List of karateka
List of karateka includes notable practitioners of karate, listed in alphabetical order by surname. Note that Japanese name order might not be consistent in this list, due to differing conventions. Individual entries list each person's name, years of birth and death, and main karate style.
A
- Keigo Abe, Shotokan
- Rafael Aghayev, Shotokan
- Gary Alexander, Isshin Ryu
- Seishō Arakaki, Tode
- Steve Arneil, Kyokushin
- Mark Arnott, American Kenpo
- Tetsuhiko Asai, Shotokan
- Ankō Asato, Shuri-te
- Linden Ashby, style unspecified
- Hideyuki Ashihara, Kyokushin and Ashihara
- Elisa Au, Shitō-ryū
- Akshay Kumar, Gōjū-ryū
B
- Xhavit Bajrami, Seido
- Shaun Baker, Shotokan
- Christine Bannon-Rodrigues Oki-ryu
- Vitor Belfort, Shotokan
- Steven Bellamy, Wadō-ryū and Gōjū-ryū
- Randy Blake, style unspecified
- Billy Blanks, style unspecified
- Jon Bluming, Kyokushin
- Mitchell Bobrow, style unspecified
- Robert Bowles, Shuri-ryū
- Frank Brennan, Shotokan
- Steve Blackman, Shotokan
C
- Jose Canseco, style unspecified
- Thomas Carroll, Shotokan
- Shonie Carter, Shidōkan
- Antonio Carvalho, Shotokan
- Chris Casamassa, Shōrin-ryū
- Graciela Casillas, American Kenpo
- Juan Eduardo Castro dos Santos, Okinawa-ken Ryu
- Tino Ceberano, Gōjū Kai
- Nicholas Raymond Cerio, American Kenpo
- Sonny Chiba, Kyokushin
- Chōshin Chibana, Shōrin-ryū
- Teruo Chinen, Gōjū-ryū
- Peter Chong, Kyokushin
- William Kwai Sun Chow, American Kenpo
- Randall "Tex" Cobb, style unspecified
- Howard Collins, Kyokushin
- Dale Cook, style unspecified
- Harry Cook, Shotokan and Gōjū-ryū
- John Corcoran, Shōrin-ryū
- Joe Corley, style unspecified
- John Critzos II, style unspecified
- Sean Connery, Kyokushin
D
- Raymond Daniels, Kenpō Karate, Shotokan
- Count Dante, style unspecified
- Fumio Demura, Shitō-ryū
- Nick Denis, Kyokushin
- George Dillman, Ryukyu Kempo
- Richard K. Diran, style unspecified
- Ticky Donovan, Shotokan, Wadō-ryū, and Kyokushin
- Troy Dorsey, style unspecified
E
- Héctor Echavarría, American Kenpo and Shuri-ryū
- Shigeru Egami, Shōtōkai
- Adriano Directo Emperado, American Kenpo
- Keinosuke Enoeda, Shotokan
F
- Glaube Feitosa, Kyokushin
- D'Brickashaw Ferguson, style unspecified
- Francisco Filho, Kyokushin
- Sean Patrick Flanery, style unspecified
- Michael G. Foster, Yoshukai
- Jason David Frank, Shotokan
- Zane Frazier, American Kenpo
- Travis Fulton, American Kenpo
- Gichin Funakoshi, Shotokan
- Gigō Funakoshi, Shotokan
G
- Manny Gamburyan, Kyokushin
- Alexander Gerunov, Shitō-ryū
- Glacier, Shorinji Kempo
- Lyman Good, style unspecified
- Peter Graham, Kyokushin
- Thomas Ian Griffith, American Kenpo
- Sam Greco, Kyokushin
- Neil Grove, Gōjū-ryū
- Shinpan Gusukuma, Shitō-ryū
- Bear Grylls, Shotokan
- Johnny Gyro, style unspecified
H
- Keith Hackney, American Kenpo
- Mitsusuke Harada, Shotokan
- Randall Hassell, Shotokan
- Demetrius Havanas, style unspecified
- Dave Hazard, Shotokan
- Dana Hee, Shotokan
- Sekō Higa, Gōjū-ryū
- Yuchoku Higa, Shōrin-ryū and Gōjū-ryū
- Kanryō Higaonna, Gōjū-ryū
- Kanryu Higaonna, Okinawan martial arts
- Morio Higaonna, Gōjū-ryū
- Kori Hisataka, Shorinjiryu Kenkokan
- Masayuki Hisataka, Shorinjiryu Kenkokan
- Steven Ho, style unspecified
- Sam Hoger, style unspecified
- Russ Hogue, style unspecified
- Loek Hollander, Kyokushin
- Mark Holst, Shotokan
- Kyoji Horiguchi, Shotokan
- Andy Hug, Kyokushin and Seido
I
- Kazuyoshi Ishii, Seido
- Ankō Itosu, Shuri-te
K
- Nobuaki Kakuda, Seido
- Hirokazu Kanazawa, Shotokan
- Taiji Kase, Shotokan
- Hajime Kazumi, Kyokushin
- Ömer Kemaloğlu, style unspecified
- Dave Kershaw, Shotokan
- Katsunori Kikuno, Kyokushin
- Richard Kim, Shōrinji-ryū
- Davit Kiria, Ashihara
- Taishin Kohiruimaki, Kyokushin
- Yuki Kondo, Shorinji Kempo
- Takayuki Kubota, Te and Gosoku-ryu
- Shōgō Kuniba, Shitō-ryū
- Yasuaki Kurata, Shito-ryu
- Chōtoku Kyan, Shōrin-ryū
L
- Maximiliano Larrosa
- Joe Lewis, Shōrin-ryū
- Chuck Liddell, American Kenpo
- Bobby Lowe, Kyokushin
- Dolph Lundgren, Kyokushin and Gōjū-ryū
M
- Kenwa Mabuni, Shitō-ryū
- Lyoto Machida, Shotokan
- Midhun Jith, Shito ryu
- John Makdessi, Shotokan
- Akira Masuda, Kyokushin
- Shokei Matsui, Kyokushin
- Sōkon Matsumura, Shuri-te
- Chuck Merriman, Gōjū-ryū
- Kenji Midori, Kyokushin
- Takayuki Mikami, Shotokan
- Miyuki Miura, Shotokan and Kyokushin
- Frank Mir, Kenpō
- Chōjun Miyagi, Gōjū-ryū
- Katsuya Miyahira, Shōrin-ryū Shidōkan
- Ei'ichi Miyazato, Gōjū-ryū
- Minoru Mochizuki, Shotokan and Yoseikan
- Vic Moore, Shuri-ryū
- Chōki Motobu, Shuri-te
- Chōyū Motobu, Shuri-te
- Matt Mullins, Shōrei-ryū
- Musashi, Seido
- Glen Murphy Kyokushin
N
- Shōshin Nagamine, Shōrin-ryū and Matsubayashi-ryū
- Don Nagle, Isshin-ryu
- Tatsuya Naka, Shotokan
- Andrews Nakahara, Kyokushin
- Tadashi Nakamura, Seidō juku
- Masatoshi Nakayama, Shotokan
- Shūgorō Nakazato, Shōrin-ryū Shōrinkan
- Jadamba Narantungalag, Kyokushin
- Gunnar Nelson, Gōjū-ryū
- Alain Ngalani, Kyokushin
- Jōkō Ninomiya, Enshin
- Hidetaka Nishiyama, Shotokan
- Masaaki Noiri, Shin
- Chuck Norris , Shotokan, Shito-ryu
O
- Hideo Ochi, Shotokan
- Tsutomu Ohshima, Shotokan
- Teruyuki Okazaki, Shotokan
- Terry O'Neill, Shotokan
- Hironori Ōtsuka, Wadō-ryū
- Masutatsu Ōyama, Kyokushin
P
- Ed Parker, American Kenpo
- Cecil Patterson, Wadō-ryū
- Seth Petruzelli, Shitō-ryū
- Nicholas Pettas, Kyokushin
- Malcolm Phipps, Shotokan
- Henry Plée
- Karin Prinsloo, JKA Shotokan
R
- Samuel Roberts, Shotokan
- Hatsuo Royama, Kyokushin
- Bas Rutten, Kyokushin
S
- Tarec Saffiedine, Shihaishinkai
- Georges St-Pierre, Kyokushin
- Kanga Sakukawa, Te
- Masaaki Satake, Seido
- Katsuaki Satō, Satojuku
- Semmy Schilt, Ashihara
- Andy Sherry, Shotokan
- Tatsuo Shimabuku, Gōjū-ryū and Isshin-ryū
- Zenryō Shimabukuro, Shōrin-ryū Seibukan
- Hiroshi Shirai, Shotokan
- Assuerio Silva, Shotokan
- Wesley Snipes, Shotokan
- Tiffany van Soest, Shōrin-ryū
- Paul Starling, Gōjū-ryū
- Shojiro Sugiyama, Shotokan
T
- Kazumi Tabata, Shotokan
- Seigo Tada, Gōjū-ryū and Seigokan
- Masaji Taira, Gōjū-ryū
- Peichin Takahara, Te
- Rina Takeda, Ryukyu Shorin-ryu
- Chōjirō Tani, Shūkōkai
- Ewerton Teixeira, Kyokushin
- Geoff Thompson, Shotokan
- Seikichi Toguchi, Gōjū-ryū
- Kenji Tokitsu, Shotokan
- Kanken Tōyama, Shūdōkan
- Robert Trias, Shuri-ryū
- Masami Tsuruoka, Chitō-ryū
- Ashraf Tai, Shotokan
U
- Kanbun Uechi, Uechi-ryū
- Sadamu Uriu, Shotokan
V
- Luca Valdesi, Shotokan
- Dominique Valera, Shotokan
- Jean-Claude Van Damme, Shotokan
- Will Vanders, Kyokushin and Shotokan
W
- Atsuko Wakai, Seigokan and Gōjū-ryū
- Bill Wallace, Shōrin-ryū
- Shunji Watanabe, Shorinjiryu Kenkokan
- John van Weenen, Shotokan
- Michael Jai White, Kyokushin, Shotokan, and Gōjū-ryū
- Arturo Worrell, Shotokan
- Ronnie Watt, Shotokan
Y
- James Yabe , Shotokan
- Kentsū Yabu, Shōrin-ryū
- Meitoku Yagi, Gōjū-ryū
- Yutaka Yaguchi, Shotokan
- Gōgen Yamaguchi, Gōjū Kai
- Masahiro Yamamoto, Kyokushin
- Terutomo Yamazaki, Kyokushin
- Tony Young, Gōjū-ryū