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Shigeru Egami (江上 茂, Egami Shigeru; December 7, 1912 – January 8, 1981) was a pioneering Japanese master of Shotokan karate who founded the Shōtōkai style. He was a student of Gichin Funakoshi, who is widely recognized as the founder of modern karate.

Source: “Shigeru Egami”, English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), excerpt