(b. 8 April 1940). 7th dan Aikikai. AIKIKAI HOMBU representative for Switzerland. Taught by Hiroshi TADA. Taught aikido in Naples, Italy for several years and then returned to Japan. Relocated to Switzerland in 1977 where he operates a dojo in Zurich. Aikikai Switzerland, Hardturmstr. 100, Zurich CH-8005 Switzerland.