Bell • Dong Abay • Douangchay Phichit • Franck Silvestre • Franziskus Herzan von Harras • Frederick Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern • Género Zeefuik • John Willem Gran • Juan Gisbert Sr. • Marion Aye • Matthias Jaissle • Moise Safra • Prentice Mulford • Rachel Homan • Ruth Smith (artist) • Sei Muroya • Sercan Yıldırım • Shin Min-a • Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet • Thea Gill • Yassine Bounou • Yohann Sangaré

Born in the same month (April 1870): Dadasaheb Phalke • Edmund Dwyer-Gray • Edwin S. Porter • Franz Lehár • Gustav Landauer • Syd Gregory • Victor Borisov-Musatov • Vladimir Lenin