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Yoshiharu Osaka
Born	(1947-09-08) 8 September 1947 (age 77) Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Style	Shotokan Karate
Teacher(s)	Masatoshi Nakayama
Rank	8th Dan karate (JKA)

Yoshiharu Osaka (Osaka Yoshiharu; born 8 September 1947) is a Japanese instructor of Shotokan karate.^[1] He has won the JKA's version of the world championships for kata on four occasions. He has also won the JKA All-Japan championships for kata on six occasions and for kumite on two occasions.^[1]

Biography

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Yoshiharu Osaka was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan on 8 September 1947. He studied at Takushoku University. His karate training began during his first year of high school.

Competition

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Yoshiharu Osaka has had considerable success in karate competition.

Major tournament successes

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26th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1983) - 1st Place Kata
4th IAKF World Karate Championship (Egypt, 1983) - 1st Place Kata
25th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1982) - 1st Place Kata
24th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1981) - 1st Place Kata
3rd IAKF World Karate Championship (Bremen, 1980) - 1st Place Kata
23rd JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1980) - 1st Place Kata
22nd JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1979) - Tournament Grand Champion; 1st Place Kata; 3rd Place Kumite
21st JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1978) - Tournament Grand Champion; 1st Place Kata; 3rd Place Kumite
2nd IAKF World Karate Championship (Tokyo, 1977) - 1st Place Kata
19th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1976) - 1st Place Kumite
1st IAKF World Karate Championship (Los Angeles, 1975) - 1st Place Kata
18th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1975) - 2nd Place Kata; 3rd Place Kumite
17th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1974) - 2nd Place Kata
16th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1973) - 2nd Place Kata
15th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1972) - 2nd Place Kumite
13th All Japan Student Karate Championship (1969) - 1st Place Kumite

References

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^ ^a ^b JKA: Instructor profiles – Sensei Yoshiharu Osaka8th Dan Archived January 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 15 February 2014.

v t e JKA All-Japan Male Champions – Kumite
1957 to 1989	1957: Hirokazu Kanazawa 1958: Hirokazu Kanazawa / Takayuki Mikami 1959: Takayuki Mikami 1960: Masaki Sato 1961: Tetsuhiko Asai 1962: Hiroshi Shirai 1963: Keinosuke Enoeda 1965: Katsuya Kisaka 1966: Hideo Ochi 1967: Hideo Ochi 1968: Masaaki Ueki 1969: Takeshi Oishi 1970: Takeshi Oishi 1971: Takeshi Oishi 1972: Masayoshi Kagawa 1973: Takeshi Oishi 1974: Masahiko Tanaka 1975: Masahiko Tanaka 1976: Yoshiharu Osaka 1978: Toshihiro Mori 1979: Fujikiyo Omura 1980: Toshihiro Mori 1981: Takayuki Tsuchii 1982: Masashi Sakata 1983: Hideo Yamamoto 1984: Hideo Yamamoto 1985: Masayoshi Kagawa 1986: Yasunori Ogura 1987: Masaaki Yokomichi 1988: Tomio Imamura 1989: Masayoshi Kagawa
1990–1999	1990**: Tomio Imamura 1991: Katsutoshi Shiina 1992: Tatsuya Naka 1993: Katsutoshi Shiina 1994: Katsutoshi Shiina 1995: Takuya Taniyama 1996: Takuya Taniyama 1997: Toshito Kokubun 1998: Takuya Taniyama 1999: Kunio Kobayashi
2000 – present	2000: Toshito Kokubun 2001: Takuya Taniyama 2002: Kunio Kobayashi 2003: Kunio Kobayashi 2004: Kunio Kobayashi 2005: Koji Ogata 2006: Ryosuke Shimizu 2007: Takuya Taniyama 2008: Ryosuke Shimizu 2009: Yusuke Inokoshi 2010: Keisuke Nemoto 2011: Kazuaki Kurihara 2012: Keisuke Nemoto 2013: Keisuke Nemoto

v t e JKA All-Japan Male Champions - Kata
1957 to 1989	1957: Hiroshi Shoji 1958: Hirokazu Kanazawa 1959: Takayuki Mikami 1960: Hiroshi Shoji 1961: Takayuki Mikami 1962: Hiroshi Shirai 1963: Tetsuhiko Asai 1965: Masaaki Ueki 1966: Hideo Ochi 1967: Masaaki Ueki 1968: Masaaki Ueki 1969: Hideo Ochi 1970: Yoshimasa Takahashi 1971: Masaaki Ueki 1972: Yoshimasa Takahashi 1973: Yoshimasa Takahashi 1974: Masaaki Ueki 1975: Masaaki Ueki 1976: Hideo Ochi 1978: Yoshiharu Osaka 1979: Yoshiharu Osaka 1980: Yoshiharu Osaka 1981: Yoshiharu Osaka 1982: Yoshiharu Osaka 1983: Yoshiharu Osaka 1984: Mikio Yahara 1985: Masayoshi Kagawa 1986: Minoru Kawawada 1987: Minoru Kawawada 1988: Naito Takashi Hashiguchi 1989: Tomoyuki Aihara
1990 - 1999	1990**: Tomoyuki Aihara]] 1991: Tomoyuki Aihara 1992: Takenori Imura 1993: Takenori Imura 1994: Takenori Imura 1995: Takenori Imura 1996: Takenori Imura 1997: Seizo Izumiya 1998: Yuji Hashiguchi 1999: Takuya Taniyama
2000 - present	2000: Takuya Taniyama 2001: Katsutoshi Shiina 2002: Katsutoshi Shiina 2003: Takuya Taniyama 2004: Katsutoshi Shiina 2005: Kunio Kobayashi 2006: Kazuaki Kurihara 2007: Kazuaki Kurihara 2008: Kunio Kobayashi 2009: Kazuaki Kurihara 2010: Kazuaki Kurihara 2011: Kazuaki Kurihara 2012: Kazuaki Kurihara 2013: Kazuaki Kurihara

v t e JKA World Champions - Male Kata
1975 to 1983 - IAKF World Championships	1975: Yoshiharu Osaka 1977: Yoshiharu Osaka 1980: Yoshiharu Osaka 1983: Yoshiharu Osaka
1985 - 2004 - Shoto Cup	1985: Minoru Kawawada 1987: Takenori Imura 1990**: Tomoyuri Aihara 1992: Tomoyuri Aihara 1994: Takenori Imura 1996: Takenori Imura 1998: Yuji Hashiguchi 2000: Takuya Taniyama 2004: Katsutoshi Shiina
2006 - present Funakoshi Gichin Cup	2006: Kazuaki Kurihara 2011: Kazuaki Kurihara

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