description | <p class="article-desc">Keigo Abe (阿部 圭吾, Abe Keigo, October 28, 1938 – December 21 2019, Matsuyama, Ehime - Ken, Shikoku, Japan) was a prominent Japanese master of Shotokan karate who founded the Japan Shotokan Karate Association in 1999 and is its Chief Instructor.</p> | Keigo Abe was a Japanese master of Shotokan karate who founded the Japan Shotokan Karate Association in 1999 and is its Chief Instructor. He held the rank of 9th dan in karate, was a direct student of Masatoshi Nakayama (1913–1987), and was a senior instructor in the Japan Karate Association. |
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