(b. 25 January 1952). 3rd dan Aikikai-Kobayashi Dojos. B. Fukui Prefecture. Kobayashi Dojo Shidoin. First taught by Haruyoshi HORIKOSHI in Kasukabe in 1984. Also holds dan rank in Kyokushinkai Karate. Instructs at dojos in Chiba and Saitama Prefectures. Mr. Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Honmaru 2-5-5, Iwatsuki-shi, Saitama-ken 339 Japan.