Organization of the JKA The Japan Karate Association is the only independent karate entity legally and officially recognized by the Japanese government as an association of members (Shadan Hojin) for the promotion of karate. There is only one other authorized entity which falls under the umbrella of the JKA: the JKA World Federation (JKA/WF). No other organization shares this status. Likewise, the JKA is not dependent upon or sub-
ordinate to any other group, organization or entity. However, there are instances in which the JKA coop-
erates of its own volition with other organizations in an equal stance.

For the most part, the JKA is centrally organized and coordinated through Tokyo JKA HQ, although there are both National and Regional headquarters in most areas around the world.

The basic structure of the JKA’s executive committee is shown below.

JKA Organization
      Honorary Chairman Nakahara Nobuyuki
      Vice-Chairman Iwamatsu Yoshihiko
      Chief Instructor Ueki Masaaki
      Senior Advisor Nakasone Yasuhiro (Former Prime Minister of Japan)
      Advisor Kusahara Katsuhide
      Technical Advisor Mori Masataka, Mikami Takayuki
      Vice Chief Instructor Osaka Yoshiharu, Tanaka Masahiko
      Executive Director Imura Takenori
      Standing Director Oishi Takeshi, Ogura Yasunori, Imamura Tomio
      Board of Directors Nakahara Nobuyuki, Ueki Masaaki, Tanaka Masahiko, Osaka Yoshiharu, Yokouchi Takehisa, Mori Toshihiro, Nakayama Hiroshige, Mera Junichi, Noda Yasuhiko, kishine choji, Nishino Shuhei, Yano Kenji, Matsuura Shuji, Nemoto Isao
      Auditors Miyake Hiroshi, Azuma Teruo
      Counsellors Hyogo Minoru, Sato Yuji, Otsu Naonosuke, Mizobe Tetsuo, Iizuka Tsutomu
      Company Friends Matsui Nobukatsu, Kon Matsuo
      Standing Committee Ueki Masaaki, Tanaka Masahiko, Osaka Yoshiharu, Imura Takenori, Kurasako Kenro, Kawawada Minoru
      General Manager of
      Technical Division
Osaka Yoshiharu
    Vice General Manager
       of Technical Division
Imura Takenori, Kurasako Kenro, Kawawada Minoru
      Secretariat Izumiya Seizo
      General Manager of
       PR Division
Naka Tatsuya, Nemoto Keisuke
      General Manager of
      Foreign Affairs Division
Ogura Yasunori, Okuma Koichiro
      General Manager of
      Qualifications Division
Kobayashi Kunio, Shimizu Ryosuke, Kurihara Kazuaki
      General Manager of
      Guidance Division
Taniyama Takuya, Kumeta Riki
      General Manager of
      Temporary Personnel
      Division
Shiina Katsunori
      General Manager of
       Gen. Affairs Division
Hanzaki Yasuo, Inokoshi Yusuke
      General Manager of
       Gen. Accounting Division
Hirayama Yuko, Okuie Satomi
      General Manager of
      Members Administration
      Division
Takahashi Satoshi
      General Manager of
      System Administration
      Division (Planning)
Ogata Koji, Chubachi Koji
      Trainees Ueda Daisuke, Shiina Mai
      Honorary members of
      Instructors Committee		 Tsushima Toshio, Sato Yuji, Tsuyama Katsunori
      Instructors Committee
      (Shihankai) 		Sugiura Motokuni, Sato Yuji, Iida Norihiko, Iwabuchi Hiroshi, Ueki Masaaki, Oishi Takeshi, Osaka Yoshiharu, Otsu Naonosuke, Kashimoto Kazuyoshi, Kano Masahiko, Kawasaki Isao, Kawasumi Haruo, Sakai Ryusuke, Sasai Hiroshi, Mashita Haruhiko, Tanaka Masahiko, Tsuyama Katsuhiro, Takahashi Yasuoki, Hashiguchi Shinobu, Sakuraba Minoru, Hyogo Minoru, Katagishi Yasuo, Noda Yasuhiko, Fujita Yoshihiro, Ochi Hideo, Kisaka Katsuya, Koyama Shojiro, Nozaki Tsutomu, Takashina Shigeru, Mikami Takayuki, Mori Masataka, Nishino Shuhei, Kumagaya Shozo, Nemoto Isao, Kanai Seikon, Takahashi Kazuo, Imura Takenori, Kurasako Kenro, Kawawada Minoru, Sawada Tadao, Yano Kenji, Mera Junichi, Orime Tetsuya, Seto Kensuke, Sakanashi Manabu, Mihori Haruki, Furukawa Teruo, Sasaki Noriyoshi, Watanabe Kuniyoshi, Yazawa Toshihiko, Tanaka Shizuo, Kochi Norisato, Ogura Yasunori, Imamura Tomio, Matsubara Hideo, Kamino Masaru, Sakurai Yasuo, Shinomiya Yuji, Nakayama Hiroaki, Sakai Hajime, Matsui Hideto, Komiya Koji, Shoji Kaiei, Tanigawa Yukio, Sasaki Shoichi, Nakayama Hiroshige, Mori Toshihiro, Ohama Seiichi, Koide Masao, Sasamoto Juro, Aoki Osamu, Shirai Kyoji, Koda Iwao, Sawada Kazuhiro, Koga Keizo, Iwata Yoshiaki, Hata Yoshihide, Yamamoto Eiichi, Yamamoto Katsuhiro, Okajima Toshio, Ken Wittstock, Stan Schmidt, Jorgen Bura, Ted Hedlund, Jose Pacheco, Naito Takashi, Sasaki Masaki, Katano Yutaka, Kawakami Koki, Nagamori Shigeru, Kato Buko, Miura Kazuharu, Sato Hiroshi, Watanabe Yasuyuki, Ichihashi Takuzo, Nakatsuka Kiyoshi, Kishine Choji

International Board of Directors
      Honorary Chairman Nakahara Nobuyuki
      Chief Instructor Ueki Masaaki
      Executive Director Imura Takenori
      Directors Koyama Shojiro (North, Central America Region), Inoue Mitsuo (South America Region), Omura Fujikiyo (Asia-Pacific Region), Ochi Hideo (Europe Region), Jorgen Bura (Europe Region), Dr. Amr El-Kadi (Mid-East), Manvoumbi Mombo Wapatcha (Africa Region), Edward Mtshali (Africa Region), Mori Masataka (Instructors Committee), Mikami Takayuki (Instructors Committee), Tanaka Masahiko (Instructors Committee), Osaka Yoshiharu (Instructors Committee), Kano Masahiko (Instructors Committee), Kawasaki Isao (Instructors Committee), Tsuyama Katsuhiro (Instructors Committee), Yano Kenji (Instructors Committee), Mori Toshihiro (Instructors Committee), Kurasako Kenro (Instructors Committee), Kawawada Minoru (Instructors Committee), Ogura Yasunori (Instructors Committee)

Instructor Training GraduatesThe following is a list of people who have completed the JKA’s special instructor training program. Please note that some of these individuals are no longer members of the JKA.
       Name Grad Current Position
       Mikami Takayuki 1957 USA
       Takaura Eiji 1957  
       Tsushima Toshio 1958  
       Yaguchi Yutaka 1958  
       Ouchi Kyo 1959  
       Sato Masaki 1959  
* Saito Shigeru 1959  
       Inaba Mitsue 1960  
       Kano Masahiko 1960  
       Watanabe Gunji 1960  
* Ogata Kyoji 1960  
       Kisaka Katsuharu 1961 USA
       Nakaya Ken 1961  
       Ogawa Eiko 1961  
       Ueki Masaaki 1961 HQ Full-Time Instructor
* Enoeda Keinosuke 1961  
* Miyazaki Satoshi 1961  
* Mori Osamu 1961  
* Takahashi Yoshimasa 1961  
* Majima Kenshiro 1962  
       Sakai Ryusuke 1962  
       Jitsuhara Shoji 1963  
       Ochi Hideo 1963 Germany
       Takahashi Yasuoki 1963  
* Itaya Michihisa 1963  
       Oishi Takeshi 1965  
* Tabata Yukichi 1965  
       Takashina Shigeru 1966 USA
       Higashi Kunio 1967  
       Iida Norihiko 1967  
  * Okamoto Hideki 1967 Egypt
       Takahashi Shunsuke 1967  
       Yano Kenji 1967  
       Baba Isamu 1970  
       Horie Teruo 1971  
       Nishino Shuhei 1971  
* Hayakawa Norimasa 1971  
       Kanegae Kenji 1972  
       Osaka Yoshiharu 1972 HQ Full-Time Instructor
       Sasaki Yoshitaka 1972  
       Sato Teruo 1974  
       Mori Toshihiro 1975  
       Imura Takenori 1977 HQ Full-Time Instructor
       Kurasako Kenro 1977 HQ Full-Time Instructor
       Kawawada Minoru 1978 HQ Full-Time Instructor
       Komaki Masaki 1978  
       Omura Fujikiyo 1978 Thailand
       Fukami Akira 1979  
       Kaneko Taneaki 1979  
       Sakata Masashi 1979  
       Abe Miwako 1980  
       Tsuchii Takayuki 1980  
       Yamamoto Hideo 1980  
       Ogura Yasunori 1982 HQ Full-Time Instructor
       Imamura Tomio 1983 HQ Full-Time Instructor
       Kashiwagi Nobuyuki 1984  
       Koike Tsuyoshi 1984  
       Yokomichi Masaaki 1984  
       Izumiya Seizo 1986 HQ Full-Time Instructor
       Shiina Katsutoshi 1986 HQ Full-Time Instructor
       Hanzaki Yasuo 1987 HQ Full-Time Instructor
       Nakamura Yoko 1987  
       Naka Tatsuya 1989 HQ Full-Time Instructor
       Noda Kenichi 1990  
       Taniyama Takuya 1990 HQ Full-Time Instructor
* Imai Hiromitsu 1991  
       Takahashi Satoshi 1992 HQ Full-Time Instructor
       Kobayashi Kunio 1993 HQ Full-Time Instructor
       Ogata Koji 1994 HQ Full-Time Instructor
       Walter Crockford 1996  
       Ikenaga Atsushi 1996  
       Hirayama Yuko 1998 HQ Secretariat
       Okuma Koichiro 1998 HQ Full-Time Instructor
       Iwasawa Mayumi 1998 HQ Secretariat
       Ubukata Koji 2003  
       Yamada Satomi 2004  
       Nemoto Keisuke 2004  
       Okuie Satomi 2004  
       Kurihara Kazuaki 2004  
       Shimizu Ryosuke 2004  
       Kumeta Riki 2007  
       Takahashi Yuko 2008  
       Inokoshi Yusuke 2008  
       Chubachi Koji 2009 HQ Full-Time Instructor 
       Ueda Daisuke 2010 Trainee
       Shiina Mai 2010 Trainee
      An asterisk (*) denotes individuals who have passed away
      Independent Nishiyama Hidetaka

The following individuals no longer have any affiliation with the JKA:
      Expelled
       Name Former Instructor Former Member
       Abe Keigo  
       Aramoto Nobuyuki  
       Asai Tetsuhiko  
       Inaba Tsuneyuki  
       Isaka Akito  
       Ishimine Minoru  
       Kagawa Masao  
       Kagawa Masayoshi  
       Kanayama Kyosho  
       Mizuno Yoshihisa  
       Naito Takashi  
       Shin Naomitsu  
       Tamon Penpa  
       Tanaka Chougo  
       Yahara Mikio  
       Yamaguchi Toru  
       Kanazawa Hirokazu  


      Quit
       Name Former Instructor Former Member
       Kase Yasuharu  
       Kasuya Hitoshi  
       Katsumata (Suzuki) Yutaka  
       Kawazoe Masao  
       Shirai Hiroshi  
       Tatetsu Meicho  
       Asano Shiro  
       Kato Sadashige  


NOTE: For Japanese names throughout this website, we follow the Japanese custom of indicating surname first, followed by the given name.