Yasunari Ishimi (born 30 October 1943) is a Japanese karate expert who spent most of his career as an instructor in Spain. He is in the 10th Dan of the Spanish Karate Federation and the World Karate Federation. Early years Yasunari Ishimi was born on 30 October 1943 in Hyogo near Osaka, Japan. In 1956 he began to practice Kushin-ryū style karate with master Matsukazi. In 1959 while at high school he began to practice Gōjū-ryū style karate. In 1960 he began to practice Shitō-ryū style karate with master Yoshiaki Tsuzikawa. Recommended by master Tsuzikawa, he began to also practice with master Mabuni Kenei, son of the founder of the Shito-Ryu school. University Ishimi began his university studies in Kobe in 1961]. He earned the 1st Dan of the Japan Karate Federation. In 1962 he was captain of the Kobe University karate team, and was team champion of Kobe. He earned the 2nd Dan of the Japan Karate Federation. In 1965 he was Individual Second in the National University Championship. He obtained a degree in Philosophy and Letters from the Kobe Faculty of Foreign Languages. Ishimi earned the 3rd Dan of the Japan Karate Federation in 1967. Spain Black Belt Times reported in December 1969 that Yasunari Ishimi, a student at Kobe University who wanted to become a novelist, had come to Spain to learn the language better, and was now the first Shito-style karate instructor in Spain. He taught in several Madrid gymnasiums. He returned to Japan in 1969 for the Japan Karate Federation examination for the 4th Dan. The Ishimi Dojo was opened in 1970, and he was given the 5th Dan of the Spanish Karate Federation. That year he founded the Spanish Shitō-ryū Association, and was national coach of the Spanish Karate Federation. Prince Adam Karol Czartoryski trained under Yasunari Ishimi. The future King Juan Carlos I of Spain practiced karate with great enthusiasm in the 1970s, with Prince Adan Czartoryski and the masters Yosuke Yamasbita and Yasunari Ishimi. Ishimi returned to Japan in 1973 for the Japan Karate Federation examination for the 5th Dan. In 1979 he earned the 6th Dan of the Japan Karate Federation and the 6th Dan of the Spanish Karate Federation. In 1980 at the World Karate Championship (WUKO) in Madrid Ishimi passed his World Kata Judge examination brilliantly. In 1983 he became an international judge and World Kumite Judge, and was