(b. 17 February 1938). 8th
dan Aikikai (1990). Aikikai Shihan. Attended
Aoyama Gakuin University majoring in Business Management. Cousin
of Tadashi ABE. Entered AIKIKAI
HOMBU DOJO as UCHIDESHI c. 1956
while a university student. Dispatched to New York City in 1964.
Central figure in the Eastern Region of the UNITED
STATES AIKIDO FEDERATION. Also has a large following in Latin America. Author
of several books on aikido. Chief instructor
of the New York Aikikai.