Masutatsu Oyama
Personal information
- Known for
- Acting
- Known credits
- 7
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- June 4, 1923
- Died
- April 26, 1994
- Place of birth
- Gimje, North Jeolla, South Korea
- Also known as
- Mas Oyama
Biography
Masutatsu Ōyama, born Choi Yeong-eui (Hangul: 최영의 Hanja: 崔永宜), more commonly known as Mas Oyama, was a karate master who founded Kyokushin Karate, considered the first and most influential style of full contact karate. A Zainichi Korean, he spent most of his life living in Japan and acquired Japanese citizenship in 1968.
