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1 High Ranking Aikikai Yudansha List

High Ranking Aikikai Yudansha List

This page shows Aikikai yudansha ranked 6th Dan & above and who are still living amongst us. The list is incomplete and requires updating and verification from time to time.

The yudansha are listed by ranks, names (females are denoted by Ms.), dates of birth (if available)and current locations (dojo/city/cty).

9th Dan

Okumura, Shigenobu (1922) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)
Tada, Hiroshi (1929) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)

8th Dan

Abe, Seiseki (1915) Osaka, Japan
Anno, Motomichi (1931) Shingu, Japan
Asai, Katsuaki (1942) Duesseldorf, Germany
Chiba, Kazuo (1940) San Diego, California (Birankai)
Endo, Seishiro (1942) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)
Fujita, Masatake (1937) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)
Ichihachi, Norihiko (?) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)
Iimura, I (?) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)
Ishida, S (?) Hawaii Aikikai
Ishimoto, T (?) Kumano Juku
Isoyama, Hiroshi (1937) Iwama
Kato, Hiroshi (1934) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)
Kawai, Reishin (1931) Sao Paulo, Brazil
Kobayashi, Yasuo (1936) Tokyo
Kurita, Minoru (1943) Kawagoe
Masuda, Seijuro (1936) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)
Omura, H (?) Renseikai
Saotome, Mitsugi (1937) Myakka City, Florida (ASU)
Sasaki, Masando (1929) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)
Sugano, Seiichi (1939) New York, NY (USAF)
Suganuma, Morito (1942) Fukuoka, Japan
Takamoto, K (?) Suizenji Dojo, Kumamoto
Takeda, Yoshinobu (1940) Shonan Aikido Renmei/Aikido Kenkyukai Int'l
Tamura, Nobuyoshi (1933) Maximin, France
Tomita, Seiji (?) Osaka Aikikai
Tomita, Takeji (1942) Takemusu Aiki, Stockholm
Watanabe, Nobuyuki (1930) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)
Yamada, Yoshimitsu (1938) New York, NY (USAF)

7th Dan

Abrams, Michael (?) New York, NY (USAF)
Alaoui, M'barek (?) Morocco
Aoyagi, Robert (?) Hawaii Aikikai
Arai, Toshiyuki (?) Gunma
Berthiaume, Claude (?) Canada (USAF)
Blaizze, Gerald (1946) Paris
Doran, Frank (?) San Francisco (CAA)
Frager, Robert (?) California (CAA)
Fujimoto, Yoji (1948) Milan, Italy
Fukakasa, Motohiro (?) Bangkok, Thailand
Hagihara, Shigemi "Eddie" (1935) Long Island Aikido Association (USAF)
Hari, S (?) Kodenkan
Haruyoshi, Horikoshi (?) Kobayashi dojo
Hatayama, Kengo (?) Kobayashi dojo
Hidaka, H (?) Iwate Prefecture
Hirao, Richard (?) Hawaii Aikikai
Hirosawa, Hideo (1937) Iwama
Hosokawa, Hideki (1942) Sardinia, Italy
Igarashi, Kazuo (?) Igarashi Dojo
Ikeda, Hiroshi (1950) Boulder, CO (ASU)
Ikeda, Masatomi (1940) Zurich, Switzerland
Inagaki, Shigemi (1946) Iwama
Ishigaki, Haruo (?) Kobayashi dojo
Izumi, T (?) Osaka
Kanetsuka, Minoru (1939) London, UK
Kawahara, Yukio (1940) Burnaby, Canada
Kitahira, Masakazu (?) Hiroshima
Kitaura, Yasufusa (?) Madrid, Spain
Konigberg, Harvey (?) Woodstock Aikido
Koyama, Kenji (?) Tokyo
Koyama, Teruo (?) Kyoto Japan Kyoto Aikikdi Head Instructor
Kubota, Ikuhiro (?) Nara Juku, Osaka
Kumagai, kenji (?) Tanabe
Kudo, Robert T (?) Hawaii Aikikai
Lee, Paul N C (?) Taiwan
Mibukawa, G (?) Ryobi
Miyamoto, Tsuruzo (1953) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)
Moriyama, Donald (?) Hawaii Aikikai
Nadeau, Robert (1940) San Francisco (CAA)
Noel, Frank (?) France
Nomoto, Jun (?) Tokyo, Japan
Obata, Osamu (?) Toronto, Canada
Otani, Kazue (?) Tokyo, Japan
Osawa, Hayato (1951) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)
Sawada, Toshiharu (?) Nagoya
Seagal, Steven (?) Los Angelas
Seki, Shoji (1950) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)
Shibata, Ichiro (1950) San Pablo, CA (Doshinokai)
Shibata, Koichi (?) Tokyo
Shimamoto, K (?) Toyonaka Shosenji dojo
Sugawara, Tetsutaka (1941) Machida-shi, Tokyo
Takase, Nobuo (1946) Auckland, New Zealand
Takeguchi, Clyde (?) Maryland, USA (USAF)
Takemori, Yasuhiko (?) Japan
Takezawa, Etsuo (?) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)
Tissier, Christian (1951) Paris, France
Todoroki, T (?) Hanamikawa
Toriumi, Koichi (?) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)
Tsuboi, Takeki (?) Waseda University, Tokyo
Urata, T (?) Kashiwa
Wada, A (?) Nagoya
Watabiki, Yoshifumi (1937) Iwama
Watanabe, T (?) Mitaka
Watanabe, Yoshikazu (?) Tokyo, Japan
Witt, William (?) San Francisco
Yamada, Hironobu (?) Hokusou Aikikai, Narita
Yamada, Jun (1944) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Yamashima, Takeshi (?) Minami Tanaka Dojo
Yasuno, Masatoshi (1948) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)
Yokota, Yoshiaki (?) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)

6th Dan

Aegerter, Jean-Claude (?) Aikikai Swiss
Alexander, David (?) Westlake California
Arnold, Jack (?) Burbank, CA (USAF)
Avy, Jean-Paul (?) Manosque, France
Bardet, Jacques (?) Paris, France
Batobalani, R Jun (?) DSAS Group Philippines
Becart, Michel (?) Paris, France
Ben-Meir, Eitan (?) Aiki-Israel (Aikikai)
Beringer, Elizabeth (Ms) (?) San Diego Aikikai (USAF)
Bernath, Penny Strake (Ms) (?) Florida Aikikai (USAF)
Bernath, Peter (?) Florida Aikikai (USAF)
Bluhm, Darell (?) Siskiyou Aikikai, CA (USAF)
Bookman, Bruce (?) Seattle (USAF)
Brady, Peter (?) UK
Britton, Barbara (Ms)- (?) Framingham Aikikai
Caloz, Bernard (?) Aikikai Swiss
Carangi, Anthony (?) Florida Aikikai
Champion, Archie (?) Central Coast Aikikai
Chang, George (?) Ueshiba Aikido Association, Singapore
Choate, Kevin (?) Chicago, IL (ASU)
Cooper, Robin (Ms) (?) Madison, WI (ASU)
Corallini, Paolo N. (?) Takemusu Aikido Association Italy
Cottier, Kenneth (?) Hong Kong
Crane, Coryl (Ms) (?) North County Aikikai (USAF)
Cummins, Jim (?) San Diego Aikikai (USAF)
DiAnne, Lorraine (Ms) (?) Springfield, MA (USAF)
Eirik, Bjørn (1955) Norwegian Aikido Federation
Esposito, Brunello (?) Aikikai Italia
Evenås, Ulf (?) Gothenborg, Sweden
Faust, Irvin (?) Albany, NY, USA
Feder, Kayla (Ms) (?) Berkerley, CA (CAA)
Fleshler, Aki (?) Multnomah Aikikai
Friedrich, Karl (?) Aikikai Germany
Fujimaki, Hiroshi (?) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)
Fujitani, Miyako (Ms) (?) Osaka, Japan
Funakoshi, M (?) Yamagata
Furuya, Kenzo (?) Los Angelas
George, Clint (?) Helena, Montana
Gleason, William (?) Newton, MA (ASU)
Goldsbury, Peter (?) Hiroshima
Gomita, Y (Ms.) (?) Tanabe
Hall, Sioux (Ms) (?) Harvard Aikido Club
Hara, Yukiko (Ms)- (?) Chicago, IL (ASU)
Hasegawa, Hiroyuki (?) Kobayashi dojo
Hayashi, Cyndy (Ms) (?) Redwood City, CA (CAA)
Hayata, M (?) Wagokan
Hayward, Keith (?) UK Aikikai
Heiny, Mary (Ms) (?) Seattle, WA
Hermansson, Jan (?) Sweden
Hirosawa, H (?) Ibaraki
Hoffmeister, Tres (?) Boulder, CO (ASU)
Holiday, Linda (Ms) (1952) Santa Cruz, CA
Hooker, Dennis (?) Orlando, FL (ASU)
Horii, Etuji (?) Sanda Dojo, Kobe
Hosokawa, Hedeki (1942) Rome, Italy
Hreha, Frank (?) Columbus, Ohio (ASU)
Hultgren, Raso (Ms) (?) Missoula, MT (ASU)
Ichizuka, I (?) Omiya Dojo
Inaba, Yasuhisa (?) Calgary, Canada
Irie, Yoshinobu (?) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)
Iseri, Nobu (?) Ventura, CA
Ishiyama, Isshu (?) Vancouver, Canada
Joannes, Jean-Claude (?) St. Maur des Fosses, France
Jones, Gordon (?) UK
Jones, Duane (?) Sarasota, FL (ASU)
Jordan, Christine (Ms) (?) New York, NY (ASU)
Kanazawa, Takeshi (?) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)
Kang, Paul (?) New York, NY (ASU)
Kann, Edgar (?) Suffolk Institute for Eastern Studies
Katagiri, Yukiko (Ms) (?) Cornell Aikido Club
Kaufman, Steven (?) Open Sky Aikikai
Kaufmann, Steven (?) NC, USA
Kawaji, M (?) Wako Dojo
Knight, Barry (?) Takemusu Aikido, Melbourne, Australia
Kobayashi, Hiroaki (?) Kobayashi dojo
Kobayashi, Yukimitsu (?) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)
Kurata, Katsutoshi (?) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Kuribayashi, Takanori (?) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)
Kurita, Yutaka (1940) Mexico City, Mexico
Kuroiwa, Yoshio (?) Tokyo
Lane, Grady (Ms) (?) Brevard Aikikai
Ledyard, George (?) Bellevue, WA (ASU)
Lee, Philip (?) Aikido Shinju Kai, Singapore
Lehrman, Hal (?) Aikido of Park Slope
Levitt, Larry (?) Valley Aikido
Linden, Dan (?) Orlando, FL (ASU)
Linden, Paul (?) Aikido of Columbus (USAF)
Lynn, Elizabeth (Ms) (?) Eastshore Aikikai (USAF)
Lyons, George (?) Bucks County Aikido
Matlock, Dan (?) New School Aikido, Stockon, CA, USA
McPeck, Steve (?) Sarasota, FL (ASU)
Mehter, Yousuf (?) Kentuckiana Aikikai
Messores, John St Petersberg, FL (ASU)
Minegishi, Mutsuko (Ms.) (1940) Guam
Miyazawa, Kenzo (1937) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Motozawa, S (?) Osaka
Murashige, Mark (?) San Diego, California (USAF)
Nakao, Shingo (?) Seibukan Dojo, Kobe
Nemeth, Joseph (?) Aikido of Nassau County
Nemoto, Hiroki (1950) Iwama
Ng, Harry (?) Aikikai Singapore
Nishida, Makoto (?) Sao Paulo, Brazil
Nomura, Gloria Eiko (Ms) (?) San Francisco, CA (USAF)
Nomura, K (?) Osaka
Nour, Juba (?) Aikido of Manhattan, NY (USAF)
Ohwada, Yukimasa (1957) Iwama
Okamoto, Yoko (Ms) (?) Kyoto, Japan
Ozeki, Jane (Ms) (?) New York, NY
Page, Charlie (?) Baltimore, MD (ASU)
Palmer, Wendy (Ms) (?) Mill Valley, CA (ASU)
Pashenz, Howard (?) Suffolk Institute for Eastern Studies
Pellerin, Claude (?) Marseille, France
Pranin, Stanley (?) Los Vegas
Ralfe, Stelander (Ms) (?) Sweden
Sakanashi, Masafuni (?) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Saotome, Patty (Ms) (?) Sarasota, FL (ASU)
Shepard, Tina (Ms) (?) New York, NY
Shewan, Malcom Tiki (?) Cannes, France
Shikanai, Ichitami (?) Brazil
Shimamoto, K (?) Toyama
Shindo, Yoshiko (Ms) (?) Tokyo
Shiohira, Hideki (?) Castro Valley, CA
Smith, Collins (?) Bermuda Aikikai
Smith, Danielle (Ms) (?) Montery, CA
Smith, Philip (?) UK
Stenudd Stefan (1954) Enighet dojo, Malmö, Sweden
Stier, David (?) Green River Aikido
Stone, John (?) Madison, WI (ASU)
Suga, Toshiro (?) Brest, France
Sugawara, Shigeru (?) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)
Suma, Takeo (?) Iwama
Suwa, Masatoshi (?) Kobayashi dojo
Suzuki, J (?) Suzuki Dojo
Takamizo, Mariko (Ms.) (?) Tokyo, Japan (Aikikai Hombu Dojo)
Takayasu, Saburo (1948) Takemusu Aiki, Sydney
Tamagni, Peter (?) Vineland Aikikai
Tanaka, H (?) Osaka Aikikai
Tanemori, M (?) Hiroshima
Teshiba, Terri (Ms) (?) Aikido Institute of New Mexico
Tom, Bernice (Ms) (?) San Diego, California
Tremblay, Geraldine (Ms) (?) Santa Barbara, CA
Trimmer, Peter (?) Washingtin, DC (ASU)
Tsuji, N (?) Choshi, Japan
Vandrogenbroeck, Rene (?) Le Havre, France
Varjan, Kristina (Ms) (?) Kohala, HI (Birankai)
Vazquez, Pablo (?) Los Angelas
Vecchio, Linda Lee (Ms) (?) Cleveland, OH
Wada, Jack (?) San Jose, CA
Wagener, Richard (?) Palm Beach Aikikai
Waite, Donovan (?) Aikido of Center City (USAF)
Weber, Chuck (?) Baltimore, MD (ASU)
Whited, Wendy (Ms) (?) Beecher, IL (ASU)
Wolk, Susan (Ms) (?) Northampton, MA
Wong, Frank Loi Sing (?) Aikido Curacao
Yokoyama, S (?) Akita Prefecture
Zarelli, Gina (Ms) (?) New York, NY
Zimet, Paul (?) New York Aikikai
Zimmermann, Robert (?) Toronto, Canada

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