Kyokushin kaikan practitioners

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Swedish actor and martial artist

American actor

Japanese actor

Korean-Japanese full-contact karate master, the founder of Kyokushin (1922-1994)

American actor

Japanese actor and martial artist (1939–2021)

Swiss karateka and kickboxer (1964-2000)

Swiss actor

Japanese full-contact karate master, the founder of Ashihara kaikan (1944-1995)

Brazilian martial artist

Russian kickboxer and politician

Korean-Japanese full-contact karate master, Director of Kyokushin Kaikan Matsui Group

Italian chef

American actor

Japanese full-contact karate master, Representative Director of Shinkyokushinkai

Japanese karateka

Brazilian martial artist

Dutch judoka and actor (1933-2018)

Japanese actor

Dutch martial artist and professional wrestler

Japanese full-contact karate master, the founder of Seido kaikan and K-1

Pakistani cricketer

Korean-born Japanese martial artist (1948-)

Indonesian politician and businessman (born 1962)

Japanese full-contact karate master, the founder of Kazumi Dōjō (1971-)

martial artist

Danish actor and martial artist

American knifemaker and martial artist

Japanese full-contact karate master, the founder of World Oyama Karate Organization (1936-2016)

Dutch martial artist (1961-2005)

Dutch martial artist

Japanese full-contact karate master, the founder of Enshin kaikan

Dutch martial artist

Japanese full-contact karate master, the founder of Sato Juku

Russian karateka

Japanese full-contact karate master, kickboxer, the founder of Shidokan (1947-)

Karateka and kickboxer, born 1962

Russian martial artist

Polish karateka and kickboxer

Japanese full-contact karate master, the founder of IBMA Kyokushin Kaikan

Polish kickboxer and boxer

Dutch karateka