Prominent Students
- Terutomo Yamazaki, the first champion of the All-Japan Full Contact Karate Open Championships and professional kickboxer
- Sonny Chiba, popular Japanese actor and martial artist
- Akira Masuda
- Hatsuo Royama, 9th dan, Kancho (Director) of the Kyokushin-kan International Honbu
- Tadashi Nakamura, founder of SeidÅ juku
- Bobby Lowe, 10th dan
- Steve Arneil, 10th dan
- Jon Bluming, 10th dan
- Hideyuki Ashihara
- Yoshiji Soeno, founder of fr:Shidokan
- Loek Hollander
- John Jarvis
- Miyuki Miura
- Howard Collins
- Shokei Matsui,
- Tae-hong Choi, one of the pioneers for taekwondo in the United States
- Peter Urban, Founder of USA GoJu Karate & Grand Patriarch of All American GoJuRyu Karate Do Styles, Systems, & Organizations.
- Nicholas Pettas, Last Uchi Deshi(1000days living in Student of Mas. Oyama) also see K-1 Japan Champion 2001
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