(b. 28 June 1947). 6th dan Aikikai-Kobayashi Dojos. B. Akita Prefecture. Kobayashi Dojo Shihan. Began training at Akita Branch Dojo in 1968. Spent from 1978 to early 1981 teaching in West Germany as an assistant to Katsuaki ASAI. Kobayashi Dojo, 582 Higashi-machi, Gakuen, Kodaira-shi, Tokyo-to 187 Japan (0423)41-0376.