JKA Instructors: Passing on the Tradition One of the key strengths of the JKA is its method of teaching. All our instructors are dedicated, full-time staff trained specifically to teach karate. Each instructor completes an extensive specialist instructor training program and undergoes rigorous evaluation and testing before being granted his or her instructor qualifica- tions. This unique specialist instruc- tion system, established decades ago, is still the only one of its kind, and produces some of the best athletes and teachers in the world of karate. All JKA instructors—whether in Japan or heading up Regional or National branches around the world—pass on the fundamentals and techniques they have mastered, ensuring that karate’s highest tradition lives on in each dojo. Meet some of the instructors and trainees at the Tokyo JKA HQ:

Ueki Masaaki	Chief Instructor
Tanaka Masahiko	Vice Chief Instructor
Osaka Yoshiharu	Vice Chief Instructor / General Manager of Technical Division
Mori Toshihiro	Executive Director
Imura Takenori	Vice General Manager of Technical Division
Kurasako Kenro	Vice General Manager of Technical Division
Kawawada Minoru	Vice General Manager of Technical Division
Ogura Yasunori	Standing Director / General Manager of Foreign Affairs Division
Imamura Tomio	Standing Director
Shiina Katsutoshi	General Manager of Temporary Personnel Division
Izumiya Seizo	Secretariat
Hanzaki Yasuo	General Manager of Gen. Affairs Division
Naka Tatsuya	General Manager of PR Division
Taniyama Takuya	General Manager of Guidance Division
Takahashi Satoshi	General Manager of Personnel Division
Kobayashi Kunio	General Manager of Qualifications Division
Ogata Koji	General Manager of System Administration Division (Planning)
Hirayama Yuko	General Manager of Gen. Accounting Division
Okuma Koichiro	Foreign Affairs Division
Nemoto Keisuke	PR Division
Okuie Satomi	General Accounting Division
Kurihara Kazuaki	Qualifications Division
Shimizu Ryosuke	Qualifications Division
Kumeta Riki	Guidance Division
Inokoshi Yusuke	Gen. Affairs Division
Chubachi Koji	System Administration Division (Planning)
Ueda Daisuke	Trainee
Shiina Mai	Trainee
Iimura Rikiya	Trainee

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