(b. 23 March 1945). 5th dan Aikikai-Kobayashi Dojos. B. Hokkaido. Kobayashi Dojo Senmon Shidoin. Began training at Hosei University Aikido Club under Sadateru ARIKAWA. Taught for ten years in Taiwan, Canada, Sweden, Finland, and in California in the U. S. Presently serving as Overseas Affairs Director for Kobayashi Dojos. Instructor at several dojos in eastern Saitama Prefecture. Kobayashi Dojo, 582 Higashi-machi, Gakuen, Kodaira-shi, Tokyo-to 187 Japan 0423(41)0376.