(b. 27 February 1945). 5th dan Aikikai-Kobayashi Dojos. B. Fukushima Prefecture. Kobayashi Dojo Shidoin. Director of Iruma City Aikido Association and instructor at Tanashi City dojo. First taught by Yasuo KOBAYASHI at Kodaira Dojo in 1969. Kobayashi Dojo, 582 Higashi-machi, Gakuen, Kodaira-shi, Tokyo-to 187 Japan (0423)41-0376.