People of Kyokushin
Kyokushin: 8 documented people. Founder: Masutatsu Oyama. Also: champion (1), notable figure (3).
Founder (4)
Jon BlumingFounder: Kyokushin BudokaiDutch judoka and karateka (1933–2018), pioneer of Kyokushin in Europe and founder of the Netherlands Karate Association, later head of Kyokushin Budokai.Katsuaki SatoFounder: Satojuku KarateJapanese karateka, winner of the first Kyokushin World Championship (1975), who in 1977 founded his own school, Satojuku, in Tokyo, focused on knockdown techniques.Kazuyoshi IshiiFounder: Seidokaikan KarateFounder of Seidokaikan karate who organised the first K-1 Grand Prix at Tokyo's Yoyogi hall in April 1993 and earlier ran Ashihara's dojo in the Kansai region.Masutatsu OyamaThe founder of Kyokushin karate, who in 1953 opened the Oyama Dojo in Tokyo and in 1964 founded the International Karate Organization (IKO).
Jon Bluming
Katsuaki SatoChampion (1)
Dolph LundgrenNotable figure (3)
Bas RuttenDutch MMA fighter, three-time King of Pancrase open-weight champion and briefly UFC heavyweight champion in 1999, holder of an honorary 5th dan in Kyokushin karate.Gerard GordeauDutch karateka and 1991 savate world champion who reached the final at UFC 1 in 1993, where he lost to Royce Gracie.Michael Jai WhiteAmerican actor and fight choreographer holding black belts in, among others, Kyokushin karate, Goju-ryu and Shotokan, who himself choreographed the film Blood and Bone (2009).