Tags: Martial Artist.
Shunji Watanabe (born 1938) is the founder of Shorinjiryu Kenyukai Watanabe Ha Karate.Watanabe was born in Japan in 1938 and commenced training in Shorinjiryu Kenkokan Karate in 1955 under the tutelage of that systems founder Kōri Hisataka.In 1967 he was selected by his teacher to move to North America to help spread Shorinjiryu Kenkokan Karatedo.