(b. 1930). 7th dan Aikikai. B. Miyazaki Prefecture. Aikikai Shihan. Entered the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO as an UCHIDESHI in the early 1960s. Featured in two Japanese television programs entitled Do Sports, 1986 and April 1987. Teaches Saturdays and Sundays at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo. Aikikai Hombu Dojo, 17-18 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162 Japan (03)203-9236.