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All requests are thoroughly reviewed for accuracy, authenticity, and approved directly from the person, if still living and possible.
You can send an email with the update details to shugyoja@gmail.com. You can also send photos to the same email address if you'd like to see them on a profile.
If you're the person of the profile page, you can claim it. Once claimed, only you will be authorized to make updates, and you can also delegate it to others. You can also claim a profile for someone else, if you can describe your relationship with the person of the profile. For a historical figure, any person knowledgeable with the history can probably contribute to a page, and their names will be mentioned as a reference below. However, for a living person, someone either directly or indirectly related to the person may claim a profile for the authority to update the profile. All of changes regarding the claimant will be recorded on the bottom of affected pages. The pages that have been claimed will be marked as being claimed as an indicator of status.
All names are in the order of native names and then the English names. English names are in the order of first name and then the last name, even for historical figures, for consistency.
In no particular order.
Name | Type | Region | Primary dojo | Period | Note |
宮本武蔵 (Musashi Miyamoto) | Historical | Japan | 1584-1645 | The founder of Niten Ichi-ryū (二天一流) | |
谷口安則 (Yasunori Taniguchi) | Historical | Japan | 1921-2009 | Hanshi, 9-dan | |
松田勇人 (Isato Matsuda) | Noteworthy | Japan | 1957- | Hanshi, 8-dan | |
石田利也 (Toshiya Ishida) | Noteworthy | Japan | 1961- | Hanshi, 8-dan | |
寺地種寿 (Tanetoshi Terachi) | Noteworthy | Japan | 1960- | Kyoshi, 8-dan | |
Hajime Mori | Noteworthy | USA | Gardena Kendo Club | 6-dan | |
Katsuyuki Ken Tamura | Noteworthy | USA | Georgia Kendo Association | 7-dan | |
Kenji Takahashi | Noteworthy | USA | Costa Mesa Kendo Dojo | 7-dan | |
Minoru Segawa | Noteworthy | USA | Costa Mesa Kendo Dojo | 6-dan | |
Takeshi Yamaguchi | Historical | USA | Costa Mesa Kendo Dojo | 7-dan |
Please feel free to send the info related to them to shugyoja@gmail.com.
Name | Note |
Mitsuru Kobayashi, Hanshi, 8-dan | Isato Matsuda, while in high school, had a lot of opportunity to practice with him |
Hiroshi Yano, Hanshi, 8-dan | Isato Matsuda had keiko with him at Kokushikan University |
Yoshinobu Nishi, Hanshi, 9-dan | Isato Matsuda had keiko with him |
Mori Torao | historical, Founder of US kendo |
Akio Hara | US, mentor of Takeshi Yamaguchi |
Torataro Nakabara | US, mentor of Takeshi Yamaguchi |
Maki Miyahara | historical, a notable US kendoka |
Juichi Tsurumaru | historical, 9-dan |
Keisuke Murayama | historical, 8-dan |
Masayoshi Miyazaki | historical, 7-dan |