Career
He was extremely important in the education of Shōshin Nagamine, who later went on to found Matsubayashi-ryū karate. He was also the uncle of Ansei Ueshiro, the chief instructor at Shoshin Nagamine"s original dojo and creator of Fukyugata Sandan. Born in November 1899 in the village of Akata, Province of Shuri, Okinawa, he was the eldest of a family of 11 children.
He was quite young when he his training in Karate with Shinpan Gusukuma also known under the name of Shinpan Shiroma (1890-1954), who was her teacher at primary school.
Ankichi became an Okinawan martial arts master. His tsumasaki-geri (toe strike), which was his specialty, was devastating.
Two stories exist in oral tradition about this kick. When comparing the symptoms caused by the toe-kick as well as the location of the strike, it appears as if it may have caused a traumatic pseudo-aneurysm in both people kicked.
This hypothesis would explain the delayed death of the wrestler.
He died at the age of 28 years, due to a stomach ulcer.