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): Adrienne Lecouvreur • Andy Linden (racing driver) • Aram Mp3 • Arie Selinger • Curt Bois • Daniel Schneidermann • Frank Gaffney • Franziska van Almsick • Jonathan Rossini • Marius Lăcătuș • Mike Glumac • Nancy Holt • Natalia Sedova • Ramón Mifflin • Róbert Kasza • Sercan Yıldırım • Shikha Uberoi • Stephen Jackson

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