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Hirokazu Kanazawa (金澤 弘和, Kanazawa Hirokazu; 3 May 1931 – 8 December 2019) was a Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He was the Chief instructor and President of the Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation, an organisation he founded after he left the Japan Karate Association (JKA). Kanazawa was ranked 10th dan in Shotokan Karate.

Source: “Hirokazu Kanazawa”, English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), excerpt