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Arthur Hovhannisyan (Артур Эдуардович Оганесян) is a Russian-Armenian Kyokushin karateka (4th dan).He won both the Moscow and the Armenian championships in 1995 the Russian championship in 1996 the British National Open Tournament in 1997 and the European Championship in 2005.He has been vice-president of Kyokushinkai Federation of Armenia since 1999.In 2005 he moved to the International Karate Organization (IKO) headquarters in Tokyo.In 2008 Russian TV channel Боец (Fighter boets.ru) made a film about Hovhannisyan entitled Горец (Highlander Hovhannisyan’s nickname referring to his ethnic Armenian origin).In 2009 he completed a 100-man kumite under the supervision of Shokei Matsui.