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is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

and a kickboxer who, up until December 31, 2006 competed in the Japanese fighting organization HERO'S

HERO'S

Hero's was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion operated by Fighting and Entertainment Group, the parent entity behind kickboxing organization K-1. Grown from and branched off of K-1's earlier experiments in MMA, including the K-1 Romanex event and various MMA fights on its regular K-1...

and before that, the Ultimate Fighting Championship

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...

and Pancrase

Pancrase

Pancrase is a mixed martial arts promotion company founded in Japan in 1993 by professional wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki. Pancrase is taken from Pankration, a sport in the ancient Olympic games. Suzuki and Funaki are particularly skilled in the art of catch wrestling and based the...

. He is notable for his elaborate ring entrances and unorthodox fighting style. His philosophy is "We are all one." He is a practicing Buddhist. Signature moves include the flying triangle and spinning backfist. He is also an essayist, a musician

Musician

A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....

, an actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

and a dancer.

Amateur era

Genki Sudo was born in Koto Ward

Koto, Tokyo

is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population of 442,271 and a population density of 11,070 persons per km². The total area is 39.48 km². The ward refers to itself as Kōtō City in English....

in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

on March 8, 1978. His father is a chef and the manager of his Seafood restaurant "Isokou"(磯幸).

He started practicing Greco-Roman wrestling

Greco-Roman wrestling

Greco-Roman wrestling is a style of wrestling that is practised worldwide. It was contested at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been included in every edition of the summer Olympics held since 1908. Two wrestlers are scored for their performance in three two-minute periods, which can...

during high school

High school

High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

.

After graduating high school, he attended Takushoku Junior College beginning in 1996, and graduating in 1998. During this time in college, he won JOC Cup All Japan Junior Wrestling Championship.

In April 1998, Genki moved to the United States and enrolled in Santa Monica College

Santa Monica College

Santa Monica College is a two-year, public, junior college located in Santa Monica, California.Santa Monica College was first opened in 1929 as Santa Monica Junior College. Current enrollment is over 30,000 students in more than 90 fields of study...

, but dropped out soon after. During his time in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, he joined the Beverly Hills Jiu-Jitsu Club and practiced Brazilian jiu jitsu.

Professional MMA

On December 21, 2001, Sudo fought against Kenichi Yamamoto

Kenichi Yamamoto (mixed martial artist)

is a former Japanese professional mixed martial artist. He debuted for Fighting Network RINGS on March 28, 1998, losing to Valentijn Overeem. Yamamoto then submitted Chris Haseman in his second fight for RINGS. He continued to compete for RINGS throughout the year fighting top opposition such as...

at Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium

Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium

is an indoor sports arena, located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 people and was opened in 1962.It is a five minute walk from the closest subway station, Kannai Station, on the JR/Yokohama Municipal Subway....

, and won by Rear Naked Choke

Rear naked choke

The Rear naked choke is a chokehold in martial arts applied from an opponent's back. Depending on the context, the term may refer to one of two variations of the technique, either arm can be used to apply the choke in both cases...

. Prior to the match, Sudo and Yamamoto promised to bet Yamamoto's UFC championship belt

Championship belt

A championship belt is a large, extravagantly designed belt used primarily in combat sports such as boxing, mixed martial arts and professional wrestling to signify the champions of the promotion or company, much like a cup or trophy in other sports...

on the outcome. Following his win, Sudo was given the belt by Yamamoto, and Sudo was introduced as "UFC Japan Champion" by media after this bout. As the bet was personal, he is not sanctioned as champion by Zuffa.

K-1

Sudo participated the tournament of K-1 in 2002. He lost in the semi finals.
A fighter with good striking ability, he has won fights by flashy knockout in both mixed martial arts and kickboxing. Among the rather unorthodox techniques that he favors and can use effectively are the spinning backfist, a flying leg-triangle choke and flying armbar, as well as dancing and turning his back to opponents in order to taunt or distract them.

Hero's

Genki Sudo was defeated by K-1 HERO's lightweight champion Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto

Norifumi Yamamoto

is a Japanese mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He is associated with Purebred Tokyo and Krazy Bee. He quickly gained popularity in the Shooto organization due to his aggressive, well-rounded style and controversial persona...

. The fight was won by a controversial referee stoppage after Sudo was knocked down by a right hand which was followed by some punches.

Retirement

At K-1 Dynamite! on December 31, 2006 he defeated Damacio Page by submission. After his win, and to the shock of the crowd, Sudo announced his retirement.

After retirement

Prior to his retirement on New Year's Eve Sudo fought for K-1 HERO's, the mixed martial arts branch of the most popular Japanese combat sports circuit. Sudo is well known for his particularly flashy choreographed ring entrances that often include costumed dancers. One entrance featured Sudo doing the robot

Robot (dance)

The robot is an illusionary street dance style – often confused with popping – that attempts to imitate a dancing robot or mannequin...

and operating levers that released a column of smoke from the top of his head while wearing a Kentucky Fried Chicken bucket as a hat and a white plastic mask, in an homage to the musician Buckethead

Buckethead

Brian Carroll , better known by his stage name Buckethead, is a guitarist and multi instrumentalist who has worked within several genres of music. He has released 34 studio albums, four special releases and one EP. He has performed on over 50 more albums by other artists...

.

On August 1, 2009, Genki Sudo and his office made an official statement to say information on Wikipedia

Wikipedia

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was wrong. According to their statement, the bout between Sudo and Tiki Ghosn

Tiki Ghosn

Tiki Ghosn is an American mixed martial artist veteran, competing since 1998 in the Welterweight division .-History:Tiki started his MMA career in high school when he discovered Muay Thai Kickboxing as a form of cross training for football, while attending MaterDei High School in Santa Ana,...

was originally declared a draw which was overturned after Sudo’s corner man, Bas Rutten

Bas Rutten

Sebastiaan "Bas" Rutten is a retired Dutch mixed martial artist, Karate and Taekwondo blackbelt, and kickboxer. He was a UFC Heavyweight Champion, a three time King of Pancrase world champion, and finished his career on a 22 fight unbeaten streak...

, objected, at which point Sudo was declared the winner and given a medal.

Sudo has written eight books, is married, and has started an amateur baseball team for people 30 and over. He is also a member of the musical group WORLD ORDER Sudo writes lyrics, music, and choreographs.

In 2008, he accepted the position of Manager for Takushoku University’s wrestling team. In the 2009 Eastern Japan University League Games, the 2009 All Japan University Greco-Roman Championship Tournament, and the 2010 All Japan University Wrestling Conference, he was awarded the prize for Best Manager. In addition, he led the team to victory in the 2010 All Japan Student Wrestling Championship, and in his second year as manager Takushoku University was victorious at all four of the biggest student wrestling tournaments. In 2010, he was made the Japanese representative manager for the World University Championship.

Sudo was cast in Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate (仮面ライダーＷ（ダブル） FOREVER AtoZ／運命のガイアメモリ) in 2010 as Kyosui Izumi, member of NEVER and user of the T2 Luna Memory. He is set to reprise his role in Kamen Rider Eternal, in Kamen Rider W Returns which was released on July 21, 2011. He has also finished filming his part of the movie The R246 Story.

Graduate school

On January 25, 2010, Genki took the entrance examination of Takushoku University Graduate School

Takushoku University

Takushoku University is a private university in Japan. It was founded in 1900 by Prince Taro Katsura . The university is located in Tokyo and has two campuses: the main campus in the Bunkyō district, and a satellite campus in the Hachiōji district...

and he was admitted to the school on January 29. He entered the Local Government Course (Master’s Program) of the Graduate School of Local Government.

On April 8, he received his Black Belt in Jiu-Jitsu under Yoshinao Watanabe at Triforce Academy.

Mixed martial arts record

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Damacio Page

Damacio James Page is an American mixed martial arts fighter and who currently competes in the bantamweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

|Submission (triangle choke)
|K-1 PREMIUM 2006 Dynamite!!

K-1 PREMIUM 2006 Dynamite!!

K-1 PREMIUM 2006 Dynamite!! was an annual kickboxing and mixed martial arts event held by K-1 and Hero's on New Year's Eve, Sunday, December 31, 2006 at the Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Japan...

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

, Japan

Japan

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|align=center|15–4–1
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Ole Laursen

Ole 'Iron Fist' Laursen is a Danish welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer and lightweight mixed martial artist, fighting out of Ubon Ratchatani, Thailand.-Biography:...

|Decision (unanimous)
|Hero's 4

Hero's 4

Hero's 4 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Hero's promotion on March 15, 2006 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.Muay Thai kickboxer Ole Laursen made his debut in MMA at the event against Genki Sudo.-Results:...

Tokyo

, Japan

Japan

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Norifumi Yamamoto

|TKO (punches)
|K-1 PREMIUM 2005 Dynamite!!

K-1 PREMIUM 2005 Dynamite!!

K-1 PREMIUM 2005 Dynamite!! was an annual kickboxing and mixed martial arts event held by K-1 and Hero's on New Year's Eve, Sunday, December 31, 2005 at the Osaka Dome in Osaka, Japan...

Osaka

, Japan

Japan

|Hero's

HERO'S

2005 Lightweight Grand Prix final.
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|Win
|align=center|14–3–1
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Hiroyuki Takaya

Tokyo

, Japan

Japan

|Hero's

HERO'S

2005 Lightweight Grand Prix semi-final.
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|Win
|align=center|13–3–1
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Kazuyuki Miyata

Kazuyuki Miyata is a Japanese freestyle wrestler and mixed martial artist who currently fights for the MMA promotion Dream in the featherweight division.-Freestyle Wrestling:...

Tokyo

, Japan

Japan

|Hero's

HERO'S

2005 Lightweight Grand Prix quarter-final.
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|Win
|align=center|12–3–1
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Saitama, Saitama

' is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan, situated in the south-east of the prefecture. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance...

, Japan

Japan

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|Win
|align=center|11–3–1
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Royler Gracie

Royler Gracie is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist and Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner. He ran the Gracie Humaitá jiu-jitsu school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for many years under his father Helio's direction, but currently resides in San Diego, US.Royler travels around the world teaching...

Saitama, Saitama

, Japan

Japan

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|Win
|align=center|10–3–1
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Mike Brown

Mike Brown (fighter)

Mike Thomas Brown is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization and is a former WEC Featherweight Champion...

|Submission (triangle/armbar)
|UFC 47

UFC 47

UFC 47: It's On! was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 2, 2004 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada...

Nevada

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, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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|Win
|align=center|9–3–1
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Eric Esch

Eric Scott Esch is an American heavyweight boxer, kick-boxer, professional wrestler, and mixed martial artist commonly referred to as Butterbean....

|Submission (heel hook)
|K-1 PREMIUM 2003 Dynamite!!

K-1 PREMIUM 2003 Dynamite!!

K-1 PREMIUM 2003 Dynamite!! was an annual kickboxing and mixed martial arts event held by K-1 on New Year's Eve, Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at the Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Japan...

Japan

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|Loss
|align=center|8–3–1
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Duane Ludwig

Duane Paul Ludwig is an American Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He is the former Middleweight Muay Thai world champion, and currently fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championships in their welterweight and lightweight divisions...

|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC 42

UFC 42

UFC 42: Sudden Impact was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 25, 2003, at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. The event was broadcast live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on DVD....

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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|Win
|align=center|8–2–1
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Leigh Remedios

Leigh "Bulldog" Remedios is an English mixed martial artist.-Mixed martial arts career:Leigh has previously competed in the featherweight division and was at one time considered #1 in the UK. Leigh retired following his victory at FX3 - Battle of Britain against Sami Berik on October 15, 2005...

|Submission (rear naked choke)
|UFC 38

UFC 38

UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. It took place at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, on July 13, 2002...

London

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, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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|Win
|align=center|7–2–1
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Kenichi Yamamoto

was a Japanese cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 22nd in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.-References:...

|Submission (rear naked choke)
|Fighting Network Rings

Fighting Network RINGS

Fighting Network Rings, trademarked as RINGS, is a Japanese combat sport promotion that has lived three distinct periods; puroresu promotion from its inauguration to 1995, mixed martial arts promotion from 1995 to its 2002 disestablishment, and the revived mixed martial arts promotion from 2008 to...

Yokohama

is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...

, Japan

Japan

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|Win
|align=center|6–2–1
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Brian Lo-A-Njoe
|Submission (triangle choke)
|Fighting Network Rings

Fighting Network RINGS

Tokyo

, Japan

Japan

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|Win
|align=center|5–2–1
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Craig Oxley
|Submission (achilles lock)
|Pancrase

Pancrase

Tokyo

, Japan

Japan

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| Draw
|align=center|4–2–1
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Andre Pederneiras

André Pederneiras is a Brazilian mixed martial artist with a record of 1-1-2. Andre "Dede" Pederneiras is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under the late grandmaster Carlson Gracie and also one of the two founders of team Nova União...

Japan

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|align=center|4–2
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Kiuma Kunioku

is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently fighting at welterweight.His hometown is Osaka, but he is currently living and training in Tokyo as freelance...

|Decision (unanimous)
|Pancrase

Pancrase

Osaka

, Japan

Japan

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|Win
|align=center|4–1
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Nathan Marquardt

Nathan Joel Marquardt is an American mixed martial artist. He is a three-time Middleweight King of Pancrase Champion and former UFC middleweight title contender....

|Submission (armbar)
|Pancrase

Pancrase

Yokohama

, Japan

Japan

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|Win
|align=center|3–1
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Victor Hunsaker
|Submission (elbows)
|Pancrase

Pancrase

Tokyo

, Japan

Japan

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|Loss
|align=center|2–1
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Minoru Toyonaga
|Decision (unanimous)
|Pancrase

Pancrase

Tokyo

, Japan

Japan

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|Win
|align=center|2–0
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Kousei Kubota
|Decision (unanimous)
|Pancrase

Pancrase

Tokyo

, Japan

Japan

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|Win
|align=center|1–0
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Tiki Ghosn

California

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, United States

United States

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Kickboxing record

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Legend:

Discography

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|Love&Everything
|September 6, 2006
|Single (CD)
|Toshiba EMI(EMI Music Japan)
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|WORLD ORDER
|December 16, 2009
|Single (iTunes)
|Groovin'High Records
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|WORLD ORDER
|July 7, 2010
|Album (CD)
|P-VINE RECORDS
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Film actor roles

2002: Madness in Bloom (凶気の桜)
2005: Fly, Daddy, Fly (フライ,ダディ,フライ)
2005: Swirling Fire (鳶がクルリと)
2008: R246 STORY「ありふれた帰省」
2010: Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate

Original video

2011: Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal

Television drama roles

Friday Night Drama (TV Asahi)
- Sky High 2 (2004)
- Maid Deka
  Maid Deka
  is a Japanese light novel series written by Yūji Hayami and illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura. The first novel was released on April 15, 2006, and as of February 15, 2009, eight volumes have been published by SoftBank Creative under their GA Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation by Michiko Usami was...
  
  (2009)

Titles

JOC Cup All Japan Junior Wrestling Championship Winner(1996)
Hero's Middleweight Tournament Runner-up

Awards

Martial arts
- UFC 38
  UFC 38
  UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. It took place at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, on July 13, 2002...
  
  Tap Out Award
- UFC38 Best Fighter Award
- UFC 47
  UFC 47
  UFC 47: It's On! was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 2, 2004 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada...
  
  Tap Out Award
- UFC47 Best Fighter Award
Movie
- Spotlight Award (Short Short Film Festival & Asia 2008)
Japanese calligraphy
Japanese calligraphy
is a form of calligraphy, or artistic writing, of the Japanese language. For a long time, the most esteemed calligrapher in Japan had been Wang Xizhi, a Chinese calligrapher in the 4th century but after the invention of Hiragana and Katakana, the Japanese unique syllabaries, the distinctive...
- Newcomer Encouragement Award (15th Taisho exhibition)

External links

(Japanese)

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