birth_place teacher martial_art birth_date rank article_title name
shizuoka prefecture , japan masatoshi nakayama shotokan karate 14 july 1952 7th dan karate -lrb- jka -rrb- takenori imura
 takenori imura
takenori imura

he has won the jka 's version of the world championships for kata on 2 occasions .
he has also won the jka all-japan championships for kata on 5 occasions .
he is currently an instructor of the japan karate association .
