1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1921
Yoichiro Inoue
1902-1994
Nephew of Founder, est. Shin’ei Taido
1931
Kaoru Funahashi
c1911-unknown
Kobukan uchideshi from Omoto family
Kisaburo Osawa
1911-1991
Senior Aikikai shihan, dojo-cho and assistant to
Seigo Yamaguchi
1924-1996
Senior Aikikai shihan,
active internationally
Mitsugi Saotome
1937-
Postwar uchideshi to USA 1975, est. Aikido Schools of Ueshiba
Seikyo Asano
1867-1945
Vice-admiral who introduced Founder to Takeshita
Kenzo Futaki
1873-1966
Famous epidemiologist known as “Dr. Brown Rice”
Kanshu Sunadomari
1923-2010
Kobukan wartime uchideshi, est. Manseikan Aikido
Michio Hikitsuchi
1923-2004
Kumano dojo-cho, awarded oral 10th dan in 1969
Terry Dobson
1937-1992
Early American shidoin at Aikikai and later author
1925
Isamu Takeshita
1869-1949
Admiral and patron-student of Founder in Tokyo
Shigemi Yonekawa
1910-2005
Kobukan uchideshi, ap- pears in Noma dojo photos
Tadashi Abe
1926-1984
Wartime uchideshi in Iwama to France in 1952
Shoji Nishio
1927-2005
Aikikai 8th dan, active internationally
Minoru Kurita
1943-
Last postwar uchideshi, est. Aikido Seikikai
1926
Kenji Tomiki
1900-1979
Waseda judoka and scholar, est. Tomiki Aikido
1933
Rinjiro Shirata
1912-1993
Kobukan uchideshi and senior shihan in Yamagata
Morihiro Saito
1928-2002
Postwar Iwama student and guardian of Aiki Shrine
Fukiko Sunadomari
1914-2006
Naginata adept and Aikikai Fujin Bucho
Norihiko Ichihashi
1940-2001
Aikikai shidoin, and later Aikikai Hombu shihan
Kosaburo Gejo
c1862-unknown
Navy Commander and Yagyu Shinkage-ryu expert
1933
Takako Kunigoshi
1911-c2000
Art student and illustrator of Budo Renshu
Hirokazu Kobayashi
1929-1998
Osaka dojo-cho and dis- seminator of aikido in Europe
Kenji Shimizu
1940-
Aikikai shidoin, est.
Tendokan Aikido
Makoto Miura
1875-unknown
Major General and patron-student of Founder
1932
Kiyoshi Nakakura
1910-2000
Famous kendoka and adopted son of Founder
Sadateru Arikawa
1930-2003
Senior Aikikai shihan and martial arts scholar
Seiseki Abe
1915-2011
Master calligrapher, teacher and Osaka dojo-cho
Shizuo Imaizumi
1938-
Aikikai shidoin to New York 1975, est. Shin Budo Kai
1929
Hisao Kamada
1911-1986
Omoto believer and early Tokyo uchideshi
1931
Tsutomu Yukawa
c1911-1942
Kobukan uchideshi and Osaka dojo-cho
Hiroshi Isoyama
1937-
Postwar Iwama deshi and Air Self-Defense Force instructor
Masamichi Noro
1935-
Postwar uchideshi to France in 1961, est. Kinomichi
Seishiro Endo
1942-
Aikikai shidoin, presently Aikikai Hombu shihan
1930
Hajime Iwata
1909-2003
Early Tokyo uchideshi and Waseda law graduate
1932
Gozo Shioda
1915-1994
Kobukan uchideshi, est. Yoshinkan Aikido
Hiroshi Tada
1929-
Senior Aikikai shihan to Italy from 1964-1971
Yoshio Kuroiwa
1932-2010
Former boxer, Aikikai student and writer on aikido
Morito Suganuma
1942-
Aikikai shidoin to
Fukuoka, Kyushu 1970
1930
Minoru Mochizuki
1907-2003
Competitive judoka, est. Yoseikan Aikido
1932
Yoshio Sugino
1904-1998
Early competitive judoka and Katori Shinto-ryu expert
Masando Sasaki
1929-
Aikikai Hombu shihan and Shinto priest
Koretoshi Maruyama
1936-
Aikikai shidoin, joined
Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido
1931
Aritoshi Murashige
1895-1964
Judoka who later taught in Burma and Belgium
1933
Zenzaburo Akazawa
1919-2007
Kobukan uchideshi active in Omoto’s Budo Sen’yokai
Masatake Fujita
1937-
Aikikai shihan and
General Affairs Director
1934
Takuma Hisa
1895-1979
Osaka Asahi News dojo-cho and later Daito-ryu
Katsuaki Asai
1942-
Aikikai shidoin to Germany in 1965
Kenji Tomita
1897-1977
Osaka Police Chief and patron-student of Founder
Yasuo Kobayashi
1936-
Postwar Aikikai uchideshi, est. Kobayashi Dojos
1936
Bansen Tanaka
1912-1988
Osaka prewar student, operated Aikikai dojo
Andre Nocquet
1913-1999
French judoka trained at Aikikai 1955-1957
1938
Shigenobu Okumura
1922-2008
Began study in Manchuria, Aikikai senior shihan
Akira Tohei
1929-1999
Aikikai shihan to Chicago, USA in 1972
1939
Koichi Tohei
1920-2011
Aikikai Shihan Bucho, later est. Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido
Yoshimitsu Yamada
1938-
Postwar Aikikai uchideshi to New York in 1964
1939
Minoru Hirai
1903-1998
Kobukan General Affairs Director, est. Korindo Aikido
Seijuro Masuda
1936-
Aikikai shidoin, presently Aikikai Hombu shihan
Kazuo Chiba
1940-
Postwar uchideshi to UK 1965, now in San Diego,
Seiichi Sugano
1939-2010
Aikikai uchideshi to Australia 1965, then to Belgium and New York
Saburo Wakuta
1903-1989
Famous sumo wrestler known as “Tenryu
Shuji Maruyama
1940-
Aikikai uchideshi to USA 1966, est. Aikido Kokikai
Mitsunari Kanai
1939-2004
Postwar uchideshi to Boston, USA 1966
Nobuyuki Watanabe
1930-
Postwar Aikikai uchideshi, presently Hombu shihan
Yutaka Kurita
1940-
Postwar Aikikai uchideshi to Mexico in 1979