★Teaching/supervision: Ryuji Shirakawa, 6th dan Aikikai
As part of Japan's delegation in the 2013 World Combat Games, he demonstrated his amazing techniques to numerous fans of aikido. Currently, in addition to being the head of a dojo in Japan's Tohoku area, he is traveling extensively abroad: about twenty-five percent of his time is spent in over 10 countries from which he receives invitations to teach.